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I lived on CC in 2013 - 8 years later I want to give some perspective I’m not sure where to post this in the forum, but this is as good of a spot as any. I re-found this website by googling an old username of mine and came across College Confidential, a website I remember fondly. I cared …	7	1010	August 1, 2021
Postmodern’ s Guide to the College Guides Having finished the college process for my 2 I felt a desire to make some small contribution to CC as gratitude for all I learned here. As we began the process, I got concurrently terrified and obsessed (a bad combinati…	26	3252	July 6, 2021
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Is yield protection a real thing?	2	820	March 31, 2021
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Application for Adelphi University accelerated dental program with NYU adelphi-university	4	808	March 7, 2021
The Secret to College Admissions	4	2797	February 10, 2021
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I lived on CC in 2013 - 8 years later I want to give some perspective

I’m not sure where to post this in the forum, but this is as good of a spot as any. I re-found this website by googling an old username of mine and came across College Confidential, a website I remember fondly. I cared …

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1010

August 1, 2021

Postmodern’ s Guide to the College Guides

Having finished the college process for my 2 I felt a desire to make some small contribution to CC as gratitude for all I learned here. As we began the process, I got concurrently terrified and obsessed (a bad combinati…