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Should She Freak Out Over an 84?

February 8, 2010

Sparklers, ACTIVATE! Your fellow Sparkler is in urgent need of soothing words.

I'm in desperate need of someone to tell me the truth, ugly as it may be. I am a junior in high school (it

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Auntie SparkNotes: No Brain, No Shoes, No Service

January 26, 2010

Dear Auntie Sparknotes,
I’m in my 4th year and I just saw the results of a recent college entrance test I took. I didn’t pass. Many of my classmates did. Yes, this makes me pathetic. I

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Will He Get In? You Decide.

January 12, 2010

We get a lot of emails that go like this:

My GPA is ___. I got a  ___ on the SATs. My extracurriculars are ___, ___, and ___. Do I have a shot at getting into

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New Yorkers Trapped in Massachusetts

December 29, 2009

Hi. I have an issue regarding college....even though I am only 14. Its not that I'm worried about getting into college, it's just if I will be allowed to go where I want to go.

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A Medical Emergency

December 26, 2009

I'm a junior in High school and I'm moving schools because i've had 4 surgeries in the past 2 years and my school is fed up with me not being there, mainly because i go

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