College Blogs
Advice straight from college admissions. These blogs provide valuable insight for counselors, parents, and students alike.
Essay Writing
Activities and brainstorming exercises to help you as the counselor in guiding your students to writing their best essays.
Testing
What place does testing have in college admissions? Links to colleges that superscore, test-optional schools, and test comparisons.
Counselor Organization
Organizing a college counseling class or a summer workshop, as well as templates for students to keep their applications straight.
Building the List
Search engines, online assessments, and online tours – resources to help you in creating a balanced college list for your student.
Career Guidance
Tools and links to help provide direction for college counselors, who often aren’t trained to provide career advice.
Financial Aid
One of the biggest deciding factors as students choose a college is how their family will pay for their schooling. As the counselor, your advice and suggestions are invaluable.
Activities
Have a workshop to run? A summer program with time to fill? Here you can find games and exercises to get your students involved and active.
Underclassmen
Putting off college prep until senior year can cause anxiety in younger students. I provide tips on when to start working with underclassmen and what kind of programming is appropriate.
Other Applications
It can be overwhelming to deal with students looking to apply out of the U.S., as well as those interested in the military academies, or even the UC system. I got you covered.
Underclassmen
Putting off college prep until senior year can cause anxiety in younger students. I provide tips on when to start working with underclassmen and what kind of programming is appropriate.
Books and Articles
Every year is a new challenge and staying abreast of the trends in the field is crucial – and not only of current college counseling practices. But also learning to work with teenagers and parents, the current state of education, etc.
Professional Development
So much of a counselor’s time is spent assisting others, that we often neglect our own training. This is an essential part of becoming an effective counselor! Our development must include visiting colleges, being involved in NACAC and the local chapter, as well as learning about design and online programs to help us do our job.
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