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Dear Friends: When The Village Method began providing youth development and outreach services for middle schoolers, we knew that we had developed a cohort model that would eventually serve high schoolers. Jordan Schanda King was generous enough to provide free access to her online content and curriculum. After running her business for seven years, she […]
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Students who can lead are considered motivated, dependable, problem-solvers, and team-players. This is exactly why college admission and scholarship review committees are looking for leadership qualities. What is leadership? But what does leadership experience mean, and more specifically what does it look like for high school students? DEFINITION: By leadership experience, we mean everything that […]
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One of the questions I hear most often is: how can we actually find scholarships? So, here’s my best advice and top resources for finding and winning scholarships. First, it’s important to know that there are four main sources of scholarships: The college or university you will attend The department that houses your major Local […]
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This is a guest post written by our friend, Heather Lomax, a contributing writer and media relations specialist for Hi Quality Tutorials. She regularly produces content for a variety of higher education blogs, discussing how to apply to college and survive while you’re there. Where you choose to attend school is one of life’s biggest […]
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If you’re reading this, I’m guessing you’ve googled something along the lines of “how to prepare for college” and you know that there is a ton of information out there on what parents and students should or should not be doing to prepare. This can be so overwhelming! Let me share a little secret with […]
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What comes to mind when you think about planning for college? Most families say things like: Timelines Debt Scholarships Overwhelming Test prep Essay writing Money Excitement, sadness and even terror! But do you know what they never say that is quite possibly the most important thing that every family can do when it comes to […]
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