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12 Strategies to Writing the Perfect College Essay

College admission committees sift through thousands of college essays each year. Here’s how to make yours stand out. By Pamela Reynolds When it comes to deciding who they will admit into their programs, colleges consider many criteria, including high school grades, extracurricular activities, and ACT and SAT scores.But in recent years, more colleges are no longer considering test scores. Instead,…

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11 Tips to Make Any College Club Great

11 Tips to Make Any College Club Great By Alexa Kosloski  Throughout my undergrad career, I have served on executive boards for 3 different clubs and served Chapter President for one. Having this experience has allowed me to understand what it takes to truly have a successful college club. Although every organization is different, the steps it takes to be…

Claiming Your Identity as a Confident Business Woman

By Anne Shoemaker Plenty of successful business women struggle to consistently maintain their confidence. They feel self-assured in one situation, then doubt themselves in another. They are the best version of themselves on Monday, then on Tuesday, they find themselves overcoming impostor syndrome.  How can you claim your identity as a confident business woman and avoid this up-and-down cycle?  There is more…

How To Win A College Scholarship

How To Win A College Scholarship By Mark Kantrowitz More than $6 billion in scholarships is awarded each year to more than 1.5 million students. Here’s how you can win one or more of these scholarships. Odds of Winning a Scholarship Winning scholarships should be part of your plan for paying for college. For most students, however, it should not…

Advice For College Students Navigating The New Normal

Career Advice For College Students Navigating The New Normal by Jill Tipograph Co-Founder of Early Stage Careers, providing tailored career guidance exclusively to college students, recent grads and 20-somethings. For many college students, the university experience is a launching point for their careers. However, many of the traditional college-to-career pipelines are built around the physical campus and these may not be…

Support Is The Work-Life Balance Women Need

Support Is The Work-Life Balance Women Need By Sheffy Kolade When “work-life balance” first appeared in use, it was in the ’80s as part of the Women’s Liberation Movement, advocating flexible schedules and maternity leaves for women. But the concept precedes the liberation movement all the way back to the Industrial Revolution. Workers averaged about 100 hours per work week, and…