|
About HS CounselorWeek - weekly email
This weekly email searches main media outlets finding stories that may be of interest to high school counselors, college admission officers and related organizations, with links to the original stories. It is published by High School Counselor Marketing.
|
Syndication
HS Counselor Week can be added to your school's or PTO's website for free. It's a great way to keep parents and students up-to-date. Just email us if you're interested. Thanks. |
Big Picture
Here’s how Washington could shape higher education in 2018
Washington Post - Dec 29, 2017
The year ahead could usher in significant changes in the federal government’s role in higher education. Events set in motion in 2017 will loom large, though resolutions may be years in the making. Here are a few things worth watching in the coming months:..
|
How much does a college matter in getting a student to commencement?
Washington Post - Dec 29, 2017
In a Washington Post article examining the admissions process at the University of Maryland, the reporter, Nick Anderson, mentioned that instead of rejecting some applicants, U-Md. defers them to the spring semester to “fill slots on campus that open up midyear.” ..
|
College Admissions Process/Strategies
Increase Your College Chances With this Admissions Secret
TeenLife Blog - Jan 3, 2018
Many college experts offer advice on how to get into college. They recommend stellar standardized test scores, a killer college essay, a high GPA, and strong extracurriculars. While all those application components are important....
|
Think about your college timeline in the new year
Tribune News Service - Jan 2, 2018
New Year’s is a time for resolutions and reorganization. If you’re the parent of a high school freshman or sophomore, or particularly if you’re the parent of a junior, now is the time to understand and start implementing the college timeline. ...
|
A list of tools for college-bound students
Statesman Journal - Dec 21, 2017
All things higher education: A selection of website tools that can be helpful for college-bound students. www.CollegeBoard.org This a nation organization made up of thousands of educational institutions to help families with basic college readiness support....
|
Create A College Criteria Spreadsheet
CapeNews - Dec 29, 2017
Over the past four years, I have discussed many considerations for evaluating and selecting a college. For the next two weeks, I will focus on the top 10 factors that are important to me and I will arrange them in order of importance. ..
|
Approaching New Year's and not yet into college?
MyCentralJersey - Dec 28, 2017
If you’re a high school senior, with hopes of attending a great college in the fall, all is not lost if you have not yet applied to, or gotten accepted to, your dream college. ..
|
Early/Defer/Waitlisted
How to Deal with Early Decision News, Good or Bad
Her Campus - Dec 21, 2017
If you’re applying to schools early, you’re likely to be feeling anxious about recent or upcoming deadlines, as well as the prospect of upcoming acceptance or deferral letters. First of all, congratulate yourself! You’re dealing with the college process at the speed of light...
|
Strategies For Dealing With Early Decision Deferrals
Forbes - Dec 19, 2017
You had your heart set on that one amazing college, that one stellar university, and you applied Early Decision or Early Action. It's a great chance to get noticed in a smaller pool than the one that'll overflow in Regular Decision..
|
Essay
The 5-Minute Rule for College Essay Examples
Express Observer - Dec 26, 2017
The Benefits of College Essay Examples. Our crew of academic writers will be in a position to assist you with entrance composition entry documents on the web of 500 phrases...
|
Campus Visits and Interviews
The Futility of College Interviews
The Atlantic - Dec 29, 2017
They’re a stressful and often irrelevant component of the application process. Is it time to do away with them?. . ....
|
Are college visits really worth it?
