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College Recommendation Letters are a Waste of Time

Admissions Madness

Fifteen percent of universities report that references are of “considerable importance” in the review process, less than the importance of essays but substantially more than extracurriculars and interviews. Like college essays, most teacher reference letters aren’t especially well written or insightful.

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How (and Why) to Uplevel Your School Profile Post-SCOTUS: A Guide for Counselors that Predominantly Serve First Generation, Low-Income and/or Underrepresented Students of Color

College Essay Guy

What is a School Profile, and how does it relate to other forms of school support (i.e., high schools maintain a high school profile —though the content and format differ widely from school to school. As you can tell, charts and graphics make it so much easier to read and digest information from a school.