One piece of advice from a teacher helped me become the first in my family to graduate from college

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Following one teacher's advice started me on a path to become the first person in my family to graduate from college and eventually build a career as a journalist.

Amber Campbell

My son is studying abroad in Spain this year. I'm trying to let go, but it's harder than I expected.

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The author is already grieving her son's absence as he prepares to study abroad.

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I took a gap year from college and lived out of my car. I then launched a side hustle that has turned into a lucrative career.

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The author took a gap year to live out of her car and start a side hustle.

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I teach at Harvard and encourage my students to use AI on every assignment. They just have to follow my ground rules.

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The author is a professor at Harvard and allows for AI in the classroom.

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I'm still paying off tens of thousands in school loans as my oldest applies to college. My financial burden is shaping her approach.

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The author, shown with her daughter, says that her lingering student loan debt has impacted how her kids think about college.

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I resented my parents for killing my creative career goals. I swore I'd never do the same to my kids — then I became a parent.

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I'm glad my daughter was rejected from an Ivy League college

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The author's daughter and son both attend Fordham University.

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At work, I've been mistaken for a student many times. Instead of trying to seem older, I've leaned in to my youthfulness.

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At work, I've been mistaken for a student many times. Instead of trying to seem older, I've leaned in to my youth.

Julie Zhu

I help high schoolers get into Ivy League colleges. My advice to parents is that your teens are taking too many AP classes.

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Steve Gardner, who teaches Leadership and Impact at Harvard Summer School, says not maxing out your advanced classes during high school allows you more time to align your core values with your college application.

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He skipped college to intern with an ex-Sequoia director. Three years later, he's a cofounder.

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Raghav Saraf (L) met Amit Jain (R) through the organizer of a hackathon he participated in.

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