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Students are becoming more and more pressured into picking their career paths too young.

Kids rush to pick career paths too young

Evi Tarshis '20, Staff Writer February 13, 2020

It is more common than not that you will come across a high schooler who has a perfect sense of what they want to do with his or her life. For me there was no question: it was always Communications. I’ve...

This summer, Eddie Kiev ’20 visited Columbia University in New York City, which was a one-hour train ride away. However, many college campuses are much less accessible, some even requiring plane tickets to visit. Transportation, lodging, and meal expenses can add up after a few college visits and may be unaffordable to some.

College tours, demonstrated interest unfairly benefit wealthier students

Lia Chen '20, Paper A&E Editor January 9, 2020

Now that the new year has arrived,, seniors are finishing up and sending off the last of their college applications, while juniors are just beginning to prepare for the application process. The first step...

 Many students apply to their schools through the common application, a software that helps distinguish which applications are early decision (ED) and which are early admission (EA). Applicants are only allowed to apply to one ED school, but can often times also apply EA elsewhere.

Early Decision application outcomes create too much stress for seniors

Lily Kane '20, Web News Editor January 2, 2020

As a senior in high school, it is virtually impossible for me to escape the ever-increasing stress of the college process until I am in a school I’m happy with. For many seniors in my same position,...

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College names don’t define who you are

Emma Van Riper ’20, Social Media Director September 26, 2019

As I start my senior year, I figured I’m bound to be asked by various people where I want to go to school next year. However, I didn’t figure that every parent of my friends, every doctor, every dentist...

Hannah Bolandian 19 and Nicky Brown 19 pose for a picture before school on decision day. Both are decked out in the college they are attending.

May 1 allows seniors to celebrate their college decisions

Nicky Brown ’19 May 16, 2019

For high school seniors around the nation, May 1 was national decision day. This means that by May 1, seniors had to decide where they would attend college the following year. Traditionally, seniors celebrate...

Seniors must understand the neverending college process

Seniors must understand the neverending college process

Bri Zeiberg ’19, Social Media Director March 19, 2019

For many, a commitment to college may signify the end of a college process; from my experience, this is not the case. At the beginning of the college process, the main sources of stress are easily anticipated....

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