Reading Time: 3 minutes Christmas break is around the corner but with application deadlines edging closer, I’m sure the last thing on your mind are the festivities. I strongly recommend you enjoy the celebrations, but also use this holiday season to maximize the right set of experiences you can showcase in your college application. 1. Take your standardized test(s)….
Reading Time: 4 minutes A few weeks ago, I was helping my cousin who is in the 11th grade with her school project. After we were done discussing the project, she and I chatted about school in general, how her life has transitioned from high school to adulthood. She asked me endless questions about college, career choices, hobbies, entrepreneurship,…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Having a strong LinkedIn profile is not just for the job search process. It is essentially the online version of swapping and storing business cards and foundational to building and positioning your professional brand. In addition to recruiting and job seeking, your LinkedIn profile is a way to discover and be discovered for potential strategic…
Reading Time: 5 minutes The school year is soon coming to an end, and the excitement of the summer and the freedom it heralds draws near. However, you know that there is only a finite amount of time you get to relax. Right now, you are tenaciously planning on how to use this time to maximize the right set…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Read! Reading forms a fundamental part of everyone’s education. Here are some of our recommendations for college-bound 11th and 12th graders – books that you can read in high school. This high school reading list spans novels, plays, biographies, autobiographies; many are timeless classics and award-winning books. ReachIvy has compiled a must-read list of…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Read!reading Start the new year with a new resolution to read. Reading forms a fundamental part of everyone’s education. Here are some recommendations for 9th and 10th graders to build your vocabulary and transport yourself to a whole new world. The titles span novels, plays, biographies, autobiographies; many are timeless classics and award-winning books. ReachIvy…
Reading Time: 7 minutes We have been inventing fiction for ages — literally. Cave paintings tell stories; nursery rhymes celebrate black sheep and twinkling stars, and religious texts draw upon hundreds of stories to get their messages across. Fiction exalts the imagination. It is the only human activity that can defy physics to create something out of nothing, and…
