Four Reasons Why Your Students Should Take the Current SAT – by Vicki Wood As the new school year starts, parents of sophomores and juniors are understandably going to be concerned about the redesigned SAT, and more specifically, about which test their children should take—the current test, being administered through January, or the brand new Read More
Many students will visit and research Colleges that are out of their price range. This wastes both their families and the schools time as when push comes to shove they won’t have the dollars to attend, even if they get accepted. A quick, easy way to check out a college cost is to use their Read More
High School students haven’t shown much improvement in their ACT scores during the past 4 year period, according to the administrator of the ACT college entrance exam. The group says approximately only 40% of graduating high school students who took the ACT exam this year show a “strong readiness” for college in most subject areas. Read More
A new report says better outreach and simpler financial aid information would help students choose the right college and know how to pay for it. The report, “Familiarity with Financial Aid” was published by the New America Foundation and found nearly a quarter of prospective students surveyed said they were unsure whether they’d receive financial Read More
The U.S. Department of Education has made the decision to quit sharing some student information from their FAFSA that indicates which other colleges they are applying to and the order in which they list them on the form. Starting next year, the department will no longer provide colleges the entire list of institutions that a Read More
Many elite colleges offer summer programs that students can attend to get a taste of the college life and explore the campus to see if it might be a good fit. As Sophomores and Juniors your students can attend these if their parents are willing to foot the bill. They are fairly pricey, but many Read More
NBC News published a story on the rising costs of College Textbooks. They found since 1977 prices have risen more than 1,041 percent. They compare the textbook industry to the pharmaceutical industry where companies lobby to have their product accepted and then set pricing once it is required rather than through supply and demand. Some Read More
USA Today published a story today on some teens that had forsaken traditional summer jobs (restaurant, retail, etc.) to seek out summer jobs that can enhance their future career paths after college. The article states Brookings Institution research shows that teen employment is a predictor of earnings well into a worker’s twenties. Examples of a Read More
Data in NACAC’s 2014 State of College Admission report show that application growth continues for most colleges. For 10 of the past 15 years, more than 70 percent of colleges reported year-to-year application increases. In the midst of this application growth, colleges have increased outreach to transfer and international students, as student pathways to and Read More
A comprehensive report was recently conducted by NACAC and Excelencia in Education. The purpose of the report was to get a better understanding of how to improve college access and success for under-represented students. This report focuses on the role of the school counselor in assisting Latino and other underrepresented students through the transition to Read More
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