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How Can Relationships Between High School Counselors And College Admissions Professionals Work?
If you're a high school counselor, then you want to do all you can to help your school's students get into higher education that works for them. That can mean substantial work though, as you not only have to build relationships with those students and their families,...
How to Have a Productive Spring Break
Who doesn't love spring breaks? No college admissions which implies a break from school, some fun time and long sleeping hours. You even feel psyched about the coming weeks because you get some time off to do things you love. Going to college daily can get pretty...
Top 5 Questions Counselors Should Give to Students When Touring Colleges
Touring prospective colleges is an excellent opportunity for students to learn from the people that study, teach, and work on campus. If students keep their eyes and ears open, they can gain a strong sense of a schools along with its culture. To help students make the...
Choosing the Right College Can Help Guarantee Graduation
Recent studies have shown a declining college graduation rate, leaving many with student debt, wasted time, and nothing to show for it. While some of these individuals do return to school and complete their degrees, the majority do not. A well-matched school increases...
Legacy Admissions
The college admission process is a long and difficult one to navigate. Students need to consider where they would like to go and which school will be the best placement for them. This may include applying to the same college or universities that their parents...
Relationships Between College Counselors and Admissions Officers
Connections between high school college counselors and admissions officers are often mutually beneficial, although they can be tricky to navigate. While the willingness to form these relationships can vary, many admissions officers are open to, if not actively seeking...
Working with Counselors for Gaining Applicants with Learning Disabilities
Just because a student has a learning disability does not mean they won’t excel and bring pride to your school as well as any other person. High schools get the opportunity to give students coping strategies and an insight into their individual learning processes. ...
Channeling College Admissions Funnel
Successful universities build their reach and influence through an increasing number of enrolled students. A healthy and growing student body will ultimately affect your faculty, staff, budgets, and the programs that impact your educational organization. This is why...
Counselors Guide Students by What Colleges Desire in Applicants
Higher education schools should contact high school counselors to help provide them guidance on how they can effectively guide students to their institutions. By educating high school counselors on what is looked for in potential applicants, they can directly guide...
High School Counselors are Specialists
Most, if not all, colleges and universities have enrollment recruiters that are using every possible marketing tactic to meet their enrollment goals. High school counselors play a huge role in these tactics. As new marketing tactics are developed quickly and...
Choosing a College Counselor
Many high school students will decide to hire an independent college counselor to supplement the support they receive from their high school counselor. Always setup an initial discussion with any potential counselor. The following questions will help you decide if a...
How Can Colleges Make an Impact?
High School Counselors can provide insight into what high school students want when they are interacting with college admissions officers. The counselors acknowledged that students are fickle. So, how can colleges make an impact with potential students? 18-year-old...
Increase Your Effectiveness as a High School Counselor
One of the main goals of a dedicated high school counselor is to guide students towards their future. The key to this is having the right information to provide to them. However, this can become rather challenging with how fast college expectations and requirements...
Up-To-Date High School Counselor Email Lists
High school counselors, guidance counselors, career counselors and education counselors maintain an important role in the education system as hired advisors. The average high school student will always seek assistance from their counselor. This can include choosing...
Applying to University: Your High School Counselor’s Role
Your guidance or college counselor is the most important people in your school life. Counselors can help even an average student apply and gain admission to a first-rate college or university. In the US, counselors send their students' high school transcripts to...
Hack the Scholarship Game
Scholarships Can Make Higher Education Attainable Listen very closely, Cappexians: Scholarships can make higher education attainable. I want you to repeat that a couple dozen times to yourself while you scroll through your scholarship matches, while you Google...
College Admissions: New Student Information Forums
New Student Information Forums Universities and colleges throughout US have rightly realized the importance of marketing their services to prospective students. This is the reason why we have seen a tremendous increase in expenditure budgets of HE admission and...
What are High School Counselors Looking for From Higher-Ed Institutions?
As most higher-ed institutions are well aware, High School Counselors are a crucial source to disseminate information to prospective college and university students. These key “influencers” can help their students not only in the college application process, but...
Scholarships Expiring January 2018
Haven’t gotten around to applying for scholarships yet? That’s alright for a number of reasons — the general idea of scholarships doesn’t have a deadline. You can start applying for them just about whenever you feel like it, however, we do recommend starting sooner...
How to Handle Your First College Winter
Unless you’re going to college in California, Florida or another sunny locale, it’s possible your first college winter will be harsher than any you’ve lived through before. Here are some tips on how to survive your first college winter. Layer Up Layering clothes is...