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Taking the June SAT or ACT?
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2 days ago2 min read
Start Working on Common App Personal Statement
Photo by Kaitlyn Blake The Common App Personal Statement The time has come! Our juniors are starting to work on their Common App personal...
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May 142 min read
Helping Kids in Hospitals Through Starlight Children's Foundation
Kingfisher Prep is Sponsoring Runners for RunDisney through Starlight Children's Foundation We have exciting news! Kingfisher Prep is...
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May 71 min read
What Should 10th and 11th Graders Do During the Summer?
What Should 10th and 11th Graders Do During the Summer? What should 10th (going into 11th) and 11th (going into 12th) graders do during...
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Apr 303 min read
Helping Kids Through Burnout
Ah, the end of the school year: seniors are totally checked out, juniors are (momentarily) regretting their decision to take so many AP...
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Apr 233 min read
Standardized Testing Tips: Taking the SAT or ACT in April, May, or June
If you’re taking the SAT or ACT in April, May, or June, we’ve got some tips for you! This is game time: take practice tests as if they’re...
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Apr 162 min read
College Applications: April To-Do List
It’s April! It creeps up every year, and it’s the month when we start meeting with our college application students in earnest. We’ve had...
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Apr 93 min read
Five Tips for Rescuing Bad Grades
Photo Credit: Matthew Benoit Five Tips For Rescuing Bad Grades Sometimes parents call us with some bad news: their student is failing one...
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Mar 262 min read
Five Summer Program Application Tips
Many high school students apply to summer programs, but when asked why they’re applying, many of them tell us, “it will look good on my...
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Mar 122 min read
Six Tips For Taking Your First SAT Or ACT
If you’re about to take your first real SAT or ACT, congratulations! The prep you’ve done so far will support you as you navigate the...
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Mar 42 min read
February SAT and ACT Prep: Take Full Practice Tests
February SAT and ACT Prep: Take Full Practice Tests With the spring SAT and ACT tests just around the corner, most of our students have...
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Feb 212 min read
Create a College List in 3 Easy Steps
When we first meet with students, they usually feel overwhelmed by the process of creating their first college list. But it’s actually...
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Feb 122 min read
Writing Professional Emails
My students frequently ask me to look over the emails they’re sending to colleges or teachers, and thank God they do because many, MANY...
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Jan 232 min read
Recap of the College Admissions Year (2024-2025)
Only a few days ago my final college application student for the ‘24-’25 admissions cycle turned in his last essays. I’ll probably sleep...
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Jan 223 min read
College Application Mistakes: Too Many Schools
Earlier this week a student came in with a list of 40 schools he wanted to apply to. That’s a good way to start! But the Common App will...
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Sep 6, 20222 min read
College Application Mistakes: Not Proofreading
Oh, man. Talk about an easy one to fix. Bless the students who come to me and say, “my essay is done! I’m ready to turn it in!” I read it...
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Aug 24, 20222 min read
College Application Mistakes: Gambler’s Fallacy
Parents and students make this error all the time. But with a little understanding (and a brief psych lesson!) it can be avoided. — The...
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Aug 17, 20222 min read
What My Teachers Did for Me
Mr. Hogan taught me that reading wasn’t enough: I needed to internalize and take good notes. Mrs. Mac let me cry on her shoulder in the...
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Aug 10, 20222 min read
What Do You Know About Rejection?
When I was a sophomore at Yale, my acting professor Toni Dorfman looked at the class over the top of her Hogwarts-level spectacles and...
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Jun 1, 20223 min read
For Unmotivated Students: Battling Burnout
Even the brightest kids go through periods of boredom and lack of motivation. Burnout is becoming more common, and it’s not the student’s...
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May 17, 20222 min read
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