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High School Seniors: An important task to complete before the college application process gets into full swing next month is to clean-up all personal information you and your friends have posted on internet social network websites that involve you.
On June 16, 2010, the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA), a nonprofit professional association of educational consultants located in Fairfax, Virginia, released the results of a member survey which asked what colleges want to see from high school students applying for admission.
Last year I wrote about how parents of college-bound students are reacting to tough economic times by allowing their son/daughter to only apply to public colleges and universities (with lower tuition costs). My reaction to this was, “What a mistake.”
A study recently completed by a Stanford University doctoral student stresses the importance of timely completion of key steps in the college preparation and application processes and how timeliness is crucial to the success of college-bound students.
In these challenging economic times, affordability is the key consideration for many families of college-bound students. Consequently, families should be aware there are important conditions attached to financial aid awards.
It’s almost time for college-bound high school seniors to make one of the most important decisions of their life. If you’re a high school student headed to college in the fall, May 1, 2010 is the drop-dead date to commit to the college of your choice.
College-bound juniors should ask their senior year high school friends what’s the single most valuable piece of advice they have for completing the college application and financial aid processes. The advice given will help juniors prepare for next year’s college application process and should improve their chances for getting accepted to their colleges of choice and to earn the maximum amount of scholarship money.
Don’t be stupid and make a wrong decision that may ruin your chance for enrolling in college. Be smart, keep up your grades and think before participating in any “questionable” activity. You have too much to lose.
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With the current economic recession griping the country, many people have predicted dramatic changes in the world of college admissions. I’m here to tell you this isn’t the case.
So here’s the bottom line for all those exceptional middle-class and lower-class high school seniors who will doubt their own worth when the near-inevitable rejection letters arrive: The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in you. The fault lies in the system, and the system isn’t going to change, because it benefits the people it is designed to benefit - people who understand how much a real meritocracy would threaten their power.
