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The Student News Site of McLean High School

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Students have to survive their college application deadlines while keeping up with their classwork.

Distracting deadlines

Rebeka Rafi, Managing Editor & Advertising Manager February 21, 2020

Deadlines that high school seniors everywhere dread the most have officially passed: college applications. Application deadlines are the most stressful days a student can experience, especially for the...

Students have to keep up with their classwork as the end first quarter approaches. On top of this, seniors also have to manage to work on college applications.

‘Tis the season for senior stress

Rebeka Rafi, Managing Editor & Advertising Manager November 4, 2019

The day that high school students everywhere dread the most has officially passed. Nov. 1 Is one of the most stressful days a student can experience, especially for the procrastinators and last minute...

The athletic commitment of 18 seniors is celebrated in the lecture hall on April 25. The student-athletes were accompanied by family, friends and faculty. (Photo taken by Maria McHugo)

18 seniors sign off

Maria McHugo, Editor-in-Chief April 25, 2019

McLean celebrated the athletic commitment of 18 seniors in the lecture hall today on April 25. As members of crew, track and field, lacrosse and more, this event was the culmination of years of work for...

Madness ensues in March at McLean

Madness ensues in March at McLean

Jake Keating, Reporter March 16, 2018

This year with phones and laptops more prevalent in classes than ever March Madness has taken over the classroom. No class is immune to the sprawling infatuation with the signature yearly event.  Over...

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Put Subject Tests to rest

Jessie Friedman, Reporter May 31, 2017

As the June SAT Subject Test date approaches, McLean students are scrambling to study for these bothersome standardized tests. Subject Tests are standardized tests administered by The College Board...

The infamous senior slump

How not to give in to Senioritis

Helen Bloom, Opinions editor February 8, 2017

You have finally made it: Second Semester of your Senior year. After all the stories and the longing gazes you shot at Seniors as they basked in the uninhibited freedom of their near-adulthood, you are...

Should I stay or should I go?

Should I stay or should I go?

Jessie Friedman and Sophie Mariam, Reporter and Web Editor-in-Chief November 22, 2016

Most seniors have probably heard the conversation during school—while milling about the hallways, in a class or at a club meeting. The question is simple, yet complicated: Are you going out of state...

As of 2016, New Hampshire is rated the worst state for student debt, with the average debt being $36,101.

College tuition proves to be a real problem

John Roth, Reporter November 22, 2016

In recent years the price of college tuition has raised concern among prospective college students. In the past decade and a half, the prices of in-state and out-of-state colleges have increased by 34...

The college informational packets come not only over email, but also in the post.

College emails — too much, too soon?

February 19, 2014
They come in slowly at first, little droplets. Then, all of a sudden, all heck breaks loose, and they begin to pour into inboxes, filling them up to capacity.
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