College Ready: What You Need to Know – Essays and Extracurriculars During the school year, teachers often assign essays–to the dread of many an English Language Arts student. Understatement alert! During college application season, writing skills really come in handy. College and scholarship essay prompts may ask you to “discuss a special attribute or accomplishment that sets you apart” or to “describe a struggle that you overcame, and how you grew as a result” (Hadad, 2009). The point of the essay is for you to stand out from the ocean of essays written by thousands of other applicants. Before you

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College Ready: What You Need to Know – Social Media & College Admission Admissions officers looking beyond test scores, GPA and extracurriculars when they turn to the Web and social media to get a more detailed portrait of you. Keep in mind that social media profiles and Web search results may reveal evidence that either ensures or sabotages your acceptance into college. Imagine spending years preparing for SATs or ACTs, getting high grades in honors classes, spending the bulk of your free time participating in extracurriculars, and pouring yourself into researching and applying for scholarships and colleges only to be

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How to Be a Social Media Champion – Gain Visibility on Instagram Are you already on Instagram? Follow iDrive on Instagram @idrive_live to keep in the loop with current events, discoveries and issues related to life in our digital generation. Although you may not feel like you are doing much when you like and comment on posts, these actions are great ways to show support of the iDrive movement. Every interaction with iDrive social media content makes the post more visible to others. Sharing iDrive posts with friends through DM (Direct Message) is even more powerful! Send the campaign posts

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How to Be a Social Media Champion – Expand the Facebook Community Facebook is the easiest place to help the iDrive movement grow. By liking, commenting and sharing iDrive posts about topics you are interest in or that relate to your cause, you show support and raise awareness of the issues that matter to you. Make an even bigger impact by inviting your friends to join the iDrive movement.You can easily request everyone ages 13-18 on your Facebook friends list to join the iDrive community on Facebook with the click of a button! Here’s how to invite friends to like

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How to Be a Social Media Champion – Going Viral on Twitter Twitter is an amazing place to start a conversation. Why? Because it’s so easy to get a response and gain followers! First, follow @idrive_live. Then reply, retweet and mention @idrive_live to stay in the conversation and spread the iDrive movement! Reply to @idrive_live tweets about current events adding your own thoughts. Retweet @idrive_live on your own Twitter feed. Mention @idrive_live in relevant Twitter conversations. iDrive uses Twitter to take polls and to share the latest current events. The iDrive Student Advisory Board will also use Twitter to ask

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