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9 Tips for Creating Your Resume
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9 Tips for Creating Your Resume

At Red Kite, our mission is for students to be able to afford college, but we’re also here to help prepare you for your dream career, too. When you sit…
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Posted by Jane Cooper February 21, 2025
8 Reasons to Consider a Small-Town College
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8 Reasons to Consider a Small-Town College

Besties, when I was applying to college, I thought bigger was better. I toured massive public universities like the University of Texas and the University of Alabama, and I was…
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Posted by Jane Cooper January 17, 2025
The Essay that Won Me $406,000
Posted inFinancial Aid General Preparing for College

The Essay that Won Me $406,000

Jane introduces us to her multi-scholarship-winning essay. Sitting pretty with a 2.7 GPA in your junior year of high school doesn’t exactly scream “scholarship.” The year before, my older sister…
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Posted by Jane Cooper May 3, 2024

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