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5 Surprising Tips That Will Help You Get Into Your Dream College

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By Contributing Writer Ellie Brady College readiness is important for high school graduates as it can help you get into your dream school. As such, it is important to start preparing as early as you can so you have time to build your application and submit the requirements. However, being accepted into your dream college is more than just getting good grades and having a high SAT score. There are other aspects that admissions offices will look at such as your […]

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Do You Still Need to Take the SAT/ACT?

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You’ve already heard, right? More and more colleges are doing away with the SAT/ACT requirement, and the list of test-optional schools is growing with about 1,100 universities/colleges currently. The college landscape has become almost unrecognizable in these 3 last months alone as we’re beginning to see the effects of the coronavirus. Virtually all American colleges and universities have become SAT/ACT test-optional for at least the upcoming round of admissions (rising seniors) because the Collegeboard and ACT Inc. have been unable

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The SAT & ACT are dead…or are they?

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You’ve probably heard the bombshell news already: the UC schools (all 9 of them — Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, etc.) have voted unanimously to drop the SAT/ACT requirements forever. No, not just this upcoming application season for the current rising seniors (graduating high school class of 2021) like many private colleges, but for all future years too! Here are the exact details of the transition as the SAT and ACT are moved from regal (or reviled, depending on your point

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It’s My Birthday, so I’m Inviting You for FREE to Join Me at the Dream College Summit

It’s my birthday week, and you know what would make special day even more special? If you joined me for FREE at the Dream College Summit. See, every year as I get older, my birthdays get more and more low-key. It’s not that I’ve become a grumpy, old man with nothing to celebrate. On the contrary! It’s that I’ve become more deliberate about who I choose to celebrate with. From those past birthday bashes with dozens of people (most of

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Challenge Spotting: How to Add Emotional Stakes to Your College Essay

You’ve got 99 problems, and well…just pick one! Every good story, especially your personal statement for college, needs a challenge. Without one, you literally have no story. Part of the definition of “story” is that it features a conflict, challenge, or problem. Most of the Common App prompts actually hint at potential challenges you might have faced. Topic 2: obstacle, challenge, setback, or failure Topic 3: a belief you challenged Topic 4: a problem you solved or would like to

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What Dating Taught Me About Wooing Colleges

I’ve been thinking a lot about marriage lately. Yeah, yeah, I’m basically revealing how old I am — I’m at that age when all my friends are going gah-gah over baby pictures (either their own drool and snot-making machine or their friends’ babies). But all this marriage thinking reminds me of a different phase: pre-marriage (otherwise known as dating). And I’m not talking about the casual dating culture of today. No, I mean serious business – you know, going steady,

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