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Grades and Course Rigor Matter the Most in College Admissions

Great College Advice

The Importance of Your High School Transcript in College Admissions The number one most important element of your college application is your transcript. honors, college prep, remedial, Advanced Placement, etc.), Many colleges and universities were “test-optional” before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.

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Which Is More Important — Grades or Extracurricular Activities?

Great College Advice

The Importance of Your Transcript The number one most important element of your college application is your transcript. honors, college prep, remedial, Advanced Placement, etc.), Many colleges and universities were “test-optional” before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.

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How to Work with CBOs to Supercharge Your Recruiting Efforts

EAB

For those of you who haven't heard of College Greenlight, the simplest way to describe it is that we're a network of partners dedicated to supporting first generation, lower income and historically underserved students on their path to and through higher education. In New York there's the College Access Consortium of New York, CACNY.

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The Ones Too Often Left Behind

The Scholarly Teacher

Those who do well in middle school are placed into college prep courses in high school. Some portion of high school students on the college prep track actually attend college, and another subset of those graduate. Who speaks and who listens: Revisiting the chilly climate in college classrooms. Harris, M., &