letters-of-rec
You need two teacher recommendations. You have maybe five or six teachers you could ask. Most students pick the two who gave them the highest grade, and most students are wrong about this. Choosing the right recommender is probably the single highest-leverage decision in the entire rec letter process, and
letters-of-rec
Most students don't think about recommendation letters until September of senior year, when a college application portal asks them to list two teachers and a counselor. By that point, the students who understood the game started building those relationships eighteen months ago. A letter of recommendation isn'
letters-of-rec
Most students don't think about recommendation letters until September of senior year, when a college application portal asks them to list two teachers and a counselor. By that point, the students who understood the game started building those relationships eighteen months ago. A letter of recommendation isn'
summer
After nine articles about how to optimize your summer, this one says something different: sometimes the smartest thing you can do with your 10 weeks is stop. Not because you're lazy. Not because you've given up. But because you're running on fumes and the
summer
After nine articles about how to optimize your summer, this one says something different: sometimes the smartest thing you can do with your 10 weeks is stop. Not because you're lazy. Not because you've given up. But because you're running on fumes and the
summer
Most advice about high school internships assumes you live in a major city, know someone who knows someone, and have parents who can make a phone call on your behalf. This article doesn't assume any of that. Whether you're in a suburb, a small town, or
summer
Most advice about high school internships assumes you live in a major city, know someone who knows someone, and have parents who can make a phone call on your behalf. This article doesn't assume any of that. Whether you're in a suburb, a small town, or
summer
The summer between junior and senior year is the last window where you can actually do something new before your college application locks in. After this summer, you're not building — you're packaging. Everything you've done up to this point becomes the material for your
summer
The summer between junior and senior year is the last window where you can actually do something new before your college application locks in. After this summer, you're not building — you're packaging. Everything you've done up to this point becomes the material for your
summer
The summer after sophomore year is the most underrated window in your entire high school career. You probably don't feel any urgency about it. College applications are two years away. SATs feel distant. Nobody is pressuring you to optimize anything yet. And that's exactly why this
summer
The summer after sophomore year is the most underrated window in your entire high school career. You probably don't feel any urgency about it. College applications are two years away. SATs feel distant. Nobody is pressuring you to optimize anything yet. And that's exactly why this
summer
There's a persistent myth in the college-prep world that a summer job is what you do when you couldn't get into a program. That a paycheck is somehow less valuable than a certificate. That working at a restaurant, a grocery store, or a retail shop is