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The Echo

The student news site of St. Louis Park High School

The Echo

The student news site of St. Louis Park High School

The Echo

College letters from Gustavus Adolphus College and Creighton University Jan. 24. Both letters provided via mail and detail the benefits of attending each college.

Early applicants kick back and relax

Rachel Arkis January 28, 2024

With most regular decision applications beginning to close, many students have started to stress about being accepted into colleges. However, students who applied using early action have already started...

Life after early action

Life after early action

Modesty Manion November 8, 2023

For many Park seniors, the college application season of Aug. 1 through Feb. 15 is extremely stressful. Juggling school, extracurriculars and a social life is hard enough, so finishing extra essays and...

College representative visits prove extremely insightful

College representative visits prove extremely insightful

Modesty Manion November 9, 2022

As a junior, I’ve been looking at colleges for a while. I’ve researched the acceptance rates, major and minor offerings, tuition fees, graduation rates and other data of over 200 colleges and universities...

The automatic ‘I’m in!’

The automatic ‘I’m in!’

Modesty Manion October 24, 2022

As the school year ramps up, so does the 2022-2023 college application season. This process can be incredibly daunting, with its copious amounts of application requirements, deadlines and admission anxiety....

Hindsight 20/22

Hindsight 20/22

Jacob Khabie May 11, 2022

When I started the college application process, I was aiming to end up at a small, liberal arts college in a relatively quiet town. I’m ending the college application process committed to a Division...

College rejection leads way to healing

College rejection leads way to healing

Jacob Khabie January 19, 2022

When I got rejected from my dream college, I immediately started blaming myself. All I could think was “what did I do wrong?” and “what could I have done better?” and “why wasn’t I good enough?”...

Sophia Ross presents during Park Connections Oct. 7. The Echo Editorial Board believes that changing the focus of Park Connections will benefit and engage more students.

Staff Editorial: Park Connections called into question

October 10, 2021

The new schedule for the 2021-2022 school year includes a unique period that was added last year to combat issues during distance learning: Park Connections. Although the class proved its worth during...

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