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5 Hacks for Your Next Campus Visit

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By Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. More than a right of passage or an opportunity to test drive a college, visiting campuses is a must for the college-bound. After all, how else can you get an admissions…
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The Six Myths and Facts of Financial Aid

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By Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. Time and again, families cheat themselves out of money and admissions opportunities, for the simple reason that they don’t understand how financial aid works. Rather…
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What’s Your Diversity Quotient?

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By Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. Thanks to the U.S.’s contentious relationship with affirmative action, most Americans equate college admissions diversity with race. These days, however, diversity actually…
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The Secret to College Admissions Success

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By Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. “Nobody reads anymore.” This lament is heard round the world, and perhaps most loudly in college admissions. While doing well in school and leading in extracurricular…
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