Educations Matters: Diverse Children's Book Reviews
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The summer is the perfect time to draft your college essay. The college application essay is your chance to show a different side of you that is not in your application already. Your grades, the classes that you took, and standardized test scores (if sending) demonstrate your academic rigor. Your recommendations show how others perceive…
Because of Covid-19, many of these internships are remote. If you have a rising high school student interested in STEM, be sure to have them check out this list from Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. These are life-changing opportunities! Science Internships for High School Students Astronomy & Physics Baylor University CASPER High School Scholars…
I visited the University of Pittsburgh during the COVID-19 pandemic. The school wasn’t on lockdown, but my daughter’s friend from sleepaway camp was contact-traced to someone who tested positive and spent two weeks in quarantine despite testing negative himself. We were able to meet him for dinner the night before we left Pittsburgh when he…
Visiting Bates College My Bates College visit takeaways: It has a friendly and engaged vibe. It has one dining hall which is what the students wanted. Freshmen can get parking. Curriculum requirements are limited to 3 in STEM. Beautiful campus. They did a really good job in the prospective student visit. Probably the best one…
Visiting Barnard College My daughter and I took a tour of Barnard College. These are our takeaways: Small campus across the street from Columbia Barnard students take classes and rush sororities at Columbia Barnard students can eat at Columbia and vice versus Rules at Barnard for overnight guests. Can’t have the same guest three nights…