I’ve always had a high level of respect for my fencing coach. Instead of training all of his students the same way, he focuses on each...

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It’s so exciting to see our students leave for the summer. From California to Rhode Island, our students pursue their passions, whether...

As someone on the more creative side, I took pride in the fact that the first draft of my resume was organized to be aesthetically...

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In Western Europe and the United States, up to 90% of children diagnosed with cancer survive. In Russia, however, a child with diagnosed...

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“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” This quote is so popular that it’s been attributed to at least two all-time great athletes...

With summer fast approaching, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by all of the summer program options out there. There are (literally)...

Although I knew they existed, I used to think that kids who got kicked out (or whose acceptance was rescinded) were something like...

As a current student at Phillips Academy Andover (and a former boarding school applicant!), I know the challenges that the application...

Now that the college decision process is ending for the class of 2019, it’s about to start all over again for the class of 2020. So it’s...

The recent admission scandal holds a mirror to the situation in American education. On the one hand, it brings up the legitimate question...

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With the idea of the International Baccalaureate (IB) created in 1962 and the official IB organization founded in 1968, students all over...