Before You Go to College, Get a Job
Expert college counselor Mandee Heller Adler, CEO of International College Counselors, writes on the importance of a job on the college admissions application. More college admissions officers are seeing this as a positive on the college application and giving it more weight. Students who have jobs can use this as a demonstration of their open-mindedness, teamwork, responsibility, leadership abilities, problem solving skills and more. A job can also help college students hone in on what they’d like to do in their future. Expert college counselor Mandee Heller Adler, CEO of International College Counselors, writes on the importance of a job on the college admissions application. More college admissions officers are seeing this as a positive on the college application and giving it more weight. Students who have jobs can use this as a demonstration of their open-mindedness, teamwork, responsibility, leadership abilities, problem solving skills and more. A job can also help college students hone in on what they’d like to do in their future.