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HSCW Summer Break
 | HSCW Sponsor Blog - Ways To Keep in Touch
Post - June 30, 2016
Summer Break: Another school year has come to an end. I can always tell, not only year by the weather but by the ever increasing returned email saying, “XYZ High School is on Summer Break...
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Do Asian-American Kids Face Unfair College Admissions Criteria?
WBUR.org - Hera & Now - Jun 23, 2016
A coalition of Asian-American groups recently requested that the U.S. Department of Education investigate several Ivy League schools for discrimination. The group claims Asian-American applicants need higher SAT scores than other racial groups to get into these schools.. ...
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
Test your knowledge of admissions office terms
College Admissions Strategies Blog - Jun 29, 2016
Welcome to College Admissions 101. Here’s a pop quiz on acronyms and abbreviations used in the college admissions process. Everybody is familiar with GPA — Grade Point Average. And SAT — it used to be the Scholastic Aptitude Test, but it took on its more accurate name of Scholastic Assessment Test in March 1994. ....
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The Best College Loan
The College Solution Blog - Jun 21, 2016
As recently as the early 1990s, most students did not take out college loans. Today roughly two out of every three students borrow to pay for college due to the runaway cost of college. The typical student borrower is now leaving school with debt of roughly $35,000. Just the outstanding federal college loan debt now exceeds credit-card debt....
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College Admissions: High School Classes Colleges Look For
GoLocalProv College Admissions - Jun 27, 2016
Summer is the time when most students find out if they will be able to take the courses that they requested for next year. And parents are often left wondering what a student really needs to be competitive in college admissions. How many years of a lab science or language are really necessary? What is the right balance of honors and AP courses? And do electives really matter?...
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College Connection: Which colleges have the highest 'yield' rate?
MyCentralJersey - Jun 24, 2016
High school students worry greatly about whether they will get accepted to their college of choice. But college admissions officers worry as well. Their concern is whether the students they accept will actually enroll. And their apprehension is well founded, as only 25 colleges in the U.S. enjoy a “yield” (percent of accepted students who actually enroll) of more than 50 percent.....
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Making Summer Count For College And Yourself
Forbes - Jun 24, 2016
Yesterday I read about an 11-year old boy who started his own business bringing neighbors’ trash cans and recycling bins to the curb. He charged them $.25 and by the end of his first week had made $1.75....
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10 Things to Do With Your Friends Before Leaving for College
Her Campus - Jun 25, 2016
The summer before leaving for your first year of college is always filled with mixed feelings. Although you’re excited to start a whole new chapter in your life, you’re sad to leave your home, family and friends behind. It’s especially hard to imagine saying goodbye to your friends, which is why it’s essential to use this summer to spend time with everyone you love. Creating a “last summer” bucket list ....
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Essay
How to Answer the Common Application Essay for College Admissions
Huffington Post - Jun 25, 2016
The Common Application has long been the hub for applications to U.S. colleges. Every year, more than half-a-million students seeking a place in the Ivy League and 600-plus other private and public colleges, log on to a portal that collects and distributes much of a student’s application materials....
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College application essay has become a write of passage
Star Tribune - Jun 28, 2016
Born and raised in Minnesota, Priya George wants to expand her worldview by attending college in another state. Heading into her senior year at Wayzata High School, the 17-year-old is preparing to apply to top-tier colleges, including Boston University and Duke....
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Communication Conversation: Essaying the Admissions Essay
Ladue News - Jun 23, 2016
In an increased effort to select students who fit well, college admissions essays lately have gained significance. Admissions counselors want to see and feel the challenges you have faced, as your learning experiences give them a glimpse of your potential.....
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Campus Visits
5 questions to ask students on a campus tour
USA Today College - Jun 28, 2016
With school out for summer, it’s a high season for visiting colleges. Whether you’re a high school junior looking at schools for the first time or a soon-to-be college freshman getting some on-campus experience before your move-in day in August, you can benefit from taking a campus tour....
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The 4 Questions to Ask on a College Campus Tour
TIME - Jun 24, 2016
Focus more on money, less on co-ed showers. Campus tours are a carefully choreographed part of colleges’ marketing efforts. But they’re also a great opportunity for students and parents to push past the sales pitch and get the facts they need to make smart financial decisions... ...
