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Where can I
learn more?Here are some linked resources and recommend reading for and about the college process. This list is by no means exhaustive, but rather a place from which to start.
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Application Platform
Common Application (the application platform used by almost 1,000 colleges and universities)
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Athletics
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Testing
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Books
Fiske Guide to Colleges, by Ted Fiske
Colleges That Change Lives, by Loren Pope
The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, by Jerome Karabel
Letting Go: A Parents’ Guide to Understanding the College Years, by Karen Coburn and Madge Lawrence Tregger
The Price of Admission, by Daniel Golden
The Gatekeepers, by Jacques Steinberg
Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be, by Frank Bruni
Who Gets In and Why?, by Jeff Selingo
College Conversations, by Eric Furda and Jacques Steinberg
Valedictorians at Gate by Becky Sabky
The Price You Pay for College, by Ron Leiber
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Essays Resources
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Financial Aid
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Scholarship opportunities
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College In the News
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brennanbarnard/?sh=316991b8783f – a series of articles in Forbes magazine by Brennan Bernard, Director of College Counseling at Derryfield Schoolhttps://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/revisionist-history/lord-of-the-rankings – a great podcast by Malcolm Gladwell on rankings
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