Posts tagged college preparation
What Will ‘Look Good’ on My College Application?

At College Mode, one of our goals, when we meet a high school student, is to shift this narrative from “what do I need to get into college?”, to what do I want to learn, what do I want my college life to be like, and how do I imagine my life after college?

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Are Colleges Starting to Offer In-person Tours Again?

Are you starting to think about college tours yet? Have you dug into college search databases? Considered potential majors? City or rural? Study abroad? Who offers merit aid? You may not know where to start now but by the end of junior year, you will probably feel like somewhat of a college subject-matter expert.

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Pivot and Prepare

Pivot. Cohort. Hybrid instruction. These words are not the usual words associated with back to school. So much has changed in 2020 but one thing has stayed the same. Colleges continue to want to understand how high school students have grown in high school. Admissions counselors still want to know how a student made a meaningful difference in their high-school community, and how a student plans to make a difference on their college campus.

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