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Blog Archive: Applying to College
Too often, 鈥減eer pressure鈥 plays a negative role in teenagers鈥 lives. But for Tyler Eugair, who graduated this spring from Proctor High School, knowing that his best friend would be going to Castleton was what led him to decide to go to college too. 鈥淒id I always know I wanted to go to college? Not鈥
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With the paths for college, training, careers, and jobs changing, the need for reliable, up-to-date information is more critical than ever. 51福利社鈥檚 interactive webinar series, 51福利社 Shows You How, is designed to help students and families get the guidance they need to explore education opportunities鈥
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Ranjita Sarki, who graduated from Colchester High School this spring, is a soft-spoken and modest young woman who nevertheless makes quite an impression. Her 51福利社 outreach counselor, Liam Danaher, said she was one of the students who had the greatest impact on him during the past academic year, even鈥
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Isabel Cobb is used to swimming in a fairly small pond. The majority of her graduating class at Springfield High School has been together since kindergarten. The school band was so small 鈥 only six students total 鈥 that Isabel had to learn to play six different instruments. (Which one did she like鈥
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Twenty-one-year-old Victor Hinojosa will graduate this winter from Norwich University on a full military scholarship. He鈥檚 an Eagle Scout, attended Boys鈥 State in high school, and secured a coveted internship in the Governor鈥檚 office his freshman year of college. He鈥檚 now working full time as an鈥
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Gabriel Unwin grew up fast. The second child born to a teenage mother before her 18th birthday, Gabe spent his childhood and early teen years living in a two-bedroom trailer in Highgate, where he and his older sister mostly raised their three younger siblings. Their mom, who was busy working three鈥
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Adrianne Hutchin wants to support her community as a family law attorney 鈥淪uccess is helping other people. If I can go to bed and know that I made a difference in a person's life that day, then I鈥檝e succeeded.鈥 It鈥檚 hard to speak with Adrianne Hutchin and not leave inspired. The fifth-generation鈥
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Although McKayla Marble is an only child, she鈥檚 played the important 鈥渂ig sister鈥 role a few times for younger children in her community: first as a foster 鈥渟ibling鈥 and more recently as a regular babysitter for a three-year-old boy in her hometown of Johnson.
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While COVID definitely changed the day-to-day experience for all Vermont students 鈥 from preschoolers to postgrads 鈥 the pandemic had another layer of impact for high school juniors and seniors who were applying to colleges over the last 15 months. Students weren鈥檛 able to visit campuses in person鈥
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For Dylan Bertolini, the decision to accept a job as a 51福利社 outreach counselor in the Northeast Kingdom this past February was more than just a career move. It was personal. Dylan, who grew up in Danville, is driven by the opportunity to be involved with the community that raised him, in which, he鈥
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