We Can All Go To College: We Just Need A PlanRebecca Joseph
This is a presentation I gave to all seniors at South East High School in LAUSD. The students are all bound in different college directions, and all need to make pro-active plans NOW.
If you’re a parent or mentor to a high school senior, now’s the time to get serious about applying to college. From essays to campus visits to letters of recommendation, you and your student will need to stay organized and on schedule. We’ve put together a presentation below that covers the entire process. Read through to find out how to build the college list, the different application options, where to find free resources, and everything else you need to know.
Find a detailed overview of the entire college admissions process, including current trends in admissions, how to build a college list, the various components of the college application, and basics about financial aid.
We Can All Go To College: We Just Need A PlanRebecca Joseph
This is a presentation I gave to all seniors at South East High School in LAUSD. The students are all bound in different college directions, and all need to make pro-active plans NOW.
If you’re a parent or mentor to a high school senior, now’s the time to get serious about applying to college. From essays to campus visits to letters of recommendation, you and your student will need to stay organized and on schedule. We’ve put together a presentation below that covers the entire process. Read through to find out how to build the college list, the different application options, where to find free resources, and everything else you need to know.
Find a detailed overview of the entire college admissions process, including current trends in admissions, how to build a college list, the various components of the college application, and basics about financial aid.
Get Me To College Part V: Financial Aid, Misconceptions, And Final AdviceRebecca Joseph
Here is "Part 5: Misconceptions, Financial Aid, and Concluding Thoughts of a comprehensive guide to colleg"e readiness
Get Me To College: A College Readiness Primer
Written by Dr. Rebecca Joseph
Please use this but cite me. I provide free or low-cost consulting to those working with under-represented students and also lead workshops to schools and community groups around the country and Canada.
How to get Your High School Student into College in 4 years or Less G Z
Gretchen Zaitzeff & Holli Will share their personal knowledge and experiences navigating the college admissions process with their high school students.
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Mastering the College Application LandscapeRebecca Joseph
We all can help our students for college access, readiness, and success. This presentation provides an update to current college readiness trends in California.
Get Me To College Part V: Financial Aid, Misconceptions, And Final AdviceRebecca Joseph
Here is "Part 5: Misconceptions, Financial Aid, and Concluding Thoughts of a comprehensive guide to colleg"e readiness
Get Me To College: A College Readiness Primer
Written by Dr. Rebecca Joseph
Please use this but cite me. I provide free or low-cost consulting to those working with under-represented students and also lead workshops to schools and community groups around the country and Canada.
How to get Your High School Student into College in 4 years or Less G Z
Gretchen Zaitzeff & Holli Will share their personal knowledge and experiences navigating the college admissions process with their high school students.
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Mastering the College Application LandscapeRebecca Joseph
We all can help our students for college access, readiness, and success. This presentation provides an update to current college readiness trends in California.
I designed this presentation to share about what I learned through losing my ability to speak clearly due to ALS. It's impactful, practical and humorous while highlighting the adaptability of human beings and how to be happy regardless of the circumstances.
Although the vast majority of American parents believe their child is performing at or above grade level, in reality two-thirds of U.S. teenagers are ill-prepared for college when they leave high school.
Why this enormous disconnect? Could it be that test scores signaling that kids are “less than proficient” don’t register with parents because they conflict with the grades on their child’s report card?
2019 Niche College Applicant Survey of Student Confidence and ConcernsWill Patch
This was the fourth year that Niche has surveyed students between May 16 and June 30 to learn more about their search and decisions. This year’s survey was responded to by 16,981
students. You will find:
- Feedback about visits, applications, acceptances, and enrollment
- Issues faced by students
- What students look for in a school
- Student satisfaction
- Student borrowing trends
- Student confidence
- Social media usage
- Effect of the “Varsity Blues” scandal on student perceptions
This presentation highlights what it takes to get into a top college. This is the English version and covers the following topics -
1. The types of colleges your kids can attend
2. What you need to know about High School
3. The college admissions process
4. Checklist for each year of high school
This presentation was given at Yuba City Gurdwara on October 18th, 2009.
