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Monthly Update – December 2019

2019 was a busy year for Avalon College Advising! We guided and successfully placed our 2019 seniors at great universities and best-fit colleges. We hosted countless workshops for parents and students such as The Building Blocks of Applying to College, Financial Aid with Pierre Jospe of Financial Aid Navigator, College Essay Writing and Personality Traits and Choosing a College Major. We held informational group…

Slow-Reading is the new Deep Learning

A person with glasses, resting their head on their hand, sits beside a stack of books. Text next to them reads, "I took a speed-reading course and read War & Peace in 20 minutes. It involves Russia... Slow-Reading is the new Deep Learning.

For Medium.com, David Handel, MD makes the case that speed-reading is for skimmers while slow-reading is for scholars.

Monthly Update – November 2019

November brings changes. Our days get shorter and our mornings get brighter thanks to the end of Daylight Saving Time. And then there are midterms. Here are some helpful hints to organize your studies and stay on track. Find our November newsletter issue here.