We have written before about cases where teenagers posted inappropriate items on their social media and it came back to haunt them years later. We had another incident where this happened last week. Josh Allen, who was one of the top quarterbacks in last weeks NFL draft had some Twitter postings resurrected that he had Read More
Recall for a moment, if you will, a trope of the cheesy romantic comedy. Have I…uh…seen you here before? Replace the sheepish questioner with this spring’s ACT test takers and swap the eye-rolling recipient with the April ACT, and you’ve got yourself a standardized test prep smash hit. By the way, the answer is “yes.” Read More
Soon nearly 3 million high school students at 22,000 high schools will be sitting down to take their Advanced Placement exams. Created by the nonprofit College Board in the 1950s, AP is to other high school courses what Whole Foods is to other supermarkets: a mark of the aspirational, a promise of higher standards and, Read More
It’s spring, a good time to debunk some of the rumors about the college essay that spread like wildfire among the college-bound crowd and their families. With that in mind, here are our Top 5 college essay myths and facts: Myth 1: A college essay has to be written about an impressive topic. Fact: The student is Read More
Amazon lists 6,533 results for “college admission books.” That includes test guides, college guides, “Teen & Young Adult SAT Study Aids,” how to write the college application essay, education workbooks, higher & continuing education and more. So there’s plenty to choose from when starting the college process. Willard Dix, who covers the college admissions process Read More
As college costs continue to rise students and their parents should continue to search for ways to make it more affordable and cut their costs. USA Today put out a list of 5 things that your students can do to make it more affordable: Budget for the tuition over the next four years – How Read More
Would you like to share some of your knowledge with your fellow Counselors around the country? We recently had Paramount Research conduct a study on the Counselors throughout the country and more than 800 participated. One of the questions we asked is what topics/articles would you like to see in future issues of LINK for Read More
The cost of a college education continues to rise so many of your students will consider attending a junior/community college for a year or two before transferring to a four-year school. One of the issues with this is that some of the credits invariably don’t transfer so the time and money spent taking those particular Read More
Business is one of the most popular degrees for students to pursue. Between 2014 and 2015, nearly 358,000 jobs requiring a business management degree were posted in the United States. Of that number, 85 percent required at least a bachelor’s degree. The Community for Accredited Online Schools has published a guide that was created to Read More
As your students embark on their college paths after high school many of their parents will be stressing how to pay for that education. 529 College Savings plans are one savings option they should be considering for those students and any younger siblings they may have. There are some downsides though that they should be Read More
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