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After a stressful year of completing college applications and waiting for admission decisions, students and parents are relieved to make a final choice and send the enrollment deposit. But while the anxiety about getting into college is over, the emotional roller coaster continues as the family...
A is for the bank account you’ll want to open. Choose a bank with offices near both your home and your college, so your parents can easily add money.
B is for the budget. Create a realistic one that allows for unexpected expenses.
C stands for credit rating. Be wary of building up balances...
Americans are obsessed with food. We spend vast amounts of time and money in a quest for the “perfect diet.” None of us ever seems happy with our current self— we constantly seek to lose or gain weight. By choosing to avoid meat or by not eating veal, we use our diets to make...
Molecular biology is the study of biology at the molecular level. It focuses on the structure and function of the molecules that form the basis of life. Molecular biologists explore cells, their characteristics and parts, chemical processes, and how molecules control cellular activity and growth....
When you’re putting together a college list, you will probably find some things you love and some things you’re not crazy about at each school. It’s like choosing a partner. You might have a wish list of 37 characteristics, but if you hold out for every single one, you could be...
The opportunity to live and study in a foreign country is seen by students and parents alike as not just a fun part of college, but necessary preparation for working in a global economy. In fact, studying abroad is considered so valuable that a few colleges actually require students to go abroad...
Are you feeling overwhelmed by the daunting task of applying to Ivy League schools? The college application process can be challenging. This is true when considering prestigious institutions with standards and rigorous admission requirements.
Fortunately, there's a solution: working with an...
Gone are the days when the SAT required students to go into a school, sit at a desk with dividers up from one student to the next, and hours taking a written test. Starting in 2023 for international students and in 2024 for Americans, the SAT will turn into a digital SAT.
If you want to...
Ivy League schools have an acceptance rate almost as low as 7 percent. However, sometimes schools imply the acceptance of certain students early.
College admissions can be ruthless — especially when it comes to the top schools. But every once in a while, they'll send out a...
A 4.2 GPA student should be successful at any college, but when a college routinely admits B students and transforms them into high-achieving, confident college students, that school is having more of an impact than a highly ranked college that only admits top students.
If you are immersed...
Some universities are more challenging to get into than others. Harvard University boasts the lowest acceptance rate, admitting just 5 percent of applicants. Of the top 50 hardest colleges to get into in 2023, 48 accepted 20 percent or fewer applicants.
Getting into the college of your...
The college admissions process can be a stressful and challenging time for students. The good news is that in the fall of 2022, almost 18 million students in the U.S. enrolled to study for a degree at a college.
If you are one of the lucky students that got accepted, you may need to reject the...
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