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The Curmudgeon's Guide to College Admissions

Applying to college is not an emergency and other practical tips for parents of high schoolers from a college admissions veteran and author of The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays.

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What Does Success Mean to You?

The question meant to lower admissions anxiety while changing absolutely nothing

The adultification of the college application process

Don't do it

What I Learned as a Summer Camp Counselor

includes (but is not limited to) knowing when to stand down in a face-off with a raccoon

It's Graduation Season. The Abyss Will See You Now.

Gilmore Girls, Mount Everest, and why I will probably never be invited to give a commencement address

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loved a TV show and been super mad at it at the same time

How to Get into Medical School with a Low GPA

TL;DR: one step at a time

April Curmudgeon Chat!

Is tomorrow! Sunday! April 19! At 9 am Pacific!

This is just to say

that we should all read more poetry, and not just in April

Parenting Is Hard and Confusing

Discuss.