YourGV.com - Jan 3, 2018
QUESTION: Our 17-year-old daughter wants to begin visiting colleges. She’s a high-school junior this year, and this is when the college visitations begin. We’re feeling like the Grinches Who Stole College Visitations ...
|
Students with Disabilities
Dyslexia: Programs help people read at any age
The Daily Courier - Dec 21, 2017
At age 34, Jonathan Ogden is finally learning to read. Growing up mostly in Prescott Valley, Ogden dropped out of school midway through seventh grade, frustrated and angry with himself for not being able to learn like most his peers.t..
|
Counselors
|  HSCW Counselors' Corners
Post - Jan 4, 2018
Higher Ed is “Out” for 2017? Let’s Hope So Many people tried to avoid the usual “Year in Review” columns for 2017, in part because politics seemed to color every aspect of our society, and people were hoping the holiday break would give them—well, a break. ... More
|
Parents
How to have a proper parental fight over college costs
USA Today - Dec 29, 2017
As teens submit college applications and weigh different post-graduation paths, their parents face tough decisions, too. Do they: Help pay tuition, even if it means dipping into retirement savings? Take out parent loans, as a growing number of people do?.....
|
FinAid/Scholarships
5 Smart Tips for Decoding Your Financial Aid Award Letter
Student Loan Hero - Dec 22, 2017
If you’re like most students, financial aid plays a big part in deciding where to go to college. According to The College Board, undergraduate students received an average of $14,460 in financial aid in the 2015-2016 school year.....
|
Tips for Winning College Scholarships
Wheeling Intelligencer - Dec 28, 2017
College is a significant investment and millions of families each year face the question of how to pay for it. One way students can position themselves for success is by seeking out various forms of financial assistance.....
|
10 Great Colleges That Won't Make Students Take Loans
Kiplinger - Dec 21, 2017
The schools on our list of best college values have earned high grades for generous financial aid awards, which reduce the amount students must borrow to pay the bills. But some schools go even further, eliminating loans from their financial aid packages....
|
Career and Technical Education
Northeast
Mass. state colleges are trying to solve a math problem
Boston Globe - Dec 27, 2017
To help students like Hale, Massachusetts is embarking on its most ambitious effort yet to shake up how community colleges and four-year state universities teach math by relying less on standardized tests,. ..
|
Mass. state colleges are trying to solve a math problem
Washington Post - Dec 26, 2017
Like an attorney arguing a case, Adrian Rodriguez pitched the applicant to fellow admissions officers seated this month as an internal court of gatekeepers for the University of Maryland...
|
Sexting
Teenagers, Stop Asking for Nude Photos
Boston Globe - Jan 2, 2018
Teenagers are drafted into a sexual culture that rests on a harmful premise: On the heterosexual field, boys typically play offense and girls play defense.. ..
|
In Iowa, ‘sexting’ could lead to felony charge
KCRG - Dec 21, 2017
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG-TV9) -- When it comes to teens “sexting” some of the newest data out there suggests it isn’t only common, it may be likely that teens are sending sexually explicit pictures and messages to one another... ..
|
|
|
|
 Big Pic
Process
Early
Essay
Visits
Disabilty
Counsel
Parents
FinAid
CTEd
Northeast
Sexting
|
To view pages in PDF format, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Click the icon for a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader:
(Acrobat and the Acrobat logo are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated)
About This E-Mail
You received this newsletter because you registered your name and email address requesting HSCounselorWeek, or because you are a member of a cooperating organization.
To unsubscribe,
change delivery options or your e-mail address, see
http://www.HSCounselorWeek.com.
Suggestions and feedback are welcome at
suggestions@hscounselorweek.com.
How to Advertise
For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other advertising
opportunities with HS CounselorWeek, contact sales@hscounselorweek.com or
visit our sponsoring page.
Disclaimer
Send all correspondences to High School Counselor Marketing P.O Box 270071 West Hartford, CT 06127. Neither the US Government nor any agency,
nor High School Counselor Marketing, nor any of the contractors,
subcontractors, advertisers, or employees makes any warranty, expressed or implied including
any warranty of completeness, or merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose,
nor assumes any legal liability or responsibility for any party's use or the result of
such contents of the newsletter. In no event will de facto's liability, if any, exceed the value of the weekly charge for the information
provided giving rise to such liability.
|
| Copyright 2005 - 2018 High School Counselor Marketing P.O Box 270071 West Hartford, CT 06127 |
|
|
