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    Do Colleges Really Care About Your Facebook Account?

    Do Colleges Really Care About Your Facebook Account?

    Posted May 10, 2014, 5:00 pm by Andrew Belasco

    The vast majority of college admissions officers rarely, if ever, Google applicants names, rifle through their Facebook accounts, carefully pore over their archived tweets, or analyze their “selfies” on Instagram...

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    Taking the SATs

    Why Take the SAT II Subject Tests?

    Posted May 9, 2014, 6:36 pm by Andrew Belasco

    Everyone knows how important standardized tests are in the college application process. But what about SAT Subject Tests? How important are they to college admissions and should everyone take them?...

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    5 Tips on Starting the College Essay

    5 Tips on Starting the College Essay

    Posted May 7, 2014, 3:00 pm by Elly Swartz

    Junior year is almost behind you and the college essay looms on the horizon. Its importance has been shared with you in meetings with your college counselor, in the too-many-to-count...

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    Unique College Essays

    Unique College Essays

    Posted May 6, 2014, 3:00 pm by Customer Service

    The college essay: the longest, hardest, and most feared factor of the application process. You’re a smart, well-traveled, interesting high school student, so this should be easy, right? The only...

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    5 Facts Every Parent Should Know About the SAT

    5 Facts Every Parent Should Know About the SAT

    Posted May 5, 2014, 7:02 pm by Magoosh

    Updated June 2024 Parents are so inundated with information regarding the SAT that they often have trouble knowing fact from fiction and truth from hyperbole. For years, I’ve dealt with...

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    Paying for College: How to Win Merit Aid

    Paying for College: How to Win Merit Aid

    Posted April 24, 2014, 3:00 pm by Andrew Belasco

    At the risk of sounding like Matthew Lesko, the question mark suit-clad lunatic of early 2000s infomercial fame, COLLEGES WANT TO GIVE YOU FREE MONEY!!! Okay, so schools aren’t exactly...

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