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SENIORS: Keep up the good work!  I've seen a lot of great essays this week and have looked over several Common Application files.  You're in the homestretch - keep me in the loop as those decisions begin to arrive!  JUNIORS: More on this was posted online yesterday, but in case you missed the link, here is the breakdown of how may equestrian (and athletic) scholarships are available per university.  (Observation:  Not many.)  Check it out.  PARENTS:Thank you to those who have paid their October invoices.  My apologies to anyone who received an email this morning indicating payment on an invoice that is already a month old and was indicated as paid already; the new invoicing system has a few bells and whistles that I am still learning about.Please also remember to send updated grade reports and test scores as soon as you have them. TRAVEL:No updates currently - hoping to get down to Ohio before Thanksgiving!  From the blog: I confess that the main reason I joined the group of counselors attending this year’s CICV tour of western Virginia colleges was because I have wanted for many years to visit Emory & Henry College.  There were two reasons for my curiosity – the first being the wonderful reputation for academics that this liberal arts school has (it isn’t a member of the Colleges That Change Lives for nothing!) and the second being that the college’s current vice president for enrollment management, David Hawsey, is the man who mentored me into a higher education career during my undergraduate days. And was it ever worth the trip!  (Not many campuses I’ve been to can count nearly all of their buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, for one thing.)  But what’s more, there’s a lot of wonderful programming happening inside those buildings that make this a fantastic school that is worth a look from many students.  Read More