First steps to Leaps of Passion

In an era where social media increasingly dominates children’s leisure time, parents are concerned about the lack of engaging hobbies that promote cognitive development and creative thinking. This concern highlights a crucial realization: parents can be helpful in guiding their children toward various extracurricular activities from a young age. This […]

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How to paint a vivid picture in your essays?

Instead of explicitly stating that “ Anna is empathetic” – Let’s paint a vivid picture… In the bustling school cafeteria, Anna noticed a fellow student, Emily, sitting alone at a corner table, her eyes cast downward. Anna hesitated for only a moment before changing her course, her lunch tray in […]

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Do you know who your child’s best friend is?

In today’s competitive world of college admissions, there’s a constant buzz about “profile building” to make your college applications shine. Why are we so fixated on these applications, and what exactly is profile building? Let’s take a step back and redefine “profile building.”   Profile building, in the context of college […]

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Maximizing Your Common App Activities Section

 Positioning Your Passion and Impact The Common App activities section is an opportunity to tell the admission officers what matters to you most and how you prefer to spend your time after school.  Writing about social service in your common app essay or one of the supplemental essays illustrates that […]

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Strategic College List Building: Balancing Ambition with Realism

It is essential to keep in mind that colleges welcome applications. More Applications means Lower Acceptance Rate in turn means Perception of Higher Prestige Students often create a random college list without much planning and get into colleges that they are not at all excited about. The Common App has also made it […]

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