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As August ushers in the new school year, it’s a reminder to incoming high school seniors to begin writing and revising the college essay in earnest. Whether you have finished a first draft or are still deciding what to write about, it can be helpful to review the purpose of the college essay, learn tips […]
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When we consider the ways that high school students can impress colleges academically (thinking of GPA, SAT/ACT scores, and AP classes), we often overlook an important criterion: students’ college coursework. It might sound strange at first–high school students taking college courses before they’ve even graduated–but it is an increasingly common trend, both in California and
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The recent launch of ChatGPT, a chatbot that runs on natural language processing and produces coherent written responses to user prompts, has raised many questions, not least about the future of student writing. Ask ChatGPT to write an essay, and within seconds (using algorithms to determine the most relevant internet data) it generates a seemingly
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The SAT was once as inescapable a part of the high school landscape as auditorium assemblies and #2 pencils. But at this moment, in the spring of 2023, it’s clear that the SAT’s place in that landscape has fundamentally changed–and is poised to change again. For many parents, these changes have led to questions about
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