Juniors, make the most of this summer unlike any other.

Juniors, make the most of this summer unlike any other.

Juniors, what are you doing with all this downtime? Have you considered what, in the past, you didn’t have time for — the books you’ve been meaning to read, the skills you’ve always wanted to learn, the long-distanced friends and family members you don’t want to lose touch with? This post explores some of the ways soon-to-be college applicants can make the most of these extraordinary days.

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The Costco essay

The Costco essay

Last month, a Business Insider article about a college application essay went viral. BI reported that because of her essay, Brittany Stinson of Wilmington, Delaware, was admitted to five Ivy League universities (Yale, Dartmouth, UPenn, Cornell, and Columbia) as well as Stanford, academic powerhouses with notoriously competitive acceptance rates.

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