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Hot off the presses! The Common Application just announced the 2017-2018 Essay Prompts.

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Your student is bright. They’ve got the grades. They’ve got the scores. You’re pretty sure they’ll be a shoo in for some of the most highly-selective liberal arts colleges in the country. What you aren’t so sure about is just how you’ll foot the bill if your child doesn’t score a big merit award. You might also be worried that they won’t be happy in a small school that doesn’t boast the allure of ...

Oh, legacy admission, you sneaky little detail. How is it that you manage to make so many happy while others loathe the idea of you? The mere thought of your impact has alumni counting down the years, months, days and seconds until they can exclaim alongside their children “WE got in!”...having known they would all along.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, suicide is the second leading cause of death in teens ages 15-19 and the third leading cause in children 10-14.