There is a growing concern that community colleges up and down the state are de-emphasizing the value and importance of Transfer Centers. This is of great concern, particularly in today’s environment of community college reform, where we have seen significant...
As I head home from my first SuperACAC conference I try to digest all that happened over three days seemingly trapped inside a smoky casino time warp, both in era and time of day. I learned simple things like the correct place to pin a name tag (your right side where...
As juniors finish up their penultimate high school year, they will know even more about what colleges should go on their final college lists. Sidwell Friends, an elite private school in Washington, DC, does it right: it limits students to a list of nine colleges. Oh,...
Have you seen them wandering your hallways? Sleep deprived students with sunken eyes, fueled with energy drinks and??? They seem to appear every May but the past few years the numbers have grown to epidemic proportions. OK maybe I’m being a little over dramatic (I’m...
May is a key time of year for highly school juniors. Proactive college planning will empower their senior year college application process. Below we provide key testing, summer planning, counseling, and college visiting tips. 1. Test Readiness Juniors are lucky to be...
High school juniors are entering the final leg of their critically important junior years. They are getting ready for AP tests, finishing final school projects, and prepping for ACTs, SATs, and SAT Subject Tests. Many are competing in various sports and competitions,...
Over the next few weeks, Rebecca Joseph will provide college readiness tips for counselors working with high school juniors. There is so much high school counselors can do to help students, so that they finish their high school experience on a high note and prepare...
I know it's a little late for New Year's resolutions- but I vow to never use the term "perfect fit" again, unless I am talking about a great pair of jeans. For the past decade or more I've seen books, articles, surveys and online programs promising to help students...
After a $120 Uber ride to airport (surge rate???), two cancelled flights, 6 hours waiting to de-ice and take-off only to return to gate, and an unplanned hotel stay in Long Island- I thought about the importance of visiting colleges during winter. Students often have...
It is that time of year again and I don’t know about you, but Financial Aid makes me nervous. I have taken courses, attended workshops, read books and viewed tutorials, but in no way do I consider myself an expert when it comes to people’s money. I do, however feel a...