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Brittany Maschal @MaschalB
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U.S. Department of State (NSLI-Y) Language Learning – Virtual Option For Fall ’23 brittany.consulting/2023/05/…

U.S. Department of State (NSLI-Y) Language Learning – Virtual Option For Fall ’23

Virtual National Security Language Initiative for Youth (Virtual NSLI-Y), a program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affai

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2nd Annual Break Into Law Conference brittany.consulting/2023/05/…

2nd Annual Break Into Law Conference

The Break into Law Conference is a free and virtual conference with a mission to help BIPOC, first-generation, and other marginalized students and professional

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High School Students: Use Your Summers Wisely brittany.consulting/2023/04/…

High School Students: Use Your Summers Wisely

Rising Seniors Time flies, right? Hopefully, you’ve planned something interesting to explore your academic interests this summer. If not, there is still time

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High School Class of 2023 Acceptances brittany.consulting/2023/04/…

High School Class of 2023 Acceptances

Congrats to all of our seniors! Arizona State* Bard* Barnard Baylor Boston College Boston U Butler CalPoly SLO* Case Western* Chapman* Clemson* Co

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2023-2024 Common Application Essay Prompts brittany.consulting/2023/04/…

2023-2024 Common Application Essay Prompts

In case you missed it, Common App announced that the 2023-2024 essay prompts will remain the same. Past research shows that overall satisfaction with the prompt

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2023 College Waitlist Advice brittany.consulting/2023/03/…

2023 College Waitlist Advice

We must keep it real: most students are not admitted from the WL at highly selective schools. Our primary advice? Get excited about where you have been accepte

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Diversity and identity essays in college admissions and the possible end of affirmative action brittany.consulting/2023/03/…

Diversity and identity essays in college admissions and the possible end of affirmative action

Colleges are starting to outline potential next steps if affirmative action is overturned and race can no longer be explicitly used as a factor in the admission

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A Must Read on March Madness & College’s Lack of Admissions Transparency brittany.consulting/2023/03/…

A Must Read on March Madness & College’s Lack of Admissions Transparency

From Jeff Selingo: March Madness is, of course, synonymous with college basketball, but there is another college tradition it might also describe these days

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The Two Most Important Letters in College Admission brittany.consulting/2023/03/…

The Two Most Important Letters in College Admissions

Could not agree more with Rick Clark's recent post about institutional priority. It's something we talk about a lot with families and that needs to be taken s

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Writers and Photographers: Sign Up For a jGirls Teen Staff 2023-2024 Application Q&A Session brittany.consulting/2023/03/…

Writers and Photographers: Sign Up For a jGirls Teen Staff 2023-2024 Application Q&A Session

Serving as a teen staff editor or photographer is an exciting opportunity to contribute to jGirls Magazine and have a hands-on, creative position at a digital

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College Admissions Regular Decision (RD) Notification Dates brittany.consulting/2023/03/…

College Admissions Regular Decision (RD) Notification Dates

RD results start to roll out in March, with most released by early April. College Kickstart tracks release and tentative notification dates and includes last ye

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Happy Women’s History Month 2023! brittany.consulting/2023/03/…

Happy Women’s History Month 2023!

GenHERation is hosting programming throughout March to energize and inspire their community. Over 50 leaders from 20 companies will join them for a variety of

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From a teen’s perspective: dealing with college admission stress brittany.consulting/2023/02/…

From a teen’s perspective: dealing with college admission stress

I came across an article by a student at Menlo Atherton (Dylan Lanier) that I wanted to share. You can access it here or read it below.  I'm 20 years out fr

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Colleges That Are No Longer Test Optional & Where it Helps to Have In-Range/High Range Scores brittany.consulting/2023/02/…

Colleges That Are No Longer Test Optional & Where it Helps to Have In-Range/High Range Scores

You'll need [competitive] SAT or ACT scores to apply to the following schools: GeorgetownGeorgia TechMITPurdueUniversity of Georgia University of Florida (st

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Colleges Where Demonstrated Interest is Important or Very Important brittany.consulting/2023/02/…

Colleges Where Demonstrated Interest is Important or Very Important

What is demonstrated interest? Demonstrated interest (DI) is something universities measure to determine the level of interest a student has in their school

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Resumes as storytelling brittany.consulting/2023/02/…

Resumes as storytelling

There are many optional components of a college application: essays, interviews, video submissions, and what is treated as the most widely optional item, the re

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How can I support you? A teen mental health primer brittany.consulting/2023/02/…

How can I support you? A teen mental health primer

It’s essential for parents and other family members to support teens by learning about common mental health conditions, understanding the signs that their tee

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In trend reversal, Yale now rejects more early applicants than it defers brittany.consulting/2023/02/…

In trend reversal, Yale now rejects more early applicants than it defers

At the most selective US colleges, deferrals often end up as rejections, which is why we encourage most rejected applicants to see that decision as preferable.

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Women In Science Virtual Speaker Series – Hudson River Estuary Program brittany.consulting/2023/01/…

Women In Science Virtual Speaker Series – Hudson River Estuary Program

Beginning January 19, 2023, join DEC's Hudson River Estuary Program for the Women in Science Virtual Speaker Series! Take part in four free webinars throughout

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New York Times 4th Annual STEM Writing Contest brittany.consulting/2023/01/…

New York Times 4th Annual STEM Writing Contest

Students choose an issue or question in science, technology, engineering, math, or health and then write an engaging 500-word explanation. For this contest,

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