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Counselors
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Post - Jun 30, 2016
A Good and Bad Spring for Diversity on Campus
It’s been an interesting and rocky spring for college diversity. Efforts to improve diversity through college admissions received an unexpected boost this week, when the US Supreme Court affirmed the right of the University of Texas to use race as a factor in some of its undergraduate admissions decisions.... More
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Can ‘early warning systems’ keep children from dropping out of school?
Washington Post - Jun 28, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — A half-dozen sixth-grade teachers sat in a circle inside an empty classroom, poring over sheets of data showing their students’ attendance, grades and discipline. They were looking for children who were sliding, whose records indicated they were in danger of falling off the track to high school graduation.....
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Parents
Having the College Money Talk
ConsumerReports.org - Jun 28, 2016
With so many options, figuring out where to go to college can be overwhelming. Large research university or small liberal arts college? City school or rural school? Close to home or out of state? Guidance counselors .. ..
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Pros And Cons Of Strategizing For College
Forbes - Jun 28, 2016
Strategizing” involves planning to achieve a certain goal. Militarily, that would be laying out the steps to take a certain key enemy stronghold or blockade a supply point. It takes time, surveillance, information, expert strategizers and an awareness of points where things could go wrong.. ..
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How the typical American family pays for college
CNN.com - Jun 28, 2016
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) - You're thrilled your child got into college, but that doesn't mean you're happy about the tuition bill. Last year, the average private college charged $43,921 for tuition, room and board...
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3 Answers for Parents About Sexual Consent Lessons in High School
US News - Jun 27, 2016
When 20-year-old Brock Turner, a former Stanford University student, was sentenced to six months in county jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in California, many saw the punishment as too lenient and the case sparked conversations about sexual assault.. ..
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SAT & ACTs
Consider the Revised SAT, ACT for Test Success
US News - June 27, 2016
One of the most common descisions you face as a high school sophomore, junior or senior is whether to take the SAT or ACT. Although the colleges you are applying to may play a role in determining which test to register for, you should also consider your strengths as a student and test-taker when deciding which standardized exam to prepare for and take.. ..
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More colleges vote ‘No Confidence’ in standardized tests
DC College Admissions Examiner - June 27, 2016
Earlier this month, Columbia University joined a large and growing group of colleges and universities expressing little or no confidence in standardized tests used for college admissions.. ..
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FinAid/Scholarships
Underestimating Financial Aid Eligibility
Inside Higher Ed - Jun 28, 2016
Slightly less than one-quarter of parents and 37 percent of students believe they will qualify for financial aid, according to the results of a survey released this week by Royall & Company, a division of the Education Advisory Board (EAB). The findings,, ....
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Career and Technical Education
Vocational Education And Training: The Australian Model
Huffington Post - Jun 28, 2016
Australia has developed in the last decades one of the most admired vocational education and training systems of the world, based on various factors: fluidity between titles and certifications....
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Student Athletes
Recruiting Tip: Advice from the experts
USA Today HSS - Jun 27, 2016
Over the last several years, we’ve had the opportunity to interview some of the best college coaches in the country. Their advice on the recruiting process is invaluable. Here are 3 of the best answers to common recruiting questions. ..
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Midwest
Universities Desperate for State Funds
Peoria Public Radio - June 29, 2016
About a dozen college and university officials gathered at the capitol today to remind lawmakers of the desperate situation schools find themselves in, Most have gone for a year with less than a third of expected state funds. ..
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Kansas City asks, How little money is too little for schools?
© The Christian Science Monitor - June 20, 2016
KANSAS CITY, KAN. — In Rachael McIlvaine’s eighth-grade science class at West Middle School here, a group of three students akes turns closing their eyes, dipping a plastic spoon into a foil roasting pan and fishing for cracked M&M’s. ..
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Teen Depression
Pediatricians urged to screen for suicide risks among teens
USA Today - June 27, 2016
Family doctors should screen teens for suicide risks in the wake of new information that shows suicide is the second leading cause of death among teens, an American Academy of Pediatrics report said Monday. In the report, the academy provides pediatricians with guidelines on how to identify and assist at-risk teens between the age of 15 to 19. ..
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