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Sing Out, Louise!: The College Process for Theater Majors
By: theaterkid1015
Jun 26, 2009
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If for years, you’ve dreamed of fame, stardom, or just being a part of the theater community, get ready for a very different college application experience. Your friends will be tailoring essays, piling on extra-curriculars, and retaking tests. For those of us who want the coveted BFA in acting or musical theater, though, these next months will be filled with searching for the perfect song, monologue, outfit, and headshot to try for the selective programs.

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The College Package
By: theaterkid1015
Jun 26, 2009
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When April rolls around, the word package will mean more to a senior that ever thought possible. Colleges said rejection letters, but they send acceptance packages. Inside that thick envelope is usually a big folder filled with an acceptance letter, details on setting up an email account, and the all important financial aid package.

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Managing Your Life Senior Year
By: hayleylaird
Jun 26, 2009
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Rule number one about your senior year: do NOT procrastinate. Senior year is a big time of change for a lot of people. This year will weed out who is really shooting for the stars and who is just going to settle for what is within their immediate grasp. But in order to keep your sanity, you have to stay on top of your game. Being organized is one of the most useful characteristics to have. Does your cell phone have a calendar feature? If it does, use it for what it's worth. If your cell phone doesn't, get crafty and make your own on the computer.

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Applying for College-Looking at ALL of the Options
By: hayleylaird
Jun 26, 2009
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You've always had your dream college picked out, right? The school with the winning football team, the school with the nicest climate, the school your favorite high school teacher graduated from...the list goes on. But what happens when that school doesn't offer your major, or financial problems arise and that school's tuition just doesn't fit the budget? Looking at all the facts and sorting them out before all the application fees and endless hours spent writing essays will help make the process so much smoother.

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Learn from My Mistakes on the AP
By: seefah
Jun 26, 2009
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In what seemed to be five minutes into the essay portion of the exam, the AP World History exam proctor proclaimed, “Fifteen minutes left!” Naturally, I panicked. I went from neatly outlining the knowledge I collected from ten documents to hastily concluding the Document-Based Question to messily conveying that I had, in fact, learned something that year on the Change and Continuity over Time Essay.

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Teens, Culture, School
By: LilaDoolittle
Jun 26, 2009
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Teen culture is a melting pot of influences. From the music, to the movies, to the school. One of the most prominent influences is the modern music industry. From fashion to language, from ideologies to cliques. Popular figures are able to set standards that the general public will follow. They help the fashion industry dictate what’s “in style” by wearing clothes they’re provided, which in turn, is echoed by the legions of fans. Media also helps facilitate these fashion fads by offering the general public how to achieve the same look on a budget.

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The College Admissions Adventure
By: LilaDoolittle
Jun 26, 2009
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With summer here, many rising seniors are going to start on the long journey known as the college admissions process. It’s not uncommon for teens to be under grueling amounts of stress during this time, what with constant mailings from various colleges and universities begging for you to come visit and attend them and then listing various reasons as to why they are the best.

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Valedictorian or Bust!
By: smile4theazn
Jun 26, 2009
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Despite the myriad of AP and Honors classes you are taking, volunteer hours that have been accumulating, managing and attending multiple clubs, and still finding time to attend practice for a sport or two, you want more. Sleep, although in high demand is a secondary part of your daily schedule, losing its precedent to studying for the next test, working on multiple projects, your school team´s game, or maybe even sneaking a day to finally spend a day in some sunlight with your friends. Never will you be satisfied until you are the best there is at your school, the Valedictorian.

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College Admissions
By: tanmayi20
Jun 26, 2009
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As senior year or even junior year is approaching for some of you, you probably constantly hear questions such as, which college are you going to? What are you going to major in? What’s your GPA?

College admissions can be challenging and stressful. These admissions should be handled with patience and care, giving each aspect of college application utmost attention. The journey to the road to college begins as soon as you enter high school.

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AP Study Habits
By: hossein1
Jun 26, 2009
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AP classes are not designed to be difficult courses with super-advanced material that you would only learn in college. The reason that they are generally labeled as "hard" is due to the fact that you're learning much more information in a shorter amount of time relative to your other non-honors classes. Most of the knowledge that you need to obtain a 4 or a 5 on the AP exams will come from your teacher and your own effort or your motivation to succeed. Of course, there are certain habits that you can form to boost not only your grades in the class(es) you are taking, but also the AP exam(s).

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