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The College Insider: Admissions Freak-Out Countdown #6: The College Trip - How To Let The Schools Know You Care

Karen Stabiner | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

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Karen Stabiner

Schools prefer to accept students who are going to accept them. One way to cut the herd is to see who cares enough to visit, and schools rely on this marker even though it's a flawed indicator.

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The Truth About School Reputation: Knowing What You're Getting Yourself Into

Kat Cohen | Posted 03.28.2009 | Style

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Kat Cohen

At the very least, I beseech students to research the school's policy on housing, tuition refunds, and terms for expulsion prior to participating in a protest.

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Love, Limits, Letting Go: Good Enough for Obama

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

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SaraKay Smullens

If your kids are in high school, here is what you can practice: Tell them how much you believe in them, and prove it by practicing the art of letting go.

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What Palin and Obama Have in Common: The Truth About Finding the Right College the First Time

Kat Cohen | Posted 11.20.2008 | Living

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Kat Cohen

On average, the US Department of Education estimates that nearly 60% of American college students attend more than one college before they graduate with a bachelor's degree.

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The Truth About Cheating Your Way to Standardized Test Success

Kat Cohen | Posted 11.09.2008 | Living

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Kat Cohen

I ask merely that teens taking the test receive some kind of punishment that any high school or college student would if caught lying to a professor, cheating on an exam or plagiarizing a paper.

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Wall Of College Rejection Letters: How Kids Cope

boston.com | Peter Schworm | Posted 04.16.2008 | Living

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High school seniors everywhere have traditionally posted their rejection letters as an act of collective defiance against the high-pressure and hyperc...

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How To Get Your Kids Into Harvard

Wall Street Journal | Ellen Gamerman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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As college-application season enters its most stressful final stretch, parents want to know if their children's schools are delivering the goods -- co...

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