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Do You Need to Hire a Professional College Consultant?
Getting your child through high school, into a college, and later…
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The Ohio Honors Diploma for Class of 2026 and Beyond: What Is It and Is It Necessary?
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Let’s Help Reduce Test Anxiety for Our Teens
Do you remember the feeling when you sat down for a standardized…
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Our Mission Statement and What It Means for You
Way back in the early days of At The Core, our team of professionals…
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Our Epic College Quest: One Parent’s Perspective on Making the Most of College Visits
Hi! You may or may not know me. My name is Vanessa Hamilton,…
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More Colleges Go Test Optional. Should We Care?
Recently, Columbia University announced their test optional policy…
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Purdue to require ACT or SAT score for HS Class of 2024
On November 29, 2022, Purdue University announced that they will…
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Kicking Off the School Year with a Plan for Our Teens
The start of another school year is full of excitement. Almost…
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10 Things You Might Not Have Known About the Test Optional Movement
ACT and SAT testing has been part of the college application…
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Should you say “yes”? ACT’s Educational Opportunity Service and SAT’s Student Search Service
Families are sometimes surprised when shortly after taking the…