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Your résumé is a very important part of your college application. Oops, you haven’t done one yet?—well, you need to! Most selective colleges ask for your application to be sent in by the first part of January. It is always best to send tha

The smartest people are open to suggestions for improvements! You may think your essay is done, that it’s your best effort. Not necessarily. Bring it out and have another look at it. Editing is a never-ending process. You can always find somethi

November and December are the last dates this year to sign up for SAT Subject Tests.  Most selective colleges do require you to take SAT Subject tests.  These are tests that evaluate your learning or achievement in areas like English, math, history

It’s not a time when you’re going to be flush with money, not by any stretch of imagination. So it’s best to minimize your expenditures and tighten your purse strings when you’re in college. More importantly, you need to minimize your borrowi