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Helping Your Teens Successfully Adjust to Online Learning

Helping Your Teens Successfully Adjust to Online Learning

With many students moving to online learning during the COVID-19 crisis, parents are facing uncharted territory when it comes to supporting their teen’s education at home. Here, International College Counselors’ own extraordinary college advisors Nicole Jobson, a homeschooling expert, and Nancy Rones Zolotorofe, share advice on how you might approach your teen’s new learning environment….

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11 Ways to Make the Most of Time Home from School

While students might be doing school from home, the SAT and ACT have been cancelled until June, sports seasons, creative productions from theatre to chorus, campus visits, and proms and other celebrations are on hold or cancelled, we want to focus on the many positive things you can do during this unprecedented time.   1. Stay…

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8 Tips for 2020 College Admissions Amid the Coronavirus Crisis

The coronavirus has emptied dorms, disrupted graduations, and pushed courses online. It has also upended the college admissions cycle in so many ways. For undergraduate institutions the impact has varied. Here is what to expect in the admissions process:   1. Decisions will be released on time. Colleges want to get students enrolled.   2. Changes in…

Nine Tips for Choosing the Right High School Courses

Nine Tips for Choosing the Right High School Courses

The courses a student takes in high school are important.  More than academic aptitude, class choice demonstrates a student’s initiative and drive. No one class on a transcript will alter a college acceptance or denial, but the combination of classes can make or break a student’s chances.      Here are some tips to guide you: 1. Meet the…