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Getting in....or not

Does it really matter where they go?

This is the time of year when students and their parents are nervously waiting by their incoming email box for admission decisions.  Students worry that not being admitted to their first choice college may limit their future. But nothing could be further from the truth.  The truth is that extensive research on that very topic has shown that college major is much more important to career success than the college the student attends. 
 
It is important to be admitted to a properly accredited program that helps students advance their skills in areas in which they are naturally gifted.