High school counselors
Are School Counselors the Weakest Link?
I heard from some high school counselors yesterday, who were furious with me. I wrote a post for my other college blog at CBSMoneyWatch about a new study that suggests that plenty of school counselors would flunk out if they were graded like their students.
In the Public Agenda survey, which was funded by the Bill [...]
10 Things About College That High School Counselors Don’t Know
Yesterday I wrote this provocative post: Why High School Counselors Don’t Know Much About College. Today I wanted to follow up with 10 things that the typical high school counselors doesn’t know. Here goes:
1. There are roughly 50 colleges and universities in the country that are no-loan schools, which means they meet a student’s financial [...]
Why High School Counselors Don’t Know Much About College
Is your teenager’s high school counselor an expert on college?
Probably not.
In fact, the odds are high that your counselor’s knowledge about college admission strategies, standardized testing and scholarships is limited. Ironically during this period of skyrocketing college costs, financial aid is often the subject that high school counselors know the least about.
Many high school counselors [...]
Be Careful How You Answer These 2 College Application Questions
If you plan to apply to college as a “stealth candidate” listen up.
Stealth candidates are teenagers who never contact a college before sending in their application. Stealth college applications used to be rare. Most teenagers contact colleges through traditional means such as requesting materials, talking to admission counselors at college fairs and visiting schools.
Today, however, [...]
College Recommendation Letters: Saying Thank You
This is the time of year when high school teachers and counselors are flooded with requests to write college recommendation letters.
Writing a college recommendation letter is a thankless job and I’m glad that I’ll never have to write one. But that doesn’t mean that I’m off the hook. My role in the college recommendation process [...]
College Admission Crunch Time
I’m exhausted today so it’s hard to get motivated to write something for my college blog.
I gave four lengthy speeches at college fairs around San Diego on three consecutive nights this week. During the past few days, I also spent a lot of time at High Tech High, which is my son’s school, talking with [...]
College Advice: Why High School Counselors Can’t Always Help
For many families, college will be the second biggest expense they will ever face — right behind buying a house.
Choosing colleges and figuring out how to pay for them is complicated, which is why students and parents often seek college advice from high school counselors. It’s typically difficult, however, for families who want meaningful college [...]
Mediocre College Advice from High School Counselors
Many parents are frustrated that they can’t get face time with the college counselor at their teenager’s high school.
All too often families can’t meet with a counselor until the spring of their child’s junior year. By then overworked counselors are finished with their latest batch of seniors and they are ready to devote their [...]
