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How should I be preparing for the college search as a high school freshman?

Charlotte M. Klaar, Ph.D.Charlotte M. Klaar, Ph.D.
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Do your best in all your classes so you don’t close doors for yourself. You may not think you want to do something as a freshman, but that may change once you are a junior. Therefore, leave all your options open by taking the most intense curriculum that you can succeed in and get high grades in all your classes. Take part in a range of school activities that are meaningful to you and do the same ones each year. Do community service consistently throughout high school. With these credentials, you will have a good range of choices when you begin the college search in earnest.

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