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Why Your Intended Major Matters

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By Nora Lessersohn, A.M. Unlike most high school students, I knew exactly what I wanted to study in college: Religion. I indicated this on all my college applications, and when I got to campus I never…

Volunteer… From Home!

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By Nora Lessersohn and Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. As spring and summer programs are cancelled, and the world’s communities continue to suffer from the COVID-19 crisis, you may be looking for ways…

Admissions in the Age of Covid-19

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By Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. The arrival of Covid-19 has disrupted education in a way that we have never experienced before. While the impact of the pandemic on your high school education, admissions…

Summer in the Year of Coronavirus

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By Nora Lessersohn  Along with classes, sports seasons, academic competitions, and recitals, we know that summer programs are already starting to be cancelled. If this applies to you, you are probably…

Turning Your World Right Side Up

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By Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. While schools have closed and parents scramble to find ways to juggle all of their new responsibilities as most support networks disappear, I’ve watched several students…

Your Moment on the Couch

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By – Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. Fall down seven times. Get up eight. – Japanese proverb. When I was 20, I thought I was invincible – until I broke my back. After poorly landing a back…

8 Ways to Get More Money from Colleges

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By – Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. We’re frequently asked if we can help identify scholarship opportunities for our families. While we happily forward on options that we serendipitously find, it’s…

What to Do When You Get Deferred

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By Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. “Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow…