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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 handspring…
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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…
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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. Getting deferred…
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