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How First-Generation Americans Live With Language Barriers
The thing about being a first-generation immigrant is that I'm a bit whitewashed. I'm aware of my Indian heritage, and I engage in cultural practices reasonably often, but when I go to India, I can't connect with my relatives in the same way that my parents can. I...
How to Build a Powerful Resume this Summer
Social isolation has changed our reality in a matter of just a few months. The question that is on every high schooler’s mind: How do I make my resume shine and prepare for college if everything is shut. Yes, it does seem as if the world has turned its back to the...
16 Amazing Ideas on How High School Students Can Become Entrepreneurs
Every human has a few extra hours per day. Even as a high school student, there are hours in the day that most will use for browsing their Instagram to check on their favorite celebrities or to post on Snapchat aimlessly. Now, with the COVID-19, keeping everyone at...
How to Supercharge Your Reading With Speed Reading
How many of us wish we had known how to speed read back in high school when the teacher assigned a book report over the winter holiday break? Although reading is fundamental in the process of learning, many students end up feeling overwhelmed at the number of...
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Should We Allow Political Ideologies to Influence Medicine
“… May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help." An obscured issue that is perniciously taking its toll on modern medicine is “wokeness,” defined as “a state of being aware,...
How the Notion of Toxic Masculinity Creates an Invisible Burden for Men
What is the difference between toxic masculinity and simply being a man? Unfortunately, these two are often being debated and severely confused as concepts. That is the problem in and of itself in a nutshell: for many people, the idea of being a masculine man and...
HOW TO SHOWCASE YOUR TALENTS WHEN APPLYING TO COLLEGE
All colleges strive to have vibrant and diverse student communities and a thriving student-led art scene that serves as an essential incubator for creativity, risk-taking, problem-solving, collaboration, and communication–or in short, all the things you would expect...
5 Tips for Doing an Online Interview for College Admissions
Second summer in a row when most colleges are option out to conduct video interviews with their applicants instead of meeting in person. Gone are the days when applicants get dropped off at Starbucks for a chat with an alum. It is all cam and zoom glam these days. For...
What the 2020 Acceptance Rates Tell Us About The College Admissions Trends During COVID
It’s that time of the year again. If you are a student who applied to college this admissions cycle, you are surely spending these last couple of weeks anxiously checking your emails and clicking links in various portals to hopefully find good news. Most colleges are...
Gifted-Kid Burnout: Why Should You Care?
From a young age, I was told I could accomplish anything and everything. All I had to do was to will it to happen without even trying. You might be thinking how wonderful it is to have things come so easy. Well, I was lied to. Everyone told me that I could “move...
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