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And the Smartest College in the US is…?
November 18, 2013Ethan Sawyer
Mindfulness, Part 2: How Meditation Can Raise Your SAT Score
November 13, 2013Ethan Sawyer
Resources
Mindfulness, Part 1: Am I Breathing?
November 12, 2013Ethan Sawyer
College Admissions
How to Write a "Why Us" Essay (Part 3 of 3)
November 7, 2013Ethan Sawyer
College Admissions
How to Write a "Why Us" Essay (Part 2 of 3)
November 6, 2013Ethan Sawyer
College Admissions
How to Write a "Why Us" Essay (Part 1 of 3)
November 5, 2013Ethan Sawyer
College Admissions
How to Create a Great College List
November 1, 2013Ethan Sawyer
College Application
Three 15-Minute Brainstorming Exercises for Your College Essay
October 30, 2013Ethan Sawyer
College Application
Common App Essay Formatting Update
October 30, 2013
College Application
Two Spaces After a Period (And four other mistakes your making in you're college essay)
October 29, 2013Ethan Sawyer
Articles We Love
How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses
October 29, 2013
College Admissions
Applying to Cal State Schools
October 28, 2013
College Application
Extended Early Action & Early Decision Deadlines
October 25, 2013
College Application
Which Common App Essay Prompt is Best?
October 23, 2013Ethan Sawyer
College Application
Common App Responds to Glitches with "Statement of Commitment"
October 21, 2013
College Application
An Open Love Letter to the Authors of UC Personal Statement Prompt #1
October 21, 2013Ethan Sawyer
College Admissions
UC Admissions Requirements
October 18, 2013
College Application
College Application Essay FAQs
October 17, 2013Ethan Sawyer
College Application
5 Ways to Make Your Activities List Awesome
October 15, 2013Ethan Sawyer
College Application
Common App & UC Application Essay Prompts
October 14, 2013
College Application
The UC Application is Open! Now What?
October 11, 2013
Elite Announcements
Elite to Open Texas Branch in Early 2014
October 8, 2013
College Application
How to List National Merit & National Honor Society Recognition on the Common App
October 8, 2013
Dispatches from Georgetown, September 2013
September 30, 2013

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