Lee Bierer of College Admissions Strategies put together a nice list of college admissions acronyms and abbreviations that get used quite a bit. Test your knowledge of these terms and see how you score: Everybody is familiar with GPA — Grade Point Average. And SAT — it used to be the Scholastic Aptitude Test, but Read More
A recent article on US News & World Reports website made the point that it might be beneficial for your students that are considering a STEM career to go in as an undecided major and switch their major after their first year. Many STEM program slots are taken quickly at highly desirable schools but existing Read More
How to Plan a College Visit Start Early to Cover the Most Ground If you have a child who is a junior or senior in high school, you may be thinking about selecting a college or university. The best way for teens to get to know their options (and to see firsthand what university is Read More
The Hechinger Report recently interviewed a student who was struggling to work in College. Many of your students will be forced to work in College to cover at least a portion of their College expenses. The student that was interviewed, Luz Pineda of California State University, Northridge, provided six tips your students can use to Read More
Students and families today are getting smarter about college choice, but experts say they could still learn more about the value of schools, especially specifics about how well their education will pay off. There are a number of spots where counselors can learn more about college value and find resources that they can make available Read More
So it’s a normal day – and you’ve responded to a handful or requests for information, spent an hour or two in valuable and not-so-valuable meetings, devoted a big chunk of time answering email and calls from parents and what seems like half your day assisting students who show up at your door, typically at Read More
Our friends at WOW Writing Workshop had a guest blogger, Jodi Okun, share some of her best tips on paying for College. Here is her blog which was written for parents so possibly you will find it of value to share with some of your students and their families: By Jodi Okun Worried about paying Read More
There is a great deal of information for counselors to convey to a lot of students and their families about college admissions, and despite the work involved, a college night may help answer a lot of questions and lighten the load for busy counselors in the end. “Counselors don’t have enough time in the day Read More
The flipped classroom has been one of the biggest innovations in education in the last decade, proponents would say, and now it’s finding its way into the counselo’rs toolkit as a technique to get classroom lessons to more students and make much-repeated instruction available in one installment. “Every time I don’t have to field a Read More
You probably already know that at its core, the college application essay is all about reflection. We tell our students time and again it’s as much a thinking task as a writing task. While we have many tools to help you guide your college-bound junior class on the essay, this time of year we focus Read More
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