April is college decision month for high school seniors who have until May 1 to decide which college to attend. Here are 10 tips to guide undecided high school seniors and their families through these challenging, yet empowering weeks of decision-making.
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This is a prime time to help connect your under-represented students, schools, and community with free college access programs. Below we list programs and scholarships for students who need the most help accessing college.
Springtime Deadlines for Free College Readiness and Scholarship Programs
Spring is the time of year when many juniors start visiting prospective colleges. This is the ideal time of year to visit colleges as they are still in session and you can see authentic college life. By doing an official visit, you also let the colleges know you are serious about the possibility of attending—this is so key for competitive colleges which now value demonstrated interest as a major component of the admissions process.
Spring Into Great College Visits
This is a time of agonized waiting for many high school seniors. They have submitted their college applications and supporting materials. Now their fate lies in the hands of admissions officers who are busily reading through applications. During this often agonized waiting game, students, families, and schools can use this time wisely. Here are some tips.
Surviving the Waiting Game: Proactive Winter Tips for High ...
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 Around
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.