2015 February College Readiness Tips This is a busy time of year for juniors. Please help them get ready for college. Testing: 1. Help students develop their testing schedule. SAT. ACT. SAT Subject Tests, AP tests. Plan to take each one, except the AP tests, at least two times this […]
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This is a prime time to help connect your under-represented students, schools, and community with free college access programs. Some are for individual students while others serve school sites. Several deadlines are coming up. Several organizations are looking for volunteers and paid staff (CSULA Upward Bound and College Spring).
Upcoming Deadlines for College Readiness Programs
We hope you had a happy and healthy winter vacation. We imagine many of you helped with last minute recommendations and school reports as well as assisted kids with their applications. We did both. Here are some tips for people working with seniors.
2015 January College Readiness Tips for Seniors
For any college students thinking about transferring, you need to be organized and task-oriented. Follow these tips, and you will be alright. It takes patience to make sure you submit each requirement part of a transfer application. Also remember, colleges want happy transfer. So even if you're not happy at your current college, you need to focus on the positives--your growing academic passions, your activities.
January 2015 College Application Transfer Tips
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 2014.
December 2014 College Readiness Tips For Teachers and Counselors
I have spent the past couple of months helping seniors conceptualize and edit their two personal statements for the University of California. In the large majority of them, I have witnessed many of the same misconceptions about the prompts, leadings students to disappear within their drafts. These tips will help […]