Midyear Reports can make a difference in the college admissions process. Seniors: This week make a request to your guidance counselor to send out your Midyear Report. Also, students who have new information should write a letter. Which students should send colleges a Midyear Report or letter Students who have applied to schools that require…
Congratulations are in order for so many of our students. So far there have been exciting early acceptances for our 2017 seniors including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Brown, MIT, Caltech, University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago, Duke, Cornell, Michigan, NYU, Notre Dame, Tulane, UM, FSU, Emory, Washington University, Northeastern, Boston College, Penn State, UT, Babson,…
Now is the time to start thinking about what Advanced Placement (AP) classes you’re going to take. The AP curriculum consists of standardized high school courses that are somewhat equivalent to undergraduate college courses. After completing an AP class, you typically take an AP exam in that subject, which can earn you college credits and…
Did you know that the national average ratio of students to college counselors is 470:1? That’s 1 college counselor working with 470 students! With numbers like that, is there any question why we do what we do? Successfully navigating the college application process today requires more personalized attention than many college counselors have time to…
The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a ratio of 250 students to 1 counselor. Crazy, right? Consider what counselors do. Counselors provide academic counseling, social/emotional counseling, and college counseling. And they’re not dealing with robots. Each student is a unique individual with different needs and goals so this attention needs to be personalized. Imagine…