college blogging Archives - College Initiative Helping families to successfully navigate the college admissions process Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:36:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://collegeinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-logoSQUARE-02-e1683223180849-32x32.png college blogging Archives - College Initiative 32 32 What Is a CTCL College? https://collegeinitiative.net/2018/09/07/what-is-a-ctcl-college/ Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:20:12 +0000 http://collegeinitiative.net/?p=724   Those of you that know me, know that I’m a fan of CTCL colleges.  But not everyone knows what that even means!  “CTCL” stands for “Colleges That Change Lives.”  The designation came from a book by that name, published by Loren Pope over twenty years ago.  His goal in writing the book was to...

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]]> What is the Important Difference Between Early Action and Early Decision? https://collegeinitiative.net/2018/04/24/difference-between-early-action-and-early-decision/ Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:46:55 +0000 http://collegeinitiative.net/?p=548 When beginning the college search process, we get hit with a whole new vocabulary we have to learn.  Regular decision.  Rolling Admissions. Early Decision.  Early Action.  The latter two Early Admissions programs are easily confused with each other.  And now we’ve added “Early Notification” to the mix.    Here’s what you need to know: Regular Decision...

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