May 21, 2014 by Hayden Shumsky
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May 6, 2014 by Hayden Shumsky
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April 4, 2013 by Hayden Shumsky
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January 29, 2013 by Hayden Shumsky
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While Most High Schools and Families Emphasize 11th and 12th Grade Performance, College Admission Staff Insist That 10th Grade is Just as Important
Somewhere along the way, a false notion became conventional wisdom with local schools and families. The lingering incorrect idea is that the first two years of high school are less consequential in the college admission process than the final two. In fact, there are some who falsely believe that 9th and 10th grade do not matter at all. Well, this notion is flat out wrong. In fact, the college admissions staff that we talk to (at SMU, UT-Austin, USC, Vanderbilt, Trinity, and Texas A&M to name a few), advise that 4 semesters make or break a... Read More »January 7, 2013 by Hayden Shumsky
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