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Useful Insider’s Guide on the College Admission Process (Video)

Here is a video produced by Vanderbilt University. It is about the college admission process and gives some useful tips. Pay special attention to 17:00 into the video.

-Kyle Wong

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Welcome to the myCollegeSTAT blog. Here you can find interesting articles written by college students, guidance counselors, college coaches, and more. There's plenty of material to read, from dorm advice to application help to high school career and resume suggestions. Look around and feel free to leave us comments if you like (or don't like) one of our articles or would like us to write about something you are interested in.

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November 4th 2008
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myCollegeSTAT Supports Microfinancing with New Application Review Service

myCollegeSTAT is offering a trial service as part of the Gumball Challenge, a week long competition challenging students to raise as much money as they can for social entrepreneurship with only $27 and 27 gumballs. From November 3rd to November 8th, we are offering to review your college applications and ...
October 24th 2008
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How to Finance Your College Education

Let’s start with scholarships. There’s free money out there waiting for you to claim it! Apply to anything and everything…if that’s at all possible. But since you’re not a supercomputer that can easily whip out scholarship applications, I would suggest applying to a few scholarships that offer large monetary prizes, ...
October 10th 2008
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The Ominous Freshman 15

OK, so honestly, it IS real. The Freshman 15 is a very real thing. Many, on-campus freshman residents tend to overeat. It’s a simple fact of American college culture. Let me put this into perspective. Students eat frequently throughout the day, either at the cafeteria, local eateries, or in their ...
October 4th 2008
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Bentley College Update: Now BENTLEY UNIVERSITY

Bentley has proudly announced the school's new status as a nationally recognized university. "The Bentley Board of Trustees has announced that the college has received approval from the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education (MBHE) to change its designation and name to become Bentley University, effective October 2, 2008." "Bentley College is now ...
September 15th 2008
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Roommates: Friend or Foe? How many is too many? Co-ed?

The other day I was reminiscing about my dorm decision experience and recalled a few things I fussed over. I’d like to share a few of the thoughts that came to my mind with other college-bound or curious students. What if I have roommate issues? First of all, if you have ...

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