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- Beat The College Admissions Game: Do A Project
- Cappex: Your Standout Factor
- Collegewise Summer Planning Guide 2015
- Extracurriculars: Finding Your Focus in College Admissions
- How To Make Colleges Want You: Non-Teenage Activities
- Mission Planning Guide
- Well-Rounded Versus Angular
- What Admissions Officers Look For in Extracurricular Activities
- Columbia University Science Honors Program
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- A. James Clark School of Engineering (Univ. of Maryland) Summer Programs
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- Brookdale Fast Start Program for HS Students
- Creative Writers Workshop at Emerson College
- Columbia University Summer Programs for HS Students
- Drexel University: Materials Science & Engineering & Computing Academy
- Engineering Innovation (Johns Hopkins)
- Foresight and Leadership Sustainability Initiative at Oberlin College
- Future Achievers in Science and Technology (FAST) – Harvey Mudd College
- Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
- Medical Explorers Program – Jersey Shore University Medical Center
- Merlyn’s Pen Mentors in Writing Program
- MIT Launch (Summer Entrepreneurship Program)
- Monmouth University: School of Science & College Acceleration Program
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- Marlboro Teen Advisory Committee
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- Monmouth County Historical Association
- Monmouth County Park System
- Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA)
- Monmouth County Library Teen Advisory Board
- Monmouth Medical Center
- Red Bank Crop Walk
- Ronald McDonald House
- Rutgers Master Gardeners of Monmouth County
- Salvation Army
- Special Olympics
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- St. Peter’s Thrift Shop
- The Woman’s Exchange
- Tent City
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New Jersey Organizations
- America’s Grow-a-Row
- Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey
- Governor’s Office of Volunteerism
- Enable
- Jersey Cares
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- NJ Sharing Network
- Restore The Shore
National & International Organizations
- Action Against Hunger
- Amnesty International
- CARE
- Corporation of National & Community Service
- DoSomething.org
- Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
- GenerationOn
- People to People International Service
- Points of Light
- Project Sunshine
- Rachel’s Challenge
- Red Cross Youth
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- Students Against Destructive Decisions
- UN Global Issues
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- Worldwide Book Drive
- Wounded Warriors Project
- Youth Service America
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- Bank of America Student Leaders
- Brown Univ. Leadership Institute
- Civic Leadership Institute – Northwestern & Johns Hopkins Univ
- Civic Week (Northwestern)
- High School Leadership Academy – Mercy College
- Jewish Community Center of Central NJ Teen Programs
- Monmouth County 4H
- New Jersey Youth & Government
- “The Bridge” – UPitt College Prep and Leadership Academy
- Toastmasters International
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