Last year, a counselor from Atlanta asked me what advice to give a student who wanted to use his personal statement to show colleges that he “gives 110% to everything he does.” She knew it was a cliché. But is that bad? Nope. Not really. I told her it was okay and explained why. Phrases Read More
Directions: Read each statement and circle the answer that best applies to you; leave blank any questions you do not want to answer. Never Sometimes Often Almost Always 1. I worry excessively about the future or bad things happening (for example, earthquakes, a loved one getting hurt or sick, failing a test). 0 1 Read More
Do you have a letter template written to send to parents this Fall? The Counselors at Normal Community High School have created a template that they use that you may be able to craft for your needs. They shared their letter in the High School Counselors Group on FB. Here is the template: Dear Parents, Read More
Many people, Counselors included have started freelancing to earn a little extra money, enjoy their side passions and to even create a side business that can eventually turn into a full time gig. It is estimated that 36% of all American workers have some type of freelance gig. Thimble published a list of 19 sites Read More
Study.com is offering a series of scholarships for your students. The deadline for each scholarship is April 1st. Here are the details on each with links: Scholarship for African Americans – $500 Scholarship for Hispanics – $500 CLEP Scholarship for Military Members – $500 Scholarship for Military Spouses – $500 Women in Engineering Scholarship – Read More
The pandemic is hopefully in our rear view mirror some time in the near future, but zoom meetings are here to stay. So it is important that you are reasonably good at it and understand what you should and shouldn’t do. Recently, Briar Goldberg, TED’s Director of Speaker Coaching outlined the 3 most common mistakes Read More
There’s a lot of advice out there when it comes to the college essay. We know all about it. We read it. We hear it. Some share templates for writing stand-out college essays. (Email templates are useful; essay templates don’t work!) Others promise that if your students answer a bunch of specific questions, they’ll be Read More
Hey Hollywood, how about a new television show called “So You Think You Can Be A Professional Athlete?” The stats aren’t encouraging. According to http://www.ncaa.org there are a few million high school athletes, more than 460,000 NCAA student-athletes, and fewer than two percent of them will go pro in their sports. The probability of competing Read More
A webinar on Financing Education & Economic Opportunity will take place virtually on February 25th on 12:30 PM EST. Student Debt Impact explores how unprecedented borrowing disproportionately burdens BIPOC students and their families, how it exacerbates the racial wealth gap, and how to create models of higher education financing that provide pathways to economic opportunity. Read More
It is estimated that more than 17 million people will call in sick today after watching the Super Bowl yesterday. So there is no better time than today to discuss the Monday Blues. If you feel depressed, annoyed, overwhelmed, sluggish, and tense at the beginning of a working week, you are probably dealing with a Read More
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