Prepare For The New Year

It is the last day of the year, and most of us probably do not plan to spend a lot of time reading “how to” blog posts! But, there is one activity we all tend to do at the end of the year – make resolutions and plans, or at least have thoughts, as we prepare for the new year ahead.

So, before deciding on what you want your next year to be like, take a minute for this very short post (a 1 minute read?) which will help you get started – and succeed – in your new year planning!

 

These steps do not have to take much time, unless you want them to!

Reflect

Think about the year that is just ending:

What did you like about it?

What made you happy?

What made you sad, or angry or worried?

What accomplishments made you feel proud?

Review

Now, see what you can learn from those events.

Is there a pattern or common thread?

Can the things you like be repeated through your efforts?

And can the things you don’t want to experience again, be avoided through your efforts?

What aspects of who you are would you like to see more of next year?

Renew

Now that you know what worked and didn’t work for you last year, you can look ahead to the next year.

Renew your commitment to focus on the people and things you care about– and then you can think about the details, whether it is doing a trip with your friends or running a marathon.

Narrowing your focus on what is really important to you (and reflecting on the previous year helps you in figuring that out) makes it more likely that you will succeed in your efforts.

And or course, take a minute or two to feel thankful about all the good things that came your way the past year. Gratitude makes you happy and gets you off on a great start for the new year!

 

Meemli team wishes you all the best in the new year!

31 Dec, 2016

College Applications: January Due Dates!

The list of colleges with January deadlines for applications is long! Check if your target colleges are listed here and get cracking on getting your application ready to submit.

(For transfers or other requirements, please check the college website for more details.)

January 1, 2017 deadlines:

Amherst College
Babson College
Bard College
Barnard College
Bates College
Boston College
Boston University
Bowdoin College
Brandeis University
Brown University
Claremont McKenna College
Colby College
College of William and Mary
Columbia University in the City of New York
Connecticut College
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Dartmouth College
Fashion Institute of Technology
Fordham University
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Hamilton College
Hampshire College
Harvard University
Harvey Mudd College
Johns Hopkins University
Lehigh University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Middlebury College
New York University
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
Pitzer College
Pomona College
Princeton University
Rice University
Sarah Lawrence College
Scripps College
St Mary’s College of Maryland
Stanford University
SUNY at Geneseo
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University
Trinity College
Tufts University
University of Chicago
University of Miami
University of Notre Dame
University of Pennsylvania
University of Rochester
University of Virginia Main Campus
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Wake Forest University
Washington and Lee University
Wesleyan University
Williams College

January 2, 2017 deadlines:

Cornell University
Davidson College
Duke University

January 3, 2017 deadlines:

Bennington College
California Institute of Technology
Louisiana Tech University

January 5, 2017 deadlines:

California Institute of the Arts
Emerson College
Pepperdine University
Pratt Institute Main

January 7, 2017 deadlines:

Bentley University
Santa Clara University

January 10, 2017 deadlines:

Elon University
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus
Occidental College
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Southern California
Wheaton College

January 15, 2017 deadlines:

American University
Berklee College of Music
Bryn Mawr College
Bucknell University
Carleton College
Case Western Reserve University
Centre College
Chapman University
Clark University
Clarkson University
Colgate University
College of the Holy Cross
Colorado College
Denison University
Drexel University
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott
Emory University
Fairfield University
Florida State University
Franklin and Marshall College
Furman University
George Mason University
Grinnell College
Haverford College
James Madison University
Kenyon College
Lafayette College
Lawrence University
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University Maryland
Macalester College
Mills College
Mount Holyoke College
Oberlin College
Providence College
Reed College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rhodes College
Salisbury University
Skidmore College
Smith College
Soka University of America
Southern California Institute of Architecture
St Olaf College
Stonehill College
Stony Brook University
The College of New Jersey
Tulane University of Louisiana
Union College
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Connecticut
University of Delaware
University of Denver
University of Georgia
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Oregon
University of Puget Sound
University of Richmond
University of the Pacific
University of Vermont
Villanova University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Washington University in St Louis
Wellesley College
Wheaton College
Whitman College

January 20, 2017 deadlines:

University of Maryland College Park

January 31, 2017 deadlines:

Champlain College
United States Naval Academy
Warren Wilson College

Need some help reviewing and polishing up your essay? Meemli can help – get it reviewed by Stanford-trained educators!.

Meemli wishes you all the best in your college applications!

22 Dec, 2016

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