We have recently been made aware of a couple of new scholarships available for your students. Here are the details on both: Digital Monk is offering your students the opportunity to exercise their writing skills and compete for a $500 scholarship award. They would like to hear your students thoughts on ONE of the following Read More
There are five major changes coming to FAFSA. Here’s what they are: The FAFSA is getting shorter: The number of questions on the FAFSA form will be capped at 36. This is a significant reduction from the current 108 questions. Some tax information – like tax returns – will also be automatically imported going forward, which Read More
A great book is available for Counselors written by Heather Couch, a Counselor at Batavia Middle School in Ohio. This practical guide includes topics from internship to professional development from an intimate perspective within the context of real-life scenarios. Drawing from personal experiences, journal articles, textbooks, and excerpts by numerous professional school counselors, it fuses Read More
The common app essay is the main personal statement students submit to colleges that 1:Use the Common Application and 2:Require the essay. Your personal statement gives you the chance to delve deeper into your experiences, interests, passions and strengths. Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their Read More
Lets face it, most students are strapped for money. College continues to get more expensive and saving every dollar they can is very important. Car insurance is one of the most expensive costs they will have as teens/students have some of the highest insurance rates. College students typically pay thousands of dollars more than any Read More
It’s one of the great mysteries of education. If applying to college is so important, why do schools expect most students to do it at home, after school, where there’s no help available for them? Thinking it might be time to try something different, College is Yours will be rolling out The Senior College Seminar Read More
This summer is a great time for your students to organize and prepare for their Senior Years. Here are some Summer Checklist tips courtesy of Sandy Ubriaco, Counselor at Queen’s Grant High School: Get your FSA ID so you’re ready to fill out the FAFSA in October Work on your College Essay- common app prompts Read More
Ashley Rose recently posted a very nice Google Slides Presentation on Scheduling Team Secrets in the High School Counselor Resources Group on Facebook. The presentation includes information on the pre-scheduling phase as well as the 8 scheduling phases. Here is a link to the entire slide presentation: Scheduling Slide Presentation She also includes a link Read More
Covid-19 has undoubtedly transformed education across the globe, and the shift to online learning has not been an easy transition. While schools and universities are carefully reopening their gates, both students and teachers know that educational technologies will continue to be part of the new normal. The pandemic has presented an opportunity to rethink the Read More
Advising for Future-Ready Careers is a monthly webinar series, hosted by NCWIT Counselors for Computing (C4C), providing information and resources to help counselors join the front line of the computing conversation. This webinar series is free and open to the public, ages 16 and up – geared toward School Counselors, Educators, graduate students, and those Read More
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