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SENIORS: Early decision deadlines are starting to creep up on you - if we haven't touched base in a couple of weeks, let's set a meeting! (Congratulations to those who are done and even more congratulations to those who have already begun to receive acceptance letters!)  JUNIORS: I know that many of you have already told me that you don't want to consider a women's college, but it isn't really about whether or not there are boys on campus.  But have you thought about how a conversation changes when there are boys present versus how you behave with your friends? At the very least, watch this video before you discount a women's school for your next four years: "I asked 5 questions in genetics today - and all of them started with 'Sorry.'"  PARENTS:Invoices for hourly clients were sent this morning - Friday, November 1.  Please also remember to update your student's transcript (first semester) grades with me as soon as they become available.  For some students, first quarter grades will be helpful as well.Reading material: 10 Reasons Your Teenage Daughter Should Own a Horse TRAVEL:No updates currently - there are too many essays to read right now for me to leave the house!  :)  From the blog:After nearly a decade of working in higher education in a recruiting capacity – and much of that near-decade spent standing behind a table at a college fair in a city far, far away from my own campus – I can give you a quite thorough rundown of colleges and universities whose names I bet you’ve never heard uttered before.  (I can also tell you where to find free wireless in many of the tiny towns that dot the central and eastern portions of Michigan, but that’s another story for another day.)So imagine my surprise when, upon studying the list of schools we would visit for the CICV campus tours and seeing a school name that was completely unfamiliar – and then further imagine my surprise when we actually arrived on the campus of Ferrum College and I found what tremendous opportunities they had to offer!   Read More