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College Big Picture
How to Shop for College
New York Times - Mar 10, 2013
Colleges often make themselves appear less expensive — and more attractive to cash-poor families — through promotional materials and financial aid letters that hide the true costs.. ...
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
On College: Want to impress colleges? Be yourself
San Jose Mercury News - Mar 12, 2013
How much do colleges weigh sports? Does it help if I quit tennis and pursue a more unusual sport? Can I get into a top school if I am captain of speech and debate? Do I really have to do research? Is 2300 the score I need to get into any college? What if I try to skip ahead in math and do calculus in my junior year, is that better than if I do it in my senior year?....
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How To Choose High School Classes For Next Year
Her Campus - Mar 12, 2013
Your class schedule affects so many aspects of your life: how much you enjoy school, how late into the night you're up doing homework, how often you see your friends, and how college admission boards think of you...
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Waiting & Deciding/Rejection
March Madness for College Admissions Decisions
Huffington Post - Mar 10, 2013
Throughout March I empathize with nervous high school seniors and their families as they await college admissions decisions. The seniors have dedicated so much time and effort into their high school experiences,...
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7 Weeks To Make Your College Decisions
The College Solution Blog - Mar 10, 2013
This is a stressful time for teenagers and parents who are waiting for acceptances. Or who are trying to decide what the ultimate college choice will be. Or who are wondering how they are going to pay for a school when their financial aid package is inadequate....
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Taking the Pressure out of Applying to College
Bethesda Magazine - Mar 8, 2013
The Frisbee arrived Tuesday. Tricked out in a white cardboard wrapper covered with clever phrase like “four seasons of fun,” “big brains big hearts” and “dorm sweet dorm,” it was stamped with the name of Carleton College...
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Campus Visits/Interview
How to be Successful in College and Scholarship Interviews
True Admissions Blog - Mar 13, 2013
An interview is an opportunity! How many other times in your life are you invited to talk about yourself, to share the best of yourself with others? A college or scholarship interview is not to be dreaded or feared, but rather to be enjoyed.....
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What (Not) to Ask on a Campus Tour
New York Times - The Choice - Mar 13, 2013
Campus tours are a great way for prospective students to get a better feel for a particular college. Checking out the physical space is important, but the real value of the tour comes from the tour guide — a real, live college student who can give you an authentic look at life at that college.....
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Spring Into Great College Visits
Huffington Post - Mar 12, 2013
Spring is the time of year when many juniors and their parents start visiting prospective colleges. This is the ideal time of year to visit colleges as they are still in session and you can see authentic college life. By doing an official visit, you also let the colleges ....
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SATs & ACTs/AP
Juniors: Know what test-optional means
True Admissions Blog - Mar 12, 2013
Students need to check the testing policy of each school to which they're applying and that includes "test-optional" schools. While "test-optional" means a college is flexible about the submission of standardized test scores,....
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Are You Prepared For New Changes To The SAT?
GoLocalProv - Mar 11, 2013
Amidst growing competition from the ACT and criticism from some educators, the College Board announced this week that they will undertake a major renovation of the SAT. This creates great uncertainty for rising juniors and sophomores who may want to begin studying for the SAT this summer as questions swirl....
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What the AP program can’t do
Washington Post - Mar 9, 2013
To many in the world of education reform, the latest AP Report to the Nation—released recently by the College Board—is cause for celebration on two fronts. The first achievement has to do with equity. ....
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Counselors
|  HSCW Counselors' Corners
Post - Mar 14, 2013
Working with Students When Colleges Say No
The slow trickle of college decisions builds to a rushing stream this week and gains tsunami proportions by the end of the month. Predictions are for a record number of college applicants,... More
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A Good Guidance Counselor Makes All the Difference
Huffingtonpost - Feb 18, 2013
Maria was the youngest of three children born to Colorado natives of Mexican descent. Her father was a decent, hardworking man, who ran his own flooring business. Her mother worked in a local hospital, where she was a respected clerk. Early in their young lives, Maria and her siblings were enveloped in a nurturing environment ....
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FinAid/Scholarship
Colleges ramp up merit aid to target best and brightest
Cincinnaticom - Mar 13, 2013
As hundreds of thousands of highly ranked high-school seniors around the country commit to colleges before the national May 1 deadline, they are getting more recruiting pitches — and financial aid — than ever.....
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Finding scholarship money
Charlotte Observer - Mar 12, 2013
Since it’s their last semester in high school, the homework and stress is reduced for many seniors inside the classroom. But outside the classroom, the pressure is on to find scholarships for this fall’s freshman year at college.....
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6 Ways to Get Great Scholarship Recommendation Letters
US News & World Report - Mar 7, 2013
It's officially March, which means there are roughly two weeks of winter remaining and two months of the school year left to go—and not long before you'll be packing up your car and heading to college, possibly for the first time in your life.....
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Parents
How Parents Can Help Teens Gain Powerful Skills for Future Careers
Huffington Post - Mar 13, 2013
In the "good old days" of college admissions, parents would show up at my door during the summer before their child's senior year and ask for help with choosing colleges and getting in. Except in rare cases, it was assumed that it didn't really matter what a student majored in...
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Career and Technical Education (CTE)
Tech schools offer quality career options
Janesville Gazette - Mar 8, 2013
There was a time when a high school diploma was the ticket to many family-sustaining careers, allowing access to more than 70 percent of all jobs in 1973, according to Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. ....
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Northeast
Teen Dating Violence
Online Abuse Predicts Real-Life Dating Violence for Teens
Youth Today - Mar 11, 2013
Twenty-five percent of teenagers who are in romantic relationships feel their partners have harassed or even abused them through social media, text messages or email, yet only 9 percent ever report such harassment to an adult, according to new research released by the Urban Institute...
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