Entries Tagged as College Counseling

How High School Seniors Can Get the Most from their Guidance Counselors

September 21, 2011

If you just started your senior year of college, congratulations! You are about to enter one of the most exciting years of your life, a time when you’ll be exploring colleges, making your final list of the schools where you will apply, applying, and finally getting accepted. Talk about change!

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Should You Listen to Your High School Guidance Counselor?

September 08, 2011

“Can I Get a Little Advice Here?” a study from Public Agenda, reports that there are deep troubles in the way that American high schools offer college counseling to students. To quote from the report . . .

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Worst Advice Freshmen Get: Wisdom from the College Candy Blog

July 26, 2011

The College Candy Blog is fun, often off-color, and chock full of irrelevant advice for college students. We like it. Plus, we really liked a recent post, “The Worst Advice Incoming Freshman Receive,” because it offers sound counsel for students who will be starting college in September.

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Busted Myth of the Week: Everybody Should Go to Community College

July 02, 2011

Community colleges are playing a bigger role in many high school students’ college plans these days. It’s a good trend, because community college offers a cost-effective college option for a lot of students. But there’s a distinct possibility that high school guidance counselors are recommending community colleges to too many students these days.

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Guidance Counselors: Serve All Your Students

January 20, 2011

So if you’re an American guidance counselor, it really is time to know about the opportunities and advantages of online college courses. It’s not just for “other” students. It’s for the students you are counseling today. 

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