For many students, the college application process is a stressful experience filled with high expectations and overwhelming pressure. As a counselor, you may notice even the most capable students struggle with common anxiety-related behaviors like stumbling through test prep, freezing up while taking exams, or having difficulty conveying their true selves in essays or interviews. These Read More
Signet Education is doing something innovative on their podcast, “Don’t Force It!” in the new year – a live coaching model. They will help students, parents, and counselors navigate academic challenges, questions about standardized testing, milestones of the college process, and more. They are looking for people outside their team to help work their particular Read More
Back by popular demand is a free Deadline Hotline for students and their supporters to Zoom in for last minute questions before submitting early college applications. Thanks to a collaboration between Coalition for College, Scoir, and College Guidance Network (CGN), on Wednesday, October 30th from 6:00-9:00 pm ET, kind volunteers from high school counseling offices, Read More
Nursing is a mentally strenuous profession. You need to be smart. Able to memorize dense materials and adapt to complicated situations. Every working nurse on the planet will tell you that critical thinking is a life-saving skill in the hospital setting. They will also tell you that, most of the time, the job requires a Read More
When responding to the “Why this college?” question, it is important to convey that you are not just applying for the sake of applying – they want students that want them. Colleges care about “yield,” which is the percentage of students that actually choose to attend the college, out of the total number who are Read More
The College Spy is offering a new webinar on October 17th. It’s called, 3 Tips for Navigating Your College Major. There are so many benefits to knowing your major before you enter college! Making the decision early can save you time and money. Additionally, teens who know what they want to study in college have Read More
Are any of your students trying to organize their thoughts on which College they would like to attend? Going Merry has created a nice worksheet your students can use to include information about each College on their target list and make quick comparisons. It’s a nice templated they can use to store all the information Read More
Did you attend the recent NACAC conference? If you did, there were many sessions you probably couldn’t attend. If you didn’t there may have been some great information presented you would like to know about. Collegewise did a nice job in summarizing many of the sessions from the conference. Their counselors attended many of the Read More
The 1 for 2 Education Foundation is seeking highly motivated applicants of accredited U.S. four-year colleges and universities. For the 2024 academic year, the Foundation selected a diverse group of five scholars who attended both public high schools from four states. Grants of up to $20,000 per academic year were made to attend both public Read More
If you have any students interested in attending a Christian college, there are more than 125 fairs scheduled this fall where they can meet many representatives from these institutions and find out about those schools. The dates are listed here: https://www.findyourchristiancollege.com/college-fairs and the search function allows searches by state.
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