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Most families find college admissions daunting. And I’m the first to admit that many students drop the ball at least once during the process, like forgetting to send their scores or missing an ...

I dropped my daughter off at college last week, and our goodbye was nothing like I had imagined. There were no long hugs. No tears. No standing in the doorway of her dorm room trying to memorize her ...

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Bridget Allen is the founder of Scholar Co., an independent college admissions practice she established in 2005. For more than 20 years, she has helped students approach the admissions process with a ...

Loneliness is something that a lot of college students struggle with. I think that a lot of people have expectations when arriving at college that it is going to be the best time of their lives and ...