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Advice to Get You Started on Your Applications -- And, hopefully, Improve Your Whole Life :)

How to Get Good Grades in High School... Even When You're Depressed

4/3/2017

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Let me start by saying, high school students, that I don't envy you. In fact, in my line of work, I find myself saying, "Wow! I'm so glad I went to high school when I did, and not today"... probably at least once per day.

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Here's What Colleges REALLY Think About Volunteer Work.

7/28/2016

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A student recently asked me, "How do volunteer work and service-related clubs look on applications? Do they, too, strike admissions officers as a sign of a complacent student whose main goal is to look good? What kind of specialized service opportunities TRULY give kids an edge in college and beyond?"

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    Eva Glasrud completed her B.A. and M.A. at Stanford. She is now a college counselor and life coach for gifted youth.

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