iPhone apps artificially enhance appearance of photos
A flat stomach, two-inch thigh gap, healthy bust, toned butt, perfect skin, flawless hair, and a scenic background is all any girl needs for her perfect profile picture. While these strict requirements...
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Excessive college gear generates judgement
At Staples High School, college applications are treated with the type of air-tight security a clueless outsider might reserve for the CIA. Forget “I love you;” the truest sign someone trusts you is if...
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Hopkins admissions error rattles college applicants
For thousands of seniors across the nation, December has the potential to bear one of the best days of the year. And no, it’s not Christmas. This day falls about two weeks before, when a long awaited...
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Finding solace in silence
It doesn’t matter how much you’ve been through with your closest clique, how much you tell each other, or how long you’ve known each other, when it comes to the college process it is every man for...
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Navigating the college process
After completing the college application process in early October, with fifteen essays, three standardized tests and junior year behind me, I was excited to hear back from two rolling schools. With...
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College application season generates stress, sympathy, and other side effects...
By Renee Weisz Common app, early decision, transcript requests, teacher recommendations, college. All are familiar buzzwords clouding seniors’ minds during this last week of the quarter. Yet, for...
View ArticleCollege tours, demonstrated interest unfairly benefit wealthier students
Now that the new year has arrived,, seniors are finishing up and sending off the last of their college applications, while juniors are just beginning to prepare for the application process. The first...
View ArticleCOVID-19 alters college application process for high school seniors
Everyone knows the infamous college application process: students take their SAT and ACTs, meet with college representatives, visit all prospective colleges and then make their decision. But for high...
View ArticleSeniors wait for college acceptances on stressful standby
Time is ticking on the clock as seniors rush to complete and submit their applications for college. As the days grow shorter and colder, the levels of stress rise for the majority of high school...
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