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Various factors may play a role in determining when a child starts kindergarten. For example, most independent schools have birthday cut-off dates in August or September, meaning that children must turn the required age by that date in order to enroll.

Is your college or graduate-bound student considering taking a gap year? As a Vice President at Center for Interim Programs, the nation's oldest gap year counseling service, educator Jane Sarouhan has helped thousands of high school and college seniors find the perfect temporary placement at this crucial time in their lives.

As high school seniors send out the last of their college applications and eagerly wait to hear whether they got into their top choices, some will be faced with a growing admissions trend whereby a college offers a place in the first-year class, but with a caveat - that the applicant start in January.

The GMAT is a computer adaptive test that assesses a student's analytical, writing, quantitative, verbal, and reading skills. The results are then used in determining a student's admissions decision to a graduate management program, such as an MBA.

Students today are faced with seemingly endless possibilities during the college admissions process, but there's one option that many don't consider until the very last minute: taking a gap year. Expert Jane Sarouhan from the Center for Interim Programs suggests that parents might add this idea to their student's pile of college brochures early on; while not right for everyone, there are many potential benefits to an interim year between High School and college, and many ways in which this time can benefit students academically, emotionally, and spiritually.

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Typically, one of first questions asked when a family announces a pregnancy is: “Is it a boy or a girl?” One might step back and wonder, why do we care? As a […]

High school students are extremely busy; between academics, extracurriculars, and social activities, there are few hours left for volunteering. But with a little creativity, any student can fit community service into an overloaded (or "into his or her") schedule their schedule.

It would seem like the purpose of any school would be right there in its name, and so when most people think about law school, they assume its purpose is to teach you how to practice "law," ostensibly so you can actually practice it at a law firm.

All children are bound to experience difficult events as they grow up: family members becoming ill or passing away; divorce or separation; moves that takes them away from the familiar comfort of home.

“Oh my God, say coffee!” This was one of my first interactions in college. It was a pre-orientation canoe trip on the Delaware River leading into my first semester at Lafayette College […]