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Ahh, February. Can't you just feel the love in the air? High school seniors awaiting admission decisions often use this time of year to proclaim their love to those schools which they've deemed "the one". Sometimes these attempts at "demonstrated interest" work and other times, well...they border on creepy.

Change. They say it’s inevitable and when it comes to the college search and application process, boy are they right. Ask any parent of a current high school student about how they applied to college and two things will be included in every re-telling: a pencil and a stamp.

You’ve hit “submit” and the stress of the last several months has quickly lifted from your shoulders. All of the essays, interviews, and standardized tests are done and you can now sit back and coast through the rest of your senior year. You’re confident that your 3.8 end-of-junior year GPA will make you an attractive, and qualified candidate for admission to the schools you’ve got your eyes set ...

It's the first day of fall in the Northern Hemisphere. The leaves are beginning to change and social media is rapidly filling with images of Homecoming proposals and #pumpkinspice everything. For high school seniors these moments of whimsy are slowly turning to the realization that one year from now they will have begun their next journey in life: college.

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