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The Secret to an Exceptional College Application

Few people know or can articulate what makes an exceptional application.

Even when I was working on[...]

5 Things My Son Did the Summer Before Junior Year (and 5 Things He Didn’t)

Summer flew by. Yesterday was the first day of junior year for my son, Max.

Looking back on the[...]

How To Enter Your Courses and Grades in STARS

I have always loved the word labyrinth. I first used it in a college paper to capture the[...]

My New Strategy for Ordering Your Activities on the Common App

It's been nearly 10 years since I wrote one of my most popular blog posts, "The Foolproof Way to[...]

What a Week of College Visits With My Son Taught Me

There's something about a good roadtrip. The rental car. A new city every day. The long drives in[...]

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