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author: maddi lee

maddi lee
maddi is currently a high school junior in southern california. she is an avid freelance writer and has been featured in multiple literary publications and anthologies. when she isn’t writing, she loves traveling, doodling, and most of all, sleeping. through her own experience and passion, she hopes to help guide fellow students through the roller coaster that is sat and college admissions…that is, as long as she survives the journey herself!

  • first semester senior grades: how important are they?

    with the holidays just around the corner, first semester is…almost over. for seniors, this is a time of mixed emotions: inexplicable coma-inducing stress as finals sneak up like sadistic ninjas…and tear-inducing joy as the label “second semester senior” becomes less a myth and more an ever-looming reality. this gif sums up emotions fairly well: but…

  • 2 days before the sat

    we’re leaving together, but still it’s farewell and maybe we’ll come back, to earth, who can tell? i guess there is no one to blame we’re leaving ground will things ever be the same again? it’s the final countdown the final countdown it’s like the band europe knew exactly what you’d feel like 2 days…

  • organization tips: surviving college applications

    dozens of college essays are piling up. you have so much homework. you are totally overwhelmed. how can you possibly submit all of your applications by their deadlines? looks like it’s time for some… organization. here are my tips for keeping the application process as stress-free as possible.   go one school at a time.…