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Planning for College: What to do Over the Long Summer Break?

Ivy Central

The road to submitting your college applications is a long one. The students with the best outcomes are those that have been working towards their applications throughout high school, so in this article, I’m going to look at what students from different grades should be doing to make the most of the time available over the summer. Grade 9 and 10/ Freshman and Sophomore.

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Scholarships for Transgender and Nonbinary Students

Koodoos Learning

Scholarships and grants can be difficult to find. This resource provides a list of scholarships and grants for transgender and nonbinary students. Transgender and nonbinary students face financial hardships for many reasons. Scholarships and grants are available for transgender and nonbinary students. There are other financial resources that transgender and nonbinary students can utilize.

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Dream Crusher

Admissions Village

This has been a rough few weeks. I have had many difficult conversations with students, parents, and families. I feel like my new name should be “dream crusher.” I am not trying to be funny because it is not funny. The current college admissions landscape for selective colleges is very, very tough. For many years running, admit rates have gone way down.

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3 Reasons Your SAT Score Might Have Dropped and How to Fix It

Revolution Tutors

The latest round of SAT results has been released, and you may have been disappointed to see your score decrease by a couple points. Although dropping points is obviously disappointing, you are not alone. It’s not totally uncommon to see a score decrease on your second attempt. Even if you think you were prepared, there’s probably a good reason as to why you didn’t do so well on your retake: 1.

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Access New Test Prep Courses, Content, and Study Materials

Peterson's Blog

Peterson’s recently launched six new courses to its growing test prep catalog. The new courses focus primarily on career test prep. New content, including practice tests, flashcards, video instruction, and updated course content, were also added to existing credit by exam , career , graduate school , and military test prep. New Courses. Peterson’s test prep subscribers can now access the following brand new courses: FTCE Mathematics 6-12.

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Fulton County Students & New Material

UGA Undergraduate Admissions Q & A

As a part of the admissions review at UGA, our team recalculates a GPA for all freshman applicants using core course grades and any additional AP/IB non-core grades. We do this in large part because every school or school district is able to determine their own grading policy and how they calculate a GPA, and as such there is no consistent method for comparing HS GPA’s when they are vastly different (so using a GPA on a 4.00 scale vs one that is on a 6.00 scale).

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Picking a major

College Admissions Strategies

By Kelly Barnhardt, College Admissions Strategies, Owner “Follow your passion!” is the conventional wisdom for students choosing a major and a career. However, as a high school student, it’s unlikely that you have a clear view of the breadth and depth of the job market. Not many adults do either, given the rate of change in […]. The post Picking a major appeared first on College Admissions Strategies.