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College Planning Tool
Which colleges best fit your personality? Which ones do you have any chance of getting into? Which are going to leave you penniless and sobbing on a street corner? Shmoop’s specialized college matching service will ask you personalized questions and then set you up with the right schools. Then we’ll walk you through the application process, help you write those dreaded essays, and have you goin’ steady with your dream school in no time.
College Resources
Shmoop offers a boatload of tools and information that will remove any obstacles standing between you and The Perfect College. Come next fall, you’ll be phoning home to tell Mom and Dad how happy you are as a straight-A achievin’, ballet-dancin’, Greek-life-lovin’, Big (Wo)Man on Campus. (Just don’t forget us little Shmoopers when you’re a big star…)
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College 101
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Everything you need to complete your college apps and get your fine self to that first day of class. Plus, we’ve got plenty of essays on hot topics like how to schmooze your professors once you’re there and how to get smart about financing your college education.
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College applications can be like the wild, wild West. But no need to go desperado—Shmoop’s got all the secrets for an A+ college app.
Will Smith
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College Profiles
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If colleges had dating profiles, this is what they’d look like. Shmoop gives you handy dandy introductions to universities across the country, written from the point of view of the universities themselves. All this time, you thought you were searching for your dream school. Turns out, your dream school’s been looking for you all along.
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Silent tricks and funny business won’t get you far in the college application process. Head straight to Shmoop’s college profiles for the real scoop on your university-of-choice.
Charlie Chaplin
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College Majors
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Ever wondered about the average salary of someone who majored in English? (Answer: low.) Curious about what classes you’ll take if you sign up to be a Finance major? (Answer: tough ones.) We’ve got all the answers, and we tell it to you straight.
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Now you can get your black belt in whatever you want. Check out Shmoop’s descriptions of college majors, and you’ll be karate-choppin’ your way through those courses in no time.