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Guide to Early Action Deadlines

As you prepare to apply to college in the coming months, you’ve probably come across several types of early application deadlines. The variety of deadlines can be difficult to navigate, making it hard to know when to apply to a particular school. Our series of blog posts about early deadlines, starting with Early Action, will […]

How to Choose Subject Tests

Trying to decide which SAT Subject Tests to take? The best place to start is by looking at your current course schedule. If you are in any AP or IB classes right now that correspond with an SAT Subject Test, there is a good chance that the curriculum for the course will overlap with the […]

Peace Corps

You might know someone who’s spent a year or two in Africa, South America, or Central Asia as a Peace Corps volunteer. Peace Corps volunteers are sent all over the world to assist communities with Education issues, Youth and Community Development, Agriculture, Public Health, and other areas of need. Peace Corps volunteers not only have […]

Colleges with an Emphasis on Global Experiences

You’d be hard-pressed to find a college these days that doesn’t value global awareness, and just about every college offers study abroad opportunities. However, there are a few schools that truly take the emphasis on international education and global experiences to the next level. If an emphasis on globalism and international awareness is important to […]

Spring Admit

In addition to admit, deny, and waitlist decisions, some schools send out offers for spring admission. While less common than the typical admit, waitlist, or deny, spring admission is becoming more common each year. Here’s what you need to know. When colleges don’t have enough room for all of the students they want to take […]

Making the Most of College Visits

You may be visiting a few colleges in the coming weeks and months. The college visit is an important way to decide how you feel about the schools you’re applying to, and to pick up information that will help make your applications stronger. Follow our tips for more productive college visits. 1) Plan in advance. […]

Test-Optional and Test-Flexible Schools

As your college list takes shape, you may find that some of your schools are test-optional or test-flexible. With an increasing number of schools adopting alternative testing policies, it’s important to know what that means, and how it could affect you as you prepare to apply to college. To be Test-Optional or Test-Flexible means that […]

Fall Timeline for Rising Juniors

If you’re heading into junior year, take a look at this to-do list: Finalize your fall course schedule. Colleges play close attention to your academic performance throughout high school, and junior year is no exception. Make sure that you are challenging yourself in multiple areas by taking advanced or honors classes and pursuing subjects beyond […]