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When Your Kid Starts Getting Noticed by Colleges

The pride, the relief, and the emotional whiplash of launch season.

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Jen Leo
Mar 08, 2026
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Cora just got back from the Student Television Network convention.

If you’ve never been, it’s a whirlwind. Thousands of student journalists. Competitions. Deadlines. Cameras everywhere. Kids running around producing stories on almost no sleep.

It was an epic year for her high school — and honestly the whole district. Her team won three of the biggest awar…

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