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Your Network is Your Net Worth: 6 Tips to Help Grow Your Network

Berkeley² Academy

Many summer programs and college applications request letters of recommendation from individuals that can speak to your character and work ethic. Great letters of recommendations are a direct reflection of the value of your network. Great letters of recommendations are a direct reflection of the value of your network.

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Can You Go to College With a GED?

BestColleges

Also, school admission requirements vary, so do some research and find out what information you'll need to submit, such as letters of recommendation, transcripts, and other documents. When asking someone to write a recommendation letter , be sure to give them ample notice before any deadlines — at least a few weeks.

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How to Succeed as a UVA Premed

Shemmassian Academic Consulting

UVA premed community volunteering If you’re looking to bolster your credentials as a volunteer in your community, the University of Virginia Internship Placement Program is a great first place to look. UVA Health partners with Madison House, a campus organization that finds volunteer placements for undergraduates.

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How to Get Into Princeton: Essays and Strategies That Worked

Shemmassian Academic Consulting

She’s taken Advanced Placement physics and other science classes, and she’s even taken an Intro to Astronomy course at her local community college. Throughout his high school years, he attended youth writing workshops and summer camps for writers, and one of his poems won a Scholastic Art and Writing Award.

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Keystone Keynote, Part 1--Time for a New Admissions Paradigm?

The Thoughtful College Search

While researching my presentation I realized that I had done the keynote eleven years ago at a different PACAC event, the August Admission Workshop. Admission was based on purely academic preparation, with the old College Board exams resembling today’s Advanced Placement exams, measuring what content a student knew.

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How to Succeed as a Caltech Premed

Shemmassian Academic Consulting

Placement tests in math and writing are required to be taken before beginning your first year, and other placement tests (such as those in chemistry, computer science, or physics) may be taken later. You’ll also work with them in obtaining letters of recommendation. Is there an associated hospital at Caltech?

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