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Editor's Note
There will be no HSCW published next week 11/12. There will be a double issue on 11/19
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Big Picture
How For-Profit Colleges Hang on to Federal Funding
The Atlantic - Nov 3, 2015
For-profit universities have had another rough year, with big players facing federal scrutiny for everything from predatory loans to outright fraud. Now attention is turning to the schools’ accreditors...
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
The most expensive state university systems
CBS News - MarketWatch - Nov 2, 2015
Whether parents can afford the cost of a bachelor's degree can depend heavily on several factors, but don't overlook this one: what state they happen to live in...
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Collegewise shares top 5 college admission strategies that won't work
HamletHub - Nov 2, 2015
I’ve often written that while the most successful college applicants took their college planning seriously, they didn’t measure every decision in high school against the yardstick of what will look good to colleges. Certain things like challenging classes and good grades are always appreciated..
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 | Getting In: Competing With Your Classmates
Slate.com - Nov 2, 2015
Host Julie Lythcott-Haims and Parke Muth, formerly a dean and an admissions officer at the University of Virginia, answer two listener questions. A mother of a high-achieving student wonders which colleges offer full-ride merit scholarships...
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Early
College: Your guide to early decision vs. early action
Forbes - Oct 29, 2015
arly decision and early action are two important parts of the college application process that current and future seniors need to be familiar with. In spite of their similar "early" titles, the level of commitment to a particular school is much greater for early decision. We break down the differences....
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Early applications have an edge in college admissions
Chicago Tribune - Oct 29, 2015
Dear Mr. Bradshaw, I am a senior in high school and have a question about the college application process. Should I apply under early action or regular decision? My application is ready to send, ....
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22 Stages of Waiting on an Early Acceptance Letter
Her Campus - Nov 2, 2015
So you decided to apply early decision—great! The good news is that while your fellow seniors are still laboring over college applications, you will hear whether or not you were accepted to your dream university much earlier. The wait to hear back from admissions, however, is agonizing.......
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Essays
Don’t just write off that supplemental college essay
Boston Globe - Oct 30, 2015
After weeks of brainstorming, writing, editing, and rewriting, that frightening personal statement essay is finally done. But don’t exhale just yet. For a majority of colleges, particularly the most selective, additional essay questions are also part of the application process......
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Visiting/Fairs/Interviews
Gap Year
Make the Most of Your Gap Year with a D.C. Internship
TeenLife Blog - Oct 30, 2015
Oonagh Cavanagh grew up in a small Vermont town, hiking, camping, skiing, and loving anything that had to do with the outdoors. So when she was looking for a gap experience before college, she looked for a program where she could put her passion about protecting the environment to work....
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Young, "gap-year" farmers flourish in VT
Burlington Free Press - Nov 2, 2015
Senior year of high school, everyone asks, "Where are you going to college?” That pressure to know exactly where you want to spend the next four years of your life can be daunting when you’re just about to say see ya to senior year. ...
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Counselors
|  HSCW Counselors' Corners
Post - Nov 5, 2015
Reading Essays on Thanksgiving? Let’s Talk Turkey
Colleagues, we need to talk. A major college application deadline has just come and gone, and based on what I’m hearing, I love you all madly, but things went quite badly. More
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College Advice: Consider Your Counselors
Forbes - Oct 31, 2015
Now that Seniors have pushed Send on tens of thousands of Early Decision and Early Action applications, it might be time to pause, breathe, and reflect on those who have supported all of that work, as well as those who will receive and review it. ...
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School counselors help students prepare for life after high school
Kingston - Oct 31, 2015
Graduation is just a few months away for many high school students, but it’s never too early to start planning for the future. To help prepare students for life after high school, counselors have become an important resource for students....
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Lee guidance counselors film tips for the college-bound
News-Press.com - Oct 31, 2015
Navigating the world of college applications, scholarships and financial aid can be a stress-inducing experience for teens and their parents. Especially when they aren’t sure where to even begin. ...
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Parents
5 Ways parents can help with college applications
Tutoring Examiner - Nov 2, 2015
College applications are larger, more time-consuming, and more important than any one test or project that your student has completed during high school. And whether they ask or not, students often need the help of their parents to successfully complete their applications....
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SAT & ACTs
The Ultimate Guide to SAT Subject Tests
Her Campus - Nov 3, 2015
?As an upperclassman in high school (soon to be collegiette!), you are likely berated with the same question from your teachers, parents and friends on a daily basis: Where are you thinking of going to college? As you try to figure out which school is the best for you, how to apply...
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The new SAT: Who’s keeping score?
Poughkeepsie Journal - Oct 30, 2015
Oct. 3, was the day for No. 2 pencils and compounded teenage angst, and marked the first weekend of testing for the 2015 fall SAT. The Scholastic Aptitude Test is a major point of contention for prospective college students in need of high scores to impress college admissions...
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SAT snafu could leave many college applications incomplete
MarketWatch - Nov 3, 2015
As if applying to college wasn’t stressful enough already. Teens who took pains to get their early-decision applications to colleges by Nov. 1 may be disappointed to find that their colleges didn’t receive their SAT scores by the deadline....
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FinAid/Scholarships
Nuts and bolts of applying for college financial aid
Spokane College Examiner - Oct 29, 2015
There are two kinds of financial aid provided by colleges – merit aid and need-based aid. For most colleges, what a student submits in the college application is used for merit awards (grades, test scores, extracurricular activities, etc.). Some colleges might have additional forms for merit aid. ...
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Find the Colleges Most Likely to Give You a Scholarship
TIME - Oct 29, 2015
Save thousands of dollars in tuition by picking a financial "safety" school. High school seniors can dramatically increase their odds of getting big scholarships if they take just one extra step this fall: apply to a few “financial aid safety schools,” college admissions experts say. ...
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5 People You Haven't Asked About College Scholarships
USNews - Oct 29, 2015
Ever feel like you're drowning in a sea of information when you research scholarships? It's daunting to search for money for school, but remember that you're never alone in the process. ...
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Experts: Millions in college scholarships going unused
WPRI - Nov 1, 2015
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Paying for college is a worry for many high school seniors and their parents. Yet, despite the increasing cost of higher education, millions of dollars in scholarships go unused year after year. ...
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CTE
| The Un-College That's Training $100,000 App Developers
NPR.org - Oct 25, 2015
As one of the biggest, most successful tech companies, Google can hire pretty much anyone it wants. Accordingly, the company tends to favor Ph.D.s from Stanford and MIT. But, it has just partnered with a for-profit company called General Assembly..
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South
New era of state testing launches in some Tennessee high schools
tn.chalkbeat.org - Nov 4, 2015
In a pivotal moment of transition for Tennessee public schools, some students began this month to take online assessments aligned with the Common Core State Standards — a big shift from the pencil-and-paper tests of past decades that no longer coordinate with the state’s academic benchmarks....
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Mississippi Voters Reject Guaranteed Public School Funding
NPR.org - Nov 4, 2015
Voters in Mississippi have rejected a citizen-led, constitutional amendment that would have increased funding for public education. The public schools in the poorest state in the nation have been underfunded and underperforming for years....
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Texas Faults Schools For Not Helping Students With Disabilities
BuzzFeed - Nov 4, 2015
The Texas Education Agency has faulted four school districts for treating students with disabilities as truants without first determining whether their disabilities were the reason they missed school. In one case, a district actively encouraged a student to drop out.....
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Early
Essay
Visits
Gap Year
Counsel
Parents
SATs & ACTs
FinAid
CTE
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