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Should Students Agree to the FERPA Waiver for College Recommendations?

Jill Schwitzgebel — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 18:03:00 +0000

Most families have never been asked to waive their FERPA rights for any reason throughout their children’s years of school. And then suddenly, college applications contain a FERPA waiver that asks students to specifically give up their right to see a piece of their college application – their teacher recommendations. It may seem alarming. The...

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6 Important Life Skills Teens Learn Through Applying to Colleges

Jill Schwitzgebel — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 19:09:41 +0000

It’s fall of your teen’s senior year of high school. They are busy. They are stressed. They are up late at night doing homework and working on their college essays. As a parent, you want to help, but feel like there is not much you can do. So, to relieve some of the burden, maybe...

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What You Need to Know About Teacher Recommendations

Jill Schwitzgebel — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 20:12:58 +0000

If you’re reading this, you likely already know that colleges care about more than test scores and GPAs when it’s application time. The admissions team wants to get a full picture of who the student really is before making an admissions decision. One way they try to get an idea of what a student is...

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