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Abdimajiid Mohamed is in search of total bliss when it comes to career planning 鈥 among other things. 鈥淎ny job that I get up in the morning happy to go to would be great,鈥 he says. 鈥淟ife鈥檚 too short not to be happy.鈥 For Mohamed, now a student at Trine University in Angola, Indiana, a major in鈥
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Megan Rippie, who graduated from Milton High School this spring, has always been a mentor and support for her brother, who is two years younger and on the autism spectrum. 鈥淭yler and I are very close,鈥 she says. 鈥淗e鈥檚 more like a best friend than a brother. We never bickered, growing up.鈥 That鈥
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Dr. Cody Paiva, a 2009 graduate of Blue Mountain Union High School in Wells River and a 2020 medical degree recipient from Pacific Northwest University in Yakima, Washington, was once his mother鈥檚 boss at McDonald鈥檚. It鈥檚 a quirky twist of fate that helps tell the story of a young man from humble鈥
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Because of COVID-19, 18-year-old Sophia Desrochers wasn鈥檛 able to walk across the stage at a traditional high school graduation, and she wasn鈥檛 able to attend her senior prom. In fact, she wasn鈥檛 even able to visit the college she chose to attend, having to rely instead on a description of the鈥
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Today is May 1. It's the traditional Decision Day for high school seniors. If that鈥檚 you, this is the day you鈥檝e been planning for, for most of your high school years. May 1 is the day you typically must commit to the school of your choice and pay your deposit to hold a place for next fall. Except鈥
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When Chandler Prescott was a high school sophomore, he joined the Forestry and Natural Resources program at Stafford Technical Center, where he got a big eye-opening. 鈥淚t was there where I learned about the wilderness 鈥 how global warming is affecting the wild and everything like that. I just really鈥
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Cassandra Bittner knows she overcame some tough odds to be able to go to college at all. Neither of her parents had gone to college; in fact, her mother never even finished high school. And in St. Albans, where she grew up, she was definitely not alone in that, a factor that made for some low鈥
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When asked to talk about his journey from a kid growing up in Milton to a successful college freshman, Trent Cross tells a story marked with the typical challenge facing first-generation college students: 鈥淣one of my family had ever gone to college, so I didn鈥檛 really know what way to go.鈥 鈥淏ut when鈥
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For families with a high school senior, now is when most college acceptances arrive in full force (congratulations!), and with them, financial aid offers. It鈥檚 an exciting time and鈥攍et鈥檚 face it鈥攁lso a bit overwhelming as deadlines loom: Most colleges require a deposit by May 1. That means that鈥
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Are you the parent of a high school student? If so, welcome to one of the most formative phases of your student鈥檚 life. While the path to college or career training is definitely your student鈥檚 journey, as a parent you play a major role鈥攂oth financially and from a practical perspective. You鈥檙e the鈥
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