Step 1: Understand the Prompt Before choosing a topic, make sure you understand what the prompt is asking and how the essay fits into the application. Focus on what readers already know about you, as well as what they can’t find out from the rest of your application. Step 2: Brainstorm Ideas Consider several topics. Read More
I love having lunch with my friend, Ella, who recently retired after years of serving as a great high school counselor here in metro Detroit, where I live. When we last met in person, we had just started going out again post-lockdown. It felt like a million years had passed. We started talking about her previous job Read More
This question was posted on Facebook by a Counselor (Jill Brichacek) and I thought this would be a good post as many Counselors are beginning to think about their 2023/2024 school year plans. There were some great questions posted in the discussion so here are a few that could help you if you are going Read More
As a high school counselor, part of your role is to help prepare your students and young people to complete high school and step into their next stage of life, whether that looks like beginning a career or advancing into college education. There are many areas of learning that high school curriculums cover, but many Read More
Do your students ever ask you what career choices you would recommend? Many students have no idea yet what career path they might want to pursue? CNBC took a look at which careers paid the most 5 years after graduation. 8 of the 10 were engineering related. Here is their list: College majors that pay Read More
If so, we found a nice primer and templates they can use. In College this is certainly something that business students will have to do and become familiar with. If they also have future plans to be an entrepreneur and start their own business banks will require this of them. Here are links to some Read More
Why do colleges want them? Letters of recommendation are a unique component of the application process. They provide context for your performance in the classroom. The goal is to create a narrative based on who you are and who you are likely to become as you transition into the next phase of your education. Colleges Read More
The American School Counselor Association just did an analysis of the Counselor ratio per students for every school in the country. They released the data in a 1-page PDF that shows the ratios by state. The worst ratios were found in the following 3 states: Indiana (694 to 1), Arizona (651 to 1), and Michigan Read More
Forbes recently published an in-depth article which showed some research that determined students who personally met with their High School Counselor were much more likely to receive financial aid in College. The research came from the National Center for Educational Statistics. The encouragement of a Counselor to fill have them fill out the FAFSA and Read More
Annie Plutko a School Counselor in Washington state posted a couple infographic’s she created in the FB Counselor Group. Feel free to share with you counterparts.
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