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		<title>College Transfers: Why or Why Not?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Hintz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your college freshman is finally home after fall semester. He seems happy to be home, but not eager to return to school for spring. Sometime between handing you an oversized duffle of filthy laundry, recovering from final exam sleep debt, gobbling up Mom comfort food as an alternative to pizza, lighting the Menorah or trimming [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=positionu4college.wordpress.com&blog=6305802&post=2561&subd=positionu4college&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>December 15: Day of Reckoning for College-Bound High School Seniors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Hintz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Super Tuesday?
December 15 is the day when many colleges notify Early Decision and Early Action applicants of acceptance, deferral or denial. Some schools notify a few days earlier, such as Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, Penn, and Georgetown University. In recent posts, I have given specific next steps for dealing with Early Decision acceptance, Early Action acceptance, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=positionu4college.wordpress.com&blog=6305802&post=2508&subd=positionu4college&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Should College-Bound Teens Spend Winter Break?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After family time and a bit of R&#38;R, here are some tips on activities you can encourage your high school student to pursue during winter break, divvied out by grade:
Seniors. Your 12th Grader may be in the fortunate situation to have already heard good news from colleges. But unless she has been accepted Early Decision, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=positionu4college.wordpress.com&blog=6305802&post=2442&subd=positionu4college&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Hintz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter what grade your teen is in, her college-bound journey will be an exciting, complicated, sometimes stressful yet ultimately rewarding adventure. My blog offers guidance (and lots of empathy!) for every chapter of the journey.
Check the &#8220;CATEGORIES&#8221; list on the lower righthand panel of my blog. Click on Grades 9, 10, 11, 12, College [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=positionu4college.wordpress.com&blog=6305802&post=2408&subd=positionu4college&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Hintz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My last string of colored lights just made the top of the tree. Amazingly, they all worked. I opened the red plastic tub that held the treasures. The souvenirs from memorable travels or places we&#8217;ve lived. And most of all, the homemade ornaments from Christmases long, long ago&#8230;
My iTunes holiday music played through the stereo [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=positionu4college.wordpress.com&blog=6305802&post=2345&subd=positionu4college&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Inside the Admissions Office&#8221; by WSJ on Campus/Unigo</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wed., Dec. 2,  7 PM EST, Wall Street Journal on Campus/Unigo webcast a panel discussion of  admissions deans from 8 top colleges and universities called &#8220;Inside the Admissions Office&#8221; from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. The panel discussion was moderated by Unigo CEO/Founder Jordan Goldman.
Schools represented were Bryn Mawr, Grinnell, Marquette, University of Pennsylavnia, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=positionu4college.wordpress.com&blog=6305802&post=2338&subd=positionu4college&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>December 15 College News: Deferral or Denial</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is the third in a series that looks at each early admission scenario, with advice on next steps from Admissions Matters: What Students and Parents Need to Know About Getting Into College by Sally S. Springer, Jon Reider &#38; Marion R. Franck.
What to do if you&#8217;re deferred? What does deferral mean, anyway? It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=positionu4college.wordpress.com&blog=6305802&post=2261&subd=positionu4college&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>December 15 College News: Early Action Acceptance</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is the second in a series that looks at each early admission scenario, with advice on next steps from Admissions Matters: What Students and Parents Need to Know About Getting Into College by Sally S. Springer, Jon Reider &#38; Marion R. Franck.
Early Action (&#8220;EA&#8221;): Accepted. What a happy relief! If the school is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=positionu4college.wordpress.com&blog=6305802&post=2242&subd=positionu4college&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, will there be a toy in your stocking or a lump of coal? What next? I will look at each early admission scenario in my next few posts, with advice on next steps from Admissions Matters: What Students and Parents Need to Know About Getting Into College by Sally S. Springer, Jon Reider &#38; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=positionu4college.wordpress.com&blog=6305802&post=2199&subd=positionu4college&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The College Waiting Game</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving is over, and your high school senior returns to school for one of the most nerve-wracking periods of an already stressful year.
 Your high school student may have chosen to apply Early Decision (&#8220;ED&#8221;), Early Action (&#8220;EA&#8221;), priority application or rolling admissions. Even if your teen chose Regular Decision, the atmosphere  will be wired [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=positionu4college.wordpress.com&blog=6305802&post=2134&subd=positionu4college&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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