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On Rejection: "I Was Suzy Weiss."
Last month, high school senior Suzy Weiss penned an op ed piece about getting rejected from the Ivies for the Wall Street Journal. The piece attracted national attention and landed her an interview on the Today Show. Wow Writing Workshop CEO Susan Knoppow felt connected to Ms. Weiss; she penned this blog.
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On Being Unchosen By the College of One's Choice
Angst over college rejection is nothing new. In 1968, Joan Didion penned On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice for The Saturday Evening Post. In the article, she reflected on the letter she received from Stanford back in 1952, which she pulled out 16 years later "as an object lesson for a 17-year-old cousin who is unable to eat or sleep as she waits to hear from what she keeps calling the colleges of her choice." |
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Get Money for College
What would you do for a $50,000 scholarship - plus an expedition to the Galapagos Islands? You don't have to go to extremes - just submit a video and essay about your (potentially) award-winning science project to the Google Global Science Fair competition. P.S. One of the second place awards is a trip to Denmark to hang out at the Lego Factory. Deadline: April 30.
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Wait-listed?Were you wait-listed by your first-choice school? You're not alone: Wait lists are used by almost 45% of four-year institutions. Should you join the 55% of students who decide to wait? Should you move on? Here's the big picture to help weigh your options.
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