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Five mistakes to avoid on your college application

College application deadlines are looming for millions of high school seniors, and younger students are already thinking ahead. The Monitor checked in with counselors and admissions officers to get their take on some of the most common mistakes students make when preparing for and applying to college.

1. Being too 'well rounded'

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Bedford, N.H., teen Kim Pollock goes through college materials in her bedroom Nov. 11.

  • By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo Staff writer

For many parents this may come as a shock, but colleges don鈥檛 necessarily favor the students with the longest list of extracurricular activities.

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