8 To Dos After You Submit Your College Apps
                                
                                
                                    Kristina Dooley  November 02, 2022
                                    
                                        
                                             
                                                
                                                    college applications,
                                                
                                                    common app,
                                                
                                                    FAFSA,
                                                
                                                    financial aid,
                                                
                                                    Scholarships,
                                                
                                                    CSS Profile,
                                                
                                                    testing,
                                                
                                                    ACT,
                                                
                                                    SAT,
                                                
                                                    admission interview,
                                                
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                            Hooray! You did it! Take a moment to celebrate this significant milestone on your college journey. You should be incredibly proud of the work you've put in up to this point and we hope you feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment.
                        
                            
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                Imposters Among Us in the College Application Process
                                
                                
                                    Kristina Dooley  October 29, 2020
                                    
                                        
                                             
                                                
                                                    college admission,
                                                
                                                    college applications,
                                                
                                                    essay writing,
                                                
                                                    essays,
                                                
                                                    admission interview
                                                
                                             
                                        
                                    
                                
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                                    
                                
                                
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            Join your crewmates in a multiplayer game of teamwork and betrayal! I recently received a request from my kids to download the game “Among Us” on their iPads. As we do with all of these requests, I checked out what this game was all about before giving the go-ahead. Reading the succinct description above, and being in the thick of college admission season with my students, I immediately thought ...
                        
                            
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                How to Ace Your College Admissions Interview
                                
                                
                                    Laura Cobb  December 02, 2019
                                    
                                        
                                             
                                                
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                                                    college applications,
                                                
                                                    interview tips,
                                                
                                                    interview,
                                                
                                                    admission interview
                                                
                                             
                                        
                                    
                                
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                                    
                                
                                
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            Let’s just be honest here, most people don’t love being interviewed. Nevertheless, when given the chance to interview with a prospective college, I always encourage my students to go for it. Interestingly, there are only a handful of schools out there that explicitly require interviewing as part of the admissions process. However, many colleges do offer interviews as optional opportunities for ...
                        
                            
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