Thanks to all the Counselors that participate in the LINK for Counselors Paramount Research Survey this year. We received some great feedback from our readers. Paramount randomly chose 10 winners from all survey participants. These are this year’s winners who will all be receiving a $10 Amazon gift card by email. Alana Murray – Illinois Read More
There is a new podcast available that is geared specifically for Counselors. Here is what it covers – School counseling is one of the most rewarding professions on the planet, but also one of the most intense and misunderstood. Most school counseling resources continue to focus on ultra-filtered, perfect-world examples of school counseling instead of Read More
The SAT and ACT have long been considered crucial parts of the college application process. But when the COVID-19 pandemic made it difficult to safely administer the tests, many colleges adopted test-optional admission policies, waiving their standardized testing requirements. Today – nearly three years since the pandemic struck – many colleges are still test optional. Read More
Next week a one of a kind one day event – ACCELERATOR- will be held online. The event is powered by CounselMore – the college counseling platform that streamlines the work and allows counselors and families to focus on their college admissions process. The event is headlined by three keynote speakers: Scott Jaschik – one Read More
A few weeks ago, we hosted a discussion about the “threat” of ChatGPT to college essay coaching with more than 100 colleagues. The very same day, OpenAI officially launched GPT4. As you can see, there’s always a shiny new object on the horizon. But just because we were a few hours behind on the latest Read More
School is out soon… and summer is in (almost)! Summer is not only a convenient time for high schoolers to rest, recharge, and reset, but it’s also the perfect time to get a head start on college prep. Here are five Admit U college counselor-approved activities that high schoolers can incorporate into their summer season Read More
There have been concerns and many formal and informal discussions related to making the financial aid notifications that students and families receive easier to understand. Like all professions, financial aid has its own terminology and this can affect the communication that takes place between colleges, universities and prospective students. Below are three ways to enhance Read More
The Counselors at Joseph C. Wilson Magnet High School in Rochester, NY have some great tips they published for their Juniors. Here they are so you can share with your students: Meet with your counselor to review credits toward graduation Study for the PSAT in October Focus on academics to obtain the best grades possible Read More
The New York Times has launched a new tool to help students and their parents build their own college rankings based on what criteria are important to them. The tool offers a series of sliders and filters to where students can input their priorities, such as racial diversity, price of tuition, campus safety, and athletics, Read More
Students frequently either have a strong aversion to or a major attraction to Greek life. The funny thing is that high school students only know what they’ve seen or heard about fraternities and sororities; they haven’t experienced it first-hand. It’s the movies they’ve seen, think Animal House to Sorority Wars. Or it’s what they’ve heard Read More
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