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2025 Common App Changes You Should Know

Get ready! We’re breaking down everything you need to know about the Common Application changes and key updates for the 2025 cycle.

What Makes Empowerly Counselors Different

Ever wondered what exactly makes an Empowerly counselor different from other teachers? Let’s go behind the scenes, where the magic happens.

UC Irvine: Behind-the-Scenes Admissions Statistics

Dive into UC Irvine's admissions statistics, acceptance rates, and key data. Together, we’ll discover what it takes to get into UCI.

Boost Your 2025 SAT Admissions Prep — 10 Essential Tips

Ready for your 2025 digital SAT? Discover 10 expert strategies to prep smarter, raise your score, and achieve your college goals.

What if My Dream College Rejects My Application?

Take time to create a satisfactory plan for the chance that a dream college rejects your application. It will be worth the simple reassurance of being prepared.

The Best College Rankings Lists

With so many lists out there ranking colleges, you might wonder to yourself which college rankings lists to trust. Certain colleges make it onto these lists over and over again, so it's safe to say that those schools are worth looking at. But what about the colleges that only make certain lists? How did those colleges make the cut, and how much time should you spend considering them?

How to Find Volunteer Work as a High School Student

Â Volunteering has great benefits for a high school student. It builds character, gives you real world experiences, and allows you to help others. In turn, all of this can help you with college applications.

Bad Reasons to Apply to Colleges

We recently published a detailed guide to how to create your college list. By going through that guide and following its steps, you'll come up with a strong list of schools to apply to covering each of the three basic categories (safety, target, and reach).Â What you may not gather from that guide is that there are some bad reasons to choose or apply to specific schools. Here are some of the most common pitfalls to avoid when deciding where to submit your college applications.

Can Social Media Hurt My College Chances?

Do these admissions officers take your social media presence into account when making admissions decisions? And can social media hurt my student's college chances?

Can Social Media Help My College Chances?

Hide your social media accounts entirely during your college application process? Have you ever thought about how social media could help your college chances?

Last Minute College Applications

There are ways to help yourself with last-minute college applications. Although this isn't going to sound very helpful, our first tip is not to panic!

Choosing a College on Track for Law School

How can you ensure that during college, you're on track for law? Let's discuss.

How Many College Applications Are Too Many?

Prospective college students can, in fact, apply to too many colleges. This leads to the obvious question: how many college applications are too many?

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