May, 2021

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Let 'em Fly

Humbach Education Consulting

Your child has enrolled, deposited - COMMITTED. Reality sets in. They are about to graduate and matriculate and this phenomenon often turns your teen into a jerk. I remember it well. The summer before my daughter (pick one) was off to college, I noticed an increase in my irritability with her behavior, tone of voice, excessive eye-roll and, basically her very existence.

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Elite Education Group Selected to Join WEF’s New Champions Community

Elite Open School

Elite Education Group joins the World Economic Forum’s prestigious New Champions Community. The World Economic Forum selects forward-looking enterprises who have championed new business models, emerging technologies, and sustainable growth strategies in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In this rapidly changing world, New Champion companies build resilience into their businesses, industries and communities.

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ACE Your Personal Statement - Part II

Princeton College Consulting

This is part 2 of the 5-part ACE Your Personal Statement email series. Parts 2 and 3 are focused on Creating Your Draft. This article is about story structure. The Epic and The Episodic. While a personal statement is a piece of creative writing, outlining your story is an important step toward a successful essay. Having a strong outline ensures a narrative structure that acts as a beacon to follow throughout the drafting and editing process.

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Budgeting in College

ACM College Consulting

While keeping track of finances before college may not have been of concern to some students, it is a vital skill to learn for all. Parents should take the time to sit with their student and discuss budgeting before they arrive on campus for freshman year. It is important for families to establish a plan for how pay for expenses both expected and unexpected.

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Parent engagement best practices from CampusESP colleges

CampusESP

It's time for some shoutouts! Our Q1 Customer Highlights features current CampusESP customers that are connecting with families in thoughtful and creative ways. Read on to learn how other institutions are generating extra revenue from families, collaborating with campus partners, acclimating parents to the portal, and generally killing it with their parent engagement strategy!

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Online Courses for Emerging Entrepreneurs from Business Leaders and CEO’s.

University Gurus

21 Critical Lessons for Entrepreneurs. This two-hour video course by Docstoc CEO Jason Nazar takes his real-world experience and breaks it into several video lessons that discuss all the important steps of running a successful business, from vetting an idea and raising money from investors to scaling and growth strategies. There are a lot of coaching and training programs online that are put together by individuals that don’t have real business experience.

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It’s Time for Rising High School Seniors to Get on the Road! College Visits Summer 2021

College in 321

It’s Time for Rising High School Seniors to Get on the Road! College Visits Summer 2021. by Kathy de Jong, Independent Educational Consultant. After over a year of closed college campuses, high school students are now able to visit many college campuses in the United States. However, it may not be the same experience as pre-pandemic. Here’s what you need to know about touring colleges this summer.

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College Application Tips for Class of 2022

The College Curators

The 2020-2021 college admissions cycle has been like no other (no school tours, test optional, everything virtual). Students have had to adapt and be nimble. In real time, we have.

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What is Demonstrated Interest for College Admissions and Do You Need to Show it?

Excelsior Admissions Consulting

What is demonstrated interest? Demonstrated interest is a student showing enthusiasm and interest for a particular college in different areas during the application process. What demonstrated interest isn’t: Having to wear the college sweatshirt on the tour! Do colleges care about demonstrated interest? The answer to this question is that some do and some don’t.

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5 Ivy-level Personal Statement Examples [Updated 2022]

Winning Ivy Prep

Here, we have 5 high quality Personal Statement essay examples from my students over the years. Great Common App Personal Statements tend to give a glimpse into each student’s life, thought processes, growth, and maturity. Another trend that you may notice with these essay examples is that they’re not entirely CAREER or ACADEMIC based.

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Epic List of Free Online Courses From the Ivies

University Gurus

Many Ivy League and other top-tier universities offer online classes to reach a wider audience. The best part is that many of these e-learning and development courses are free. My favorite Harvard University courses: Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasive Writing and Public Speaking: Improve your writing and public speaking skills Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies: Understand how entrepreneurship and innovation work together to take on complex social problems The Path to Happiness: What Chinese Ph