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Rebecca Li

Prepare For College Through Help Offered by Tartan University

With everything education-related being up in the air, Tartan University has pivoted to become more accessible for students and parents in the college preparation process. Tartan University, in collaboration with Collegewise, hosted a series of evening webinars. The organization dedicated to helping students achieve their best in high school and educating them to become college ready. At each session, Tartan University focuses on a different area of the college application p

Olivia Hart

A Guide to Staying Safe While Keeping the Holiday Spirit

The holidays are all about celebrating with friends and family, but this year everyone is finding it difficult to celebrate the Christmas spirit without the usual social interactions. However, there are some creative ways around the social distancing and limited socializing in order to keep the Christmas season fun and special. One holiday activity to celebrate Christmas with is going to a drive-by light show. These light shows have become very popular over the last year or

Sophia Bone

GOAL Offers Unique Independent Learning Environment

Learning independently without classmates and friends, without teachers, without zoom meetings and due dates… sounds a little intimidating at first, but sophomore Naomi Chen shows the realities of the Glendora Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) program that the Glendora Unified School District offers. Her first impression of GOAL made her a bit overwhelmed. It was first portrayed as a program with a whole year’s worth of work that is due by the end of the year. However, Chen

Jasmine Corona

Colleges Replace Yearly Campus Visits with Virtual Tours

Senior year symbolizes the ending of a chapter, and college holds the beginning of lifetime experiences and endless opportunities to further our knowledge. To keep the college searching experience alive during the pandemic, many universities created a way to connect with students whilst in the safe comfort of their own home with virtual college tours. The start of the pandemic left many grey areas for seniors hoping to go off to become the incoming fall class of 2021. As a

Sarah Rodriguez

U.C. Schools Going Test-Optional

For years, colleges would look at kids’ SAT and ACT scores in order to determine if they were a good fit for their school. This is no longer the case. Fortunately for those who despise the idea of taking a big test, U.C. schools are no longer considering SAT and ACT scores as something they must look at for people wanting to attend college. This is a big win for people, especially kids, who have test taking anxiety or become overwhelmed when it comes to the pressure of applyi

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