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ACAC, @ReachHigher, @CommonApp and @NACAC are excited to kick off #NationalCollegeApplicationMonth! Join us as we highlight students who use #IApplied to share where and why they are applying! #CollegeApplicationMonth
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NACAC Member @KenAnselment on the unique challenges the admission profession faces due to the Great Resignation and how institutions can respond and rebuild. insidehighered.com/admission… @insidehighered #collegeadmissions #emchat
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Requesting a Letter of Recommendation For College (circa 2022) #CollegeApp #LetterofRec #Student1stAthlete2nd
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As you think about college admissions, experts suggest focusing your efforts on one extracurricular activity, applying early, prioritizing the essay prompts and expanding your list of colleges. nytv.to/oL3PN
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📢 Class of 2022 and 2023! Today, June 30th is the last day to apply to these scholarships 🎓💵 If you are eligible, be sure to submit your app by today 📝 calcollectors.net/foundation… hccsc.org/AMN/HCC-Scholarshi…
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What can parents do during the college admissions process without taking the lead? Here are 50 ways to help your teen. grownandflown.com/50-ways-pa…
50 Ways To Help Your Teen With College Admissions, Without Doing Too Much

50 Ways To Help Your Teen With College Admissions, Without Doing Too Much

Here is how you, as a parent, can help your teen with their college process, without completely taking over.

grownandflown.com
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For Harvard’s classes of 2000 through 2019, one analysis found, average acceptance rates were about 34% for legacies vs. 6% for non-legacies. motherjones.com/crime-justic… #collegeadmissions
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Hot new post! 🔥 Does Your College App Essay Suck? buff.ly/3BEyMG1 #essayhelp #commonapp #collegeadmissions #admissions2021 #parenting
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The prosecution in the first of the Varsity Blues trials focuses on the decisions that parents made, but the system of college admissions is also on trial. #GreatCollegeAdvice #VarsityBlues #CollegeAdmissions buff.ly/3AgieT7
A Trial About Wealth, Privilege and the Murkiness of College Admissions (Published 2021)

A Trial About Wealth, Privilege and the Murkiness of College Admissions (Published 2021)

In closing arguments at the Varsity Blues trial, prosecutors focused on bribes, but the ways in which universities cater to rich families are also on trial.

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In one hour, jump for joy and join a #NACAC Virtual College Fair! Virtualcollegefairs.org #nacacfairs #collegeadmissions
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This former college admissions officer would prefer that this admissions cycle isn't another recordbreaking one, believing that it disservices both students and admissions offices. #GreatCollegeAdvice #CollegeAdmissions buff.ly/3A8Rh3x
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In the aftermath of the Varsity Blues scandal, many schools and states took action to make admissions more fair. However, in California, the legislation that was passed was may not be making a difference. #GreatCollegeAdvice #CollegeAdmissions #California buff.ly/3oQ56Sn

California said it would make college admissions more fair after the Varsity Blues scandal. It...

Favoring wealthy donors and children of alumni in the college admissions process is...

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In two weeks, ask college reps questions and discover more about your top-choice colleges! Virtualcollegefairs.org #nacacfairs #collegeadmissions
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Replying to @davidmweissman
It’s not “critical race theory.” It’s history!
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Not exactly a "fun" conversation to have with your teen, but a very necessary one: Explaining what it's like to graduate with $80,000 in debt. road2college.com/explaining-…
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“Writers save the world—or at any rate, they saved me and everyone I’m close to. When we were small, they were our travel guides and companions in the great mysteries of life and family.” ~@ANNELAMOTT
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"Be a good steward of your gifts. Protect your time... Read good books, have good sentences in your ears. Be by yourself as often as you can. Walk. " Some of the finest advice on writing – and living – ever committed to words: brainpickings.org/2015/09/15…
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John Vandemoer, a former Stanford coach who took a plea deal for shuffling bribes in the college admissions scandal, says colleagues knew where the money was coming from. Vandemoer, unlike others in the plot, did not personally gain in the transactions. nyti.ms/3zHK22h
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A former sailing coach who took a plea deal for shuffling bribes explains his side of the story when it come to the college admissions scandal. To him, his story is not as black and white as it seems. #GreatCollegeAdvice #CollegeAdmissions #VarsityBlues buff.ly/3EXsN0M
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