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It might sound cliche, but the only way I've been able to truly move past rejection and stoke personal growth is by viewing failure as a gateway to second chances rather than an excuse to give up.
Recent insights into adolescent brain development shed light on why executive function skills are necessary and foundational to a successful college application process.
The American-Statesman’s guide to application deadlines at Austin-area colleges and what’s different about applying this year.
This month, more than 300,000 students received an acceptance into college before they'd completed their application.
College applications are a biased lottery. From legacy preference to single-digit acceptance rates, college admissions are increasingly becoming a measure of privilege and luck rather than academic merit. Yet, if applying to college is a stressful, time-consuming and unfair process even for American students, imagine how much harder it is for an international student. Unlike...