Service Trips and Admission

On Those Fancy Service Trips

August 8, 2019

Going on service trips to faraway lands to build homes, distribute medical supplies, and/or teach the English language to young people can be a great way to boost a student’s case for admission to highly selective colleges, right? Wrong. While going on service trips to faraway lands may be a …

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Designer Service Trips

May 28, 2016

We came across a piece in “The New York Times” about the theme of money in the storytelling of students’ college essays that we figured we’d share with our readers. There were a couple of good points raised in the article and we figured we’d share one in particular with the …

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On Those Fancy Service Trips

Designer Service Trips