We have found a website that lets you search thousands of college programs and courses and immediately access official online college catalog information. Searches are available by: state type of program (2-year, 4-year, Graduate, etc) college name area of study There is currently information available for more than 3,900 Colleges and 16,000 total College Catalogs. Read More
Several few years ago, when my nephew was applying to college, my sister Tami asked me what she could do to help her son with this process. I gave her a long list of things she should not do: Don’t tell him what you think he should write; don’t write it for him; don’t edit Read More
Choosing a college major is tough—the options seem endless, and students must navigate the waters of overbearing parents, societal standards and personal uncertainty. Our role as counselors is to guide students as best we can, prompting them to identify career paths and contemplate different directions on their own. Here are some questions you can Read More
The Texas Counseling Association provides leadership and advocacy for the counseling profession and supports optimal development and mental health for all. TEXAS COUNSELING ASSOCIATION 85TH Legislative Session – May 22, 2017 ADVOCACY ACTION ALERT Last Push Will Get Us Past the Finish Line! Your Calls Work! Help Keep TCA Priority Items Moving! CALL TO Read More
While college enrollment is up, college completion is not. Roughly 40% of all students pursuing a bachelor’s degree don’t graduate and affordability is the number one reason students don’t complete their degree, leaving them saddled with debt and without the increased capacity to pay it back. To address this alarming trend, uAspire, a national nonprofit working Read More
Have you seen the two new essay prompts on the Common Application? Every few years, the Common App, a tool used by more than 700 colleges to help students apply seamlessly to multiple schools, updates its essay prompts. The changes are based on feedback from students, parents, high school counselors, educational consultants and member schools Read More
Undergraduates taking out a new U.S. government loan will face nearly a 20 percent increase in interest charges. The U.S. government is raising prices for new student debt, adding hundreds of dollars to the cost of the typical federal college loan. Beginning in July, interest rates on new government loans are set to rise by 0.69 percentage point, according Read More
What are college admission officers looking for as they review your students application? The admissions process varies and can be subjective to some degree, but here are 10 things that could help your student stand out and score acceptance letters from his or her favorite schools. 1. A challenging high school curriculum A transcript that Read More
College Admissions is the closest thing modern America has to a rite of passage, but far from being the meritocracy we would like to believe, the selective college admissions process looks more like a beauty contest. Aspiring high school students have to figure out how they have to act and what they have to look Read More
When my high school counselor informed me that I might not be cut out for a four-year college or university, I was not only crushed but also confused. I grew up in a household with two college educated parents, and in what I look back now on as a very “college-going” culture, so why didn’t my Read More
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