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How Do Colleges Make Their Decisions? : The Admissions Staff
For most students and their parents, the college admissions process is shrouded in mystery. Hundreds of thousands of...
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The Big Tests: Is the SAT Coachable?
For most of its existence as the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the test was promoted as a test of a student’s supposedly...
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How Colleges and Students Differ: Other Types of Four-Year Institutions
Research universities and liberal arts colleges as they have been traditionally defined make up a little less than 25...
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Roadmap to College: Avoiding Roadblocks and Hazards - How Can I Be Proactive?
I should have studied more for the SAT/ACT exams.” “I can’t believe I missed a financial aid deadline.” “I...
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What Do Selective Colleges Look for in an Applicant? Hooks
In admissions parlance, a hook is a special characteristic a college deems desirable, over and above the qualities it is...
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