There are many reasons to email an admissions officer. You may need to ask some clarifying questions about a specific program, you may need helpunderstanding your financial aid package, or you may want to confirm the collegehas received every part of your application. No matter the reason, you...
Earn your college degree. As an admissions counselor, you talk to and encourage students to pursue their goals on a daily basis, so having successfully pursued and reached your own goals is a plus. Additionally, most colleges require that you have at least a bachelor's degree to work as an...
While a resume in ninth grade isn't an absolute must, students should at least be thinking about it, says Nancy Polin, president and senior college counselor at Educational Excellence in Florida. "It doesn't have to be a formal resume, but I recommend that they start som...
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How to Ace Your College Admissions Interview: A lot of people say that selecting a university is one of the most important choices a young person has to make. While it’s certainly not a matter of life or death, your university is (hopefully) where you’
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College counselors are there to help, but the more you put into the college process, the more you get out of it.
You can also ask your school’s guidance counselor, who should have specialist knowledge of what admissions officers look for in a college admissions essay: Has good knowledge of the college application process Most likely overwhelmed with other students asking for help May not be familiar with you...
Let me be one of the first to say "welcome to the college admissions process!" While there is a lot of hard work ahead, discovering the right college and having your student be accepted can be both challenging and frustrating, yet exciting and incredibly rewarding in the short and very lon...
Dear XYZ College Admissions Committee, I highly recommend Peter Ballis as a candidate for XYZ College. I have served as Peter's supervisor in his capacity as a camp counselor at ABC Summer Camp for the past four years. From serving as a counselor-in-training in eighth grade to being promo...