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Blog Archive: Applying to College

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With warmer weather a few weeks away, high school seniors have another transition on their mind: considering what's after graduation. Even if you're undecided, this is a good time to explore the options for your future. Are you looking for a career training program, taking a gap year, entering the鈥
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Nick Williams
During the spring of his senior year at Burr & Burton Academy, Nick Williams had several college acceptance letters sitting on his desk. But, he recalls saying to his parents at the time, 鈥淚 have no idea how I鈥檓 going to afford this.鈥 鈥淚t kind of soured the process for me,鈥 says Nick, now 24. 鈥淚鈥
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鈥淛ob interviews are not fun, especially when you鈥檙e awful at talking to new people. I kind of have to push myself over the cliff, and just go.鈥 That statement could easily apply to any 22-year-old looking to make his way in the world. But for Vaughn Winter of Barre, who struggles with a combination鈥
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Burlington High School senior Sahra Hassan has twice been recognized as being among the top students in the country and part of the nation鈥檚 most promising STEM talent. But you鈥檇 never know it in talking to her. This hardworking and high-achieving student comes across, first and foremost, as humble鈥
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Rhiana Carr
When college-bound Rhiana Carr was starting her final year at Fair Haven Union High School and thinking about next steps, the top-ranked college just 18 miles down the road from her home in Orwell wasn鈥檛 initially on her application list. Even though Middlebury College was very familiar to her鈥攇iven鈥
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Kristen Burns CCV
From the start, Kristen Burns knew she wanted to attend CCV. 鈥淚 always wanted to work full-time and CCV always promoted how they can work with your schedule鈥t鈥檚 been really nice having the online classes you can do at your own pace,鈥 she said. Kristen is pursuing the early childhood education鈥
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Bennington tenth-grader Emily Maikoo made an astute observation this fall as an ensemble cast member of the Mount Anthony Union High School Drama Club鈥檚 production of Chicago. 鈥淲hile I didn鈥檛 have a starring role, I really liked how the director made everyone feel like we were a key part of the鈥
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Derek Hodgdon
Eighteen-year-old Derek Hodgdon grew up in Swanton in a typical Franklin County family. Hard work was expected, college wasn鈥檛, and pretty much everyone assumed that he would go right to work in the metal recycling business that bore his last name. But while Swanton would always be home, Derek wasn鈥
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