With the first round of application deadlines on Nov. 1, we’ve been reviewing a lot of college entrance essays that have not been ready to submit to colleges. Most of them lack the insight colleges are looking for. And, at its core, a college entrance essay is all about reflection. If your students don’t reflect, Read More
Finding and applying for scholarships while simultaneously completing high school coursework can be extremely stressful and overwhelming for the average 18 year old. Parental guidance and college counseling can not only help alleviate some of that stress but can also increase the likelihood of students being accepted to and enrolling in college. Parents and counselors Read More
As millions of students of all ages returned to school this Fall, they are making important choices that have a strong influence on their eventual career path – which college majors to pursue, which high school classes to take, even which school extracurricular activities to join. Many of them – especially women, girls and members Read More
Picking a major is one of the hardest choices your students will make in College. Their future job satisfaction and salary depend a lot on the major they choose and their ultimate career path. To help students on the path to financially fulfilling careers, Glassdoor has released its report of the 50 highest paying majors. Read More
I recently saw a blog from Melanie Nelson of MRN Consulting where she outlined her experience of leaving a job in the Corporate world to go out on her own as an Entrepeneur. I thought she had some good points that might be worth pointing out to your students that have an interest in starting Read More
If I could only give every family one piece of advice about college admissions and the college application process it would be this: Dare to be different. Be different from the beginning – don’t wait like so many other people until the summer after junior year or even worse, the fall of senior year to Read More
Sprint Corporation is gearing up to provide free mobile devices and high-speed wireless connectivity to 1 million low income high school students around the country. The new program is aimed at eliminating the so-called homework gap in which low-income students are at a disadvantage because they don’t have access to the internet, which is needed Read More
Google has announced they will incorporating information from the Obama administration’s College Scorecard into its search results. When your students search for information on a specific college in Google they will now find graduation rates, post-college earning information and college tuition displayed right in the search results. Here is a link to their blog post Read More
Imagine that relentless, torrential rains pummel your community, resulting in massive flooding that turns streets into canals and destroys homes, roads and bridges, grocery stores and pharmacies, schools, hospitals, and other essential services across a wide area. Thousands of people and families are displaced and homeless, having lost everything to a devastating natural disaster that Read More
Mount Carmel High School was a mainstay in a small Houston area community called Garden Villas but when the Catholic Church announced the school’s closure— the community took action. Not only is Garden Villas a close-knit community of modest homes and working class people but the community association even has its own radio station. The Read More
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