Teens Are Making LinkedIn Cool—Here’s Why It’s Catching On

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November 23, 2025 – In a Parents.com article about why high school students are increasingly using LinkedIn to build their academic and professional profiles, Taryn Andrea, Career Planning Counselor at Bright Horizons College Coach, provides her expert insights into how this trend can help students stand out in the college admissions process.

“If a student is in college, I always encourage them to make a LinkedIn profile,” says Taryn Andrea, Career Planning Counselor at Bright Horizons College Coach. “For high school students, it will really depend. I don't think that there's a downside to making a LinkedIn profile in high school. But I usually encourage them to have a specific goal in mind for why they're doing it,” she explains. 

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