How can early decision (ED) help or hurt you during the college admissions process? Find out what the benefits are for ED, and how it might not be the thing for you.
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Posted: 8/3/10
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Freshman year is at once exciting, scary and overwhelming, no less so at Princeton than anywhere else. Most students arrive not knowing anyone, armed only with the comforting knowledge that they were one of the few lucky and talented enough to make it through the increasingly competitive admissions process. Once the freshmen step on campus, the importance of SATs and high school GPAs fade away and they are suddenly bombarded with the staggering amount of opportunities Princeton affords.
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Posted: 11/10/08
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These are the words on the lips of countless college upperclassmen when they look back on their freshman year of college. Talk to anyone who’s been there, and they’ll tell you at least one thing they regret, and even more things they’re glad they did.
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Posted: 11/7/08
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Students recount their biggest mistakes and best decisions made during their freshman year at Wake Forest.
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Posted: 10/30/08
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Freshman year: new classes, new atmospheres, new social networks, new mores—it can be taxing. And, of course, along the way, there will be new decisions. Decisions that can be incredible, eye opening, and life changing. And then there are others—decisions that can certainly be described as aforementioned, but maybe not in such a positive light.
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Posted: 10/30/08
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UVM upper-classmen share faux pas during their first taste of freedom
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Posted: 10/30/08
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Many of decisions I made that first year came to follow me throughout my career as an undergrad. It is a year with the potential to tip the scales—whether they tip in your favor is up to you.
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Posted: 10/30/08
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From the challenge of waking up for early morning classes to contemplating one’s role in the bigger picture of university life, first semester away from home can prove to be a true test.
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Posted: 10/30/08
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I am about to enter my third year at UC Santa Cruz, and although I like to think that I am still morphing into the high school image of my college self, I can attribute a lot of my growing up to the choices, both good and bad, I made freshman year.
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Posted: 10/30/08
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I feel as if I’m running out of time. I may not have even liked the clubs I might have joined, but at least I would be learning something about the school and about myself.
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Posted: 10/30/08
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