So students need to take freshman year as seriously as possible. Depressed freshmen are not powerful transfer candidates, and in fact, when students get more engaged on campus, they end up wanting to stay at their original college. Turning Freshman Blues AroundDecember 19, 2012 in News tagged admissions / applications / college / college freshmen / freshmen / Harvard / Obama / Santa Monica / transfer students / transfers / UCLA / usc by rjoseph
Getting deferred from a college is painful yet full of promise. It is good because the college is still interested in you and has put you into the regular applicant pool. It is good because the college can now see your fall grades and learn more about you. It is bad because the odds of deferred admissions are lower than applying regular, and waiting another four months for a potentially negative answer is agony. So these tips are all prefaced on the assumption that you are submitting other outstanding other applications. You will find a college that suits you and makes you happy!!!! Ten tips for Working from Deferral to AcceptanceDecember 13, 2012 in News tagged Early action. Early decision. High school. College admissions. College applications. College. Harvard. by rjoseph
Happy holidays. December goes by so quickly, so please help kids with their college and scholarship applications. There is still so much we can do to help these amazing kids.Here are ten college access tips to get you through the rest of 2012. December College Readiness Tips for All College Readiness AdvocatesDecember 3, 2012 in News tagged college / College Access / college application essays / college applications / counselors / Get Me To College / Harvard / High School Seniors / personal statement / personal statements / principals / Rebecca Joseph / seniors / UCLA / usc by rjoseph