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Empowerly Raises $1.6 Million and Launches First Real-Time Holistic Diagnostic Tool for College Admissions
SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / Empowerly, a data-driven education technology startup for college admissions, announced that it has raised $1.6 million from TransLink Capital, Scrum Ventures, Azure Capital Partners, and Spero Ventures as well as angel investors Yun-Fang Juan, a founding engineer of Facebook Ads, and Russ Holdstein, the first investor in StubHub and Zillow. The funds will be used to expand service offerings and round out the team to drive growth and operational efficiencies.
Former Stanford admissions officer: ‘Well-rounded is not enough’—here’s how to really stand out
This year’s high school seniors have spent a significant portion of their high school careers learning during a pandemic. During this time, students were forced to take classes online, some schools chose not to assign letter grades, extracurricular activities were curtailed and many colleges elected standardized test-optional admissions policies. All of these changes mean that the class of 2022 will need to rethink traditional college admissions advice.
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