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Playing College Sports
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Make Summer Plans Now
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Pay Attention to Portals
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Financial Aid
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Making a College List
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Check Your Portals
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The Wide World of College Sports
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College Terms That You Don't Quite Understand
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Show Me: How to Write Your College Essay
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SAT/ACT Score Reporting
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What's the CSS?
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Getting California Kids into California Colleges
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Balancing Your College List
- How to Help Your Child Transition to College
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"I Have NOTHING to Write About": The Tyranny of the College App Essay
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The Accommodations Curse
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Understand Your Financial Aid Package
- Questions to Answer in College Research
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Summer Plans for Rising Seniors
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The ABCs of A-G
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Tragedy as Essay Fodder
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Why Do You Want to Attend That College?
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When Should You Include Additional Info?
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Making Summer Plans
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Should You Apply Early?
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What Fine and Performing Artists Need to Know About Applying to College
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Are All College Application Essays the Same? (Spoiler Alert: NO!)
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Getting the Best Letters of Rec
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What Are Extracurriculars and Why Do They Matter?
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Guess Who Went to Cal State
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What's a College Internships and Why Do You Want One?
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Beyond the Parties: How Greek Life Pays Off
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If You Plan to Transfer From a Community College, You Need a Transfer Plan
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The How and Why of Getting Yourself Out There
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5 Ways to Do Professionalism
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College Access for First Generation Students
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Consider the Edelweiss Factor in Building a College List
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It's Worth the Wait
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What to do in College to Help You Snag a Job Once You're Out
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6 Cool Things You Didn't Know About ASU
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So Much for a Useless Degree
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Being There: The Importance of Just Showing Up
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A Different Angle on Well-Rounded Students
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Grit: The Skill That's Not Being Taught
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December To-Do List for Juniors
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10 Smart Questions to Ask a College Admissions Officer
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What Can You Do With a Degree in English?
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How to Get Noticed by a College Admissions Officer
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Surprisingly Rad Essay Topics
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Six Tips for Getting Your First Real Job
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The Secret Sauce that Employers are Seeking
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Get Adjusted to Adjusting
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New and Improved CSU Application
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New BFA at USC. OMG!
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Carrying the Wait of the World
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Gap Year: The Pause that Refreshes
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Why WPI?
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Sports Management? There's a Program for That!
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Summer Without a Trust Fund
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SAT News
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The 411 on Applying to Arts Programs
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Sending Your LGBTQ Kid Off to College
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Get to Know Syracuse
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No Test Required
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What Goes Up? UC Tuition
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So You Wanna be an Entrepreneur?
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A Medium-Sized School in New York: West Point
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Oops, I Forgot to Apply
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Stuck in AP Muck
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Last Sprint for Seniors
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But is it a Good School?
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How Juniors Should Spend Their Winter Break
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How Many Colleges Should Students Apply to
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Remember the Reader of the College App Essay
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Sobering Facts About College Sobriety
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The Fast Track to an M.D.
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Big (Big!) FAFSA Changes
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Better Safe Than Sorry
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Beyond Academics: The Practical Side of Getting Your Kid Ready for College
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Vetting Your College List for Academic-Fit Schools
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A Game Plan for the New UC Essays
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Breathe Deeply. Exhale. Repeat.
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When Not Getting Into Your Major Means Not Getting Into College
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How to Work a College Fair
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3 Ways (That Never Crossed Your Mind) to Get a Good College Deal
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RIP UC Prompts
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Decisions, Decisions, Decisions...
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Heard About the Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success?
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Peeling the College Onion
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A California College Guide for the B- Student
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How to Choose Between Multiple College Acceptances
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5 Questions to Ask on a College Tour
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15 Way Cool Summer Programs for High School Students
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Schools to Consider if You're Looking for...
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When it Comes to College, Size Matters
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Spotlight on Berkeley
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The FAFSA: Fast Facts for Seniors
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And More About Money
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ACT Test Dates
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The Six-Year Four-Year Degree
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College Advice for Digital Natives
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How to Know if Your Student on the Spectrum is Ready for College
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Trinity College Goes Holistic-er
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Organizational Tips for Seniors
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College Financial Aid by the Numbers
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One Very Cool Thing You Don't Know About Hampshire College
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To Add or Not to Add? That is the Question.
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The Object is Not Getting In, But Getting Out
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California Colleges by the Numbers
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UC Streamlines Transfer Process
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UC's Evaluation Criteria
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12th Grade Checklist
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Topics to Avoid in the Personal Statement
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Colleges for Kids on the Spectrum
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6 Cool Things About Sarah Lawrence
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So Much for a Liberal Arts Degree
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College By the Numbers
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Why to Choose an "Impractical" Major
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The Class of 2017's Standardized Testing Dilemma
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College Selectivity Stats
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A Cool College You Know Nothing About
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What is a Balanced College List?
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College by the Numbers
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2015-2016 Common App Essay Prompts
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Summer Enrichment Programs
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Cool Programs at Schools You Know Nothing About
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The New (and Improved?) SAT
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Ten Tips for Writing a Killer College App Essay
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10 Things Juniors Should be Doing Right Now
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Suddenly...Next Summer
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Accommodations for Test-Takers
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Free Money
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Financial Aid for Middle-Income Families
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What's in a Name?
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Free Money
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Colleges Want You to Like Them...to Really, Really Like Them
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Scholarship Search
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The Perfect Field Trip for Freshmen and Sophomores
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Fall To-Do List for College-Bound Seniors
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Performing Arts Scholarships
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UC, CSU, and A-G