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Student Blogs on NY Times: 'Only One Month to Choose a College'

Having been accepted everywhere, Rachel Yang, a student at Minnetonka High School, must decide which college is right for her.

Rachel Yang's third blog for The New York Times, entitled "Still Undecided, With Less Than a Month to Choose," was published April 6.

Now that she has been accepted to every college to which she had applied, Yang has less than a month to decide between six universities. "I’ll browse the online course catalogs," she wrote. "I’ll try on the college apparel from each school and decide what color is best on me (maybe my vanity will make the decision for me!)."

Two students were selected to blog about their college application process for The Times.

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for a group of eight high school seniors in the U.S. detailing their college search for readers. Each student writes on the blog once or twice a month throughout the school year.

Yang's first blog entitled "‘The Kid Who Likes English Class’ Wonders What to Do About College" was published on Dec. 22, and her second blog "Fear and Trembling on the Post-Application Roller Coaster" was published on Jan. 30.

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