1. THE GOODS ON GETTING IN
Knowing how the system works is the first step to
finding the best school
By Betsy F. Woolf
When Charles Dickens named his classic Great Expectations, he
wasn’t thinking about getting Pip, his hero, into college. But he could
have been. Nowadays, there’s so much hype surrounding college
admissions – whether it’s marketing by the colleges themselves or
reporting by the media – that parents and students expect the process
to be overwhelming. But it needn’t be if you have the right
expectations beforehand.
Expectation: The school record counts more than a
standardized test.
Standardized test scores are important at many colleges, but the main
focus in admissions is the high-school transcript. Colleges put
everything into context: the student’s GPA, the school that he or she
attends, and the strength of the student’s high school schedule. For
example, Jenny goes to “A High,” a very competitive high school
where her GPA is a 3.0. Her school offers 14 advance placement (AP)
classes, and by the end of senior year, she will have taken six of them.
Marc attends “B High,” and his GPA is close to a 3.5. But he has only
taken one of the 10 AP classes offered in his school, which is much
less competitive than “A High.” Although Marc’s GPA is higher than
2. Jenny’s, she’s a stronger college candidate because she has taken a
more challenging curriculum.
Expectation: SAT and ACT scores don’t count – sometimes.
While the majority of schools in the U.S. still consider standardized
test scores in college admission, a growing number of schools are
“test optional” – a student does not have to submit the results of an
SAT or ACT to be offered admission. The number of such schools is
around 700 and includes some fine institutions, such as Bates
College, Bowdoin College, Dickinson College, Drew University,
Franklin and Marshall College, Hamilton College, Lawrence
University, Muhlenberg College, Pitzer College, Sarah Lawrence
College, Wake Forest University, Wheaton College (MA) and
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Some schools may require the
submission of a graded writing sample instead of test scores, and
others, like NYU, Middlebury College and Connecticut College, give
students options as to which tests to submit, which can even include
AP exam scores. You can find a full list of these “test optional” schools
at www.fairtest.org.
Expectation: Most students get in.
Yes, the University of Virginia accepted just 31% of its applicants this
year (2010) and Harvard less than 7%, but the overwhelming majority
of colleges accept more than 50% of their applicants. The increased
selectivity at schools like these has a drop-down effect, raising the
credentials and academic strength of less-selective schools.
Expectation: One application may be all it takes.
Close to 400 schools allow students to apply via one universal
application called the Common Application, and 85 schools accept
the Universal College Application. Boston College is a “Common App
school,” and so are George Washington University, Occidental
College, Rice University, and the University of Chicago. The system
isn’t perfect. Many colleges also require submission of a supplement
unique to that college, which can mean filling out some additional
information or writing another essay or two. And many state colleges
3. and universities still use their own applications. You can view the lists
of colleges that accept the Common and Universal Applications at
www.commonapp.org and www.universalcollegeapp.org.
Expectation: APs are better.
Parents often complain that they can’t get a straight answer to the
question, “Is it better to get an A in a regular class or a B in an AP or
Honors class?” The answer is that it’s better to take the more
rigorous class and get a decent grade (a B or better). As I indicated
earlier, colleges want to see students challenge themselves.
Expectation: GPAs aren’t static.
Colleges know that it takes some students a while to mature, and
that’s often reflected in their grades. So just because your son or
daughter’s grades weren’t up to par freshman year doesn’t mean his
or her college chances are doomed. Admissions counselors read
transcripts carefully, and they like to see an improvement in grades
from year to year. That can have more impact than the GPA number
alone.
Expectation: It’s all about junior year.
An upward grade trajectory is one reason why junior year has become
so important, since it is the last time that colleges will view a student’s
full academic year. Another reason is because so many students are
applying early to colleges. With many early applications due around
November, the colleges can’t get much background about senior-year
academic performance. That places extra emphasis on junior year.
Copyright Betsy F. Woolf 2010. All Rights Reserved.