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From Undocumented Immigrant to Harvard Graduate

2016

When Norma Torres' mother crossed the border without documents, she never imagined that 16 years later her daughter will be graduating from one of the most prestigious universities in the world: Harvard.

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03:37

College Students Share Survival Tips for Moving Out the House

Moving out of mom and dad's house is a huge milestone for many young adults. So to avoid unforeseen circumstances, here's some advice that students have to offer.

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2019
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07:01

Out-of-State College Tips You Never Knew You Needed. Things I Wish Smol Me Knew

Here is some advice for any incoming freshman students (from a second year out-of-state student at UCLA)! Transitioning into college is definitely scary for some people so these are some things that I wish I knew before my first year.

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2020
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05:30

Why My 4.0 at Harvard Was a Failure

Just because something is a failure does not mean that you are a failure. Only through failure does anyone find growth. If you never make mistakes, you will never become better.

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2018
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Center for College Sleep: Sleep and Mental Health

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2018
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06:43

College Is Hard, But Nobody Talks About It

Hi, I’m Tiffany and I studied Computer Science and Classics at Stanford. This video was filmed a year before I graduated. Now I look back on this and see how much I’ve grown from the experience!

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2020
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03:15

My Story of Being Academically Dismissed from College

I’m sharing an experience where I was academically dismissed from college and how I turned it around.

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2015
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04:34

Why Some Students Fail And Other Students Succeed

Angela Lee Duckworth, a teacher turned psychologist, reveals what factor determines whether a student will succeed or fail.

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Angela Duckworth
2017
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08:46

Collaborative Learning Builds Deeper Understanding

By working together on problem sets in math and sharing their perspectives in roundtable discussions in English, students at The College Preparatory School are making collaboration the driving force in their learning.

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2012
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Like Literally - The Training Firm Helping Young People Overcome the 'Culture Shock' of Office Life

On leaving school or university, so many people are not really prepared for life in the corporate world. If young people haven't experienced life in the workplace before, this new training company could be 'like, literally' the best thing for them.

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2019
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07:55

My College Graduation Speech: Reflections on Resilience, Growth Mindset, and Embracing Failure

With medical school decisions coming back and students in the midst of the job/internship search, I figured it would be a good time to share a few of my thoughts on resilience and the growth mindset.

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2021
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Immigration and Assimilation