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July 8, 2023
Every year, high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors write National Honor Society essays in the hopes of becoming a member. It’s certainly an admirable recognition. Joining the ranks means...
July 6, 2023
While we often think of course planning as something college students do, it’s equally important for high school students to be thoughtful about plotting their course load. Maybe you...
July 5, 2023
I studied German as an undergrad. I memorized the cases and disorienting verb placement, and after four semesters, I felt pretty slick. But then I went to Germany and...
July 3, 2023
In most cases, recommendation letters are a standard requirement for the college admissions process. Admissions boards use these letters to better understand the applicant’s promising qualities and characteristics that...
June 30, 2023
Have you ever struggled to find just the right word to describe an author’s attitude in a sentence or character in a scene? Or do you worry about repetitiveness...
June 27, 2023
We’ve all been there: you’re sitting in English or Social Studies, and suddenly your teacher announces those dreaded words: “I’d like you all to pick a topic for your...
June 25, 2023
If you ask someone to tell you what The Great Gatsby is about, there’s a good chance they’ll say – “the American Dream.” They would be correct – kinda....
June 21, 2023
Community service projects can look great on college applications. But the difference between a worthwhile community service project and a flimsy excuse to check a box is not only...
June 15, 2023
Think of poetic devices as specific tools for poetry. Poets use these tools to construct a form and fabricate interesting language, making their poems structurally sound, as well as...
June 7, 2023
From Calvin and Hobbes to Star Trek to The Simpsons, Hamlet’s soliloquy “To Be or Not To Be” is one of the most commonly cited lines of Shakespeare. But...
June 6, 2023
If you’re a high school student, odds are you’ve heard the terms “AP” and “Honors classes” before. But what exactly do these terms mean, and how do you decide...
A perennial presence on the AP Lit Reading List, the themes at the heart of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby – greed, love, violence, and the “American Dream”...
June 5, 2023
If public speaking causes your palms to sweat or your voice to quaver, you’re not the only one. Simply adding to a student-led discussion used to make my heart...
May 31, 2023
Environmental science is a varied discipline that encompasses a variety of subjects, including ecology, atmospheric science, and geology among others. Professionals within this field can pursue many occupations from...
May 30, 2023
Scrambling to find technology research topics for the assignment that’s due sooner than you thought? Take a scroll down these 54 interesting technology essay topics in 10 different categories,...
May 22, 2023
High school courses that involve narrative, such as AP Lang, Creative Writing, and Film require an understanding of literary devices. Analytical papers ask students to interpret a work. To...
May 18, 2023
When you hear the term “rhetorical devices,” perhaps you picture old, bearded men sitting around a pile of grapes, debating love and democracy. Maybe the Roman orator Cicero comes...
May 2, 2023
“The Road Not Taken” is a poem of behemoth presence from high school English classrooms to motivational posters to the annals of New England poetry. Before we dive into...
April 7, 2023
Einstein said, “Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.” Whether you’re a student who loves math or loathes it, it’s essential to recognize that mathematics...
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