Specialized Major vs General Major: How to Choose the Right College Path

The moment eventually arrives for nearly every college-bound student. Somewhere between browsing university websites, speaking with guidance counselors, and imagining life on a campus far from home, a deceptively simple question begins to surface, What should I major in? At first, the question appears straightforward. Yet as families begin to explore the possibilities, they quickly…
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Internships, Co Ops, Research, Service Learning and Experiential Education

I was recently meeting with one of my students who lives in Newbury Park, California about his college preparations and the conversation centered around how higher education often begins with grades, test scores, and college rankings. Yet what ultimately separates a strong college experience from a transformative one is what happens beyond the classroom. Increasingly,…
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