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Big Picture
Job Advice: Just Be Cool
The Atlantic - Aug 21, 2015
What does it take to get ahead in today’s job market? While it might seem like specialized technical skills are the only way to compete in an increasingly difficult economy, that’s not the case. To really get ahead, what a worker needs is social skills....
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
The Truth About Applying to 'Likely' Colleges
Huffington Post - Aug 26, 2015
A young man visiting Drew University wanted to know what courses he should take his Junior year of high school. In fact, he was so curious that I received an email delineating his likely selections just a few hours later...
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How Colleges Judge Your High School Courseload
Forbes - Aug 26, 2015
A young man visiting Drew University wanted to know what courses he should take his Junior year of high school. In fact, he was so curious that I received an email delineating his likely selections just a few hours later...
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10 Ways to Ruin Your College Admissions Chances
TeenLife Blog - Aug 21, 2015
College. It’s not a done deal until it’s a done deal. It’s a tough road and one that can be finalized with offers of admission or rejection letters. It’s not a task to be taken lightly and it will require all your hard work and stamina at the beginning of your senior year. ..
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Classes the college-bound should take
Long Island College Prep Examiner - Aug 25, 2015
High school curricula is filled with required classes leaving students wiggle room to choose level of difficulty or a couple of electives. The conventional wisdom for the college-bound is to pick the most rigorous courses they can do well in ..
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How to talk to college recruiters
Victoria Advocate - Aug 22, 2015
Choosing a college is overwhelming. You walk into a gym to see a smorgasbord of college choices with glossy brochures and friendly recruiters clamoring for your attention. Or you find yourself on a campus tour, led through a confusing maze of buildings ...
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10 things high schoolers should know about college
Delaware Online - Aug 24, 2015
Ron Oronzio is wondering if he should do more to increase his desirability to colleges. As a 16-year-old rising junior at Caesar Rodney High School, college is looming large in his life. He wants to attend the Coast Guard Academy....
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Countdown to College: Freshmen faux-pas
Charlotte Observer - Aug 21, 2015
It’s easy to be overwhelmed as a freshman. Everything is new. It feels like you’re making first impressions every minute of every day. You’re intimidated by the course syllabus – “Do they really expect I can read 1,000 pages a week?” – and you think you’re the only one who feels this way...
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College Admissions: Why a Postgraduate (PG) Year
Greenwich Free Press - Aug 24, 2015
What exactly are postgraduate year programs and how are they helpful in the college admissions context? A postgraduate (PG) year is an additional year beyond high school graduation which is spent at an independent (private) high school....
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The Pressure to Get Into College
Bethesda Magazine - Aug 25, 2015
High school students juggle college-level classes, sports and extracurricular activities--all in pursuit of getting into a top school. But at what cost?....
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Essays
5 Steps for Scripting a Video College Application Essay
US News - Aug 24, 2015
If you? had mere seconds to change the course of your life – what would you say?
If you are submitting a video admissions essay as part of your college application, that question should be at the forefront of your mind. ...
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College Admissions: 6 Steps To A Killer College Application
GoLocalProv College Admissions - Aug 24, 2015
Early Admission deadlines will begin in just a few weeks on October 15 for some schools, and students will be racing to get their applications completed. So, what are the fatal mistakes to avoid? What makes a truly great app?...
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Counselors
|  HSCW Counselors' Corners
Post - Aug 27, 2015
Great Ways for Counselors to Stay Connected with Each Other
Every year you make the same promise. This is going to be the year you won’t feel isolated in your work as a school counselor More
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Parents
A parent's guide to dropping your kid off at college
The Week Magazine - Aug 24, 2015
Facebook feed has been feeding me some rather over-the-top updates lately. Escorting little Brant off to Vassar! How the time flies! Family road trip — Ohio State, here we come!..
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Four Ways Parents Can Ease the Transition to College
TeenLife Blog - Aug 14, 2015
Having a daughter who was already an emotional basket case made the summer before college a stressful time in our house. She had a new boyfriend whom she did not want to leave. ..
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SAT & ACTs
Test anxiety awaits rollout of the new SAT
Boston Globe - Aug 20, 2015
Like thousands of high school students around the country, Emma Cubellis of Kingston has no idea what to expect when she sits down to take the redesigned SAT next spring....
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What you need to know about Test-Optional Admissions
DC College Admissions Examiner - Aug 24, 2015
An iconic year, even by the standards of its iconic decade, 1969 teems with momentous events in America’s cultural history: the moon landing, Woodstock, the Amazin’ Mets, and the start of American withdrawal from Vietnam.....
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Rankings
Introduction: A Different Kind of College Ranking
Washington Monthly - Aug 25, 2015
Two years ago this month, President Barack Obama made a bold promise: Starting with the 2015-16 academic year, his administration would rate every college and university in America. ..
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The Colleges Where Students Most Want To Go In 2015
Forbes - Aug 20, 2015
This spring, Harvard announced that it had admitted just 1,990 students from its record-high applicant pool of 37,509. That means only 5.3% of those who applied got in, including the 977 students given seats in the early action pool...
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FinAid/Scholarships
CTE
CTE success stories: Graduate helps youth make healthy decisions
The Notebook - Aug 25, 2015
The Philadelphia School District’s career and technical education (CTE) programs give students an opportunity to choose a career path that best matches their interests and talents, while gaining hands-on training in high school..
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South
Lawmakers look to ditch state exams, adopt national tests
NPR.org - State Impact Florida - Aug 26, 2015
TALLAHASSEE — Some lawmakers hope to ditch Florida’s controversial new state exams by requiring the Department of Education to instead administer existing national exams, like the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills or the SAT college entrance exam.....
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ACT pilot program for juniors a go
Duncan Banner - Aug 20, 2015
State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister announced a new pilot program Wednesday that would make the ACT national college admissions examination free for high school juniors across the state.....
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University of Texas System amends admissions policy
El Paso Times - Aug 23, 2015
The University of Texas System Board of Regents has approved a new admissions policy that aims to severely limit — but not completely eliminate — the power of its school presidents to admit a student because he or she has powerful connections....
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Bullying
Empty Plate: Kids Are Being Bullied to Skip Lunch at School
US News - Aug 24, 2015
Anti-bullying curriculum has created a generation of kids who are much more aware of overt, classic bullying. However, bullying and peer pressure take many forms, and at times can be very difficult to spot. One alarming trend happening in some school cafeterias i ..
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15-Year-Old's 'ReThink' App Aims to Prevent Cyberbullying
ABC News - Aug 26, 2015
For teen tech whiz, Trisha Prabhu, being a high school science nerd is actually kind of cool.
She’s traveled the world sharing her ideas and was even a headliner at TEDxTeen talk about the problem of cyber bullying. But now she’s got an app for that. ..
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Essay
Counsel
Parents
SATs & ACTs
Rankings
FinAid
CTE
South
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