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Finding Your True (Extracurricular) Love

Extracurriculars should be fun -- but they also play a key role in the admissions process.  Dr P offers tips for finding your passion and becoming a leader beyond your high school — both rewarded during admissions.

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What Rising Seniors Can and Should Do This Summer in the Common App

This month, Dr. P. lays out what rising seniors need to do during the summer in order to produce the best essays and applications possible.

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Scheduling Effective Test Prep

Many students have great expectations for their standardized test scores. But they’re sometimes unrealistic about the amount of time and work it takes to achieve them. After thirty years in the test prep industry, Dr. P. supplies three, common sense rules to scheduling effective test prep.

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