College Startup Tips and More

There’s this hundreds of lists of possible activities most commonly known as “extracurricular” activities to choose from that could and might be your one way ticket to having an unforgettable college, not to mention discounted college fees and more! So right now, I bet that you are thinking of a way to not spoil this once in a lifetime chance to change your future in college through choosing the best activity that will put you to the top!

But before that, you will have to make sure that you are one the right way, and that you know what you want! What I’m talking about here is pretty simple! It’s all about you and not anyone else! You have to put in mind that you are the one who’s going to play the game and that it totally depends on you and not other people whether or not you will play the game! So right, now! The best thing to do is to understand more about yourself and the hobbies that you know you love to do! You have to notice the word “love” for it is totally different with the word like!

When you apply for college in the middle of your senior year in high school, you are expecting to receive their reply before the school year ends. As soon as you receive your decision letter, you will find out if you are either accepted, rejected, or waitlisted. Yes, it’s not just a Yes or a No, but you can also receive a “maybe” answer in this matter.

What does it mean when you are waitlisted? It only means that you were not included in the fixed number of college applicants that they have accepted and you only have to wait for someone to back out from the college admission for you to get a chance for your application to be reconsidered. Still, the assurance is not fair enough. You have other companions in the waiting list where you can still have a competition with.

How will you act if you are wait-listed? Whether you decided to stay on the waiting list or not, your next step is to respond to the letter and let the college know if you are still interested t be part of their school or if you already give up your chance for a spot in their school. You can call the admission office and inform them or you may send them a letter. If you are really interested to go to that college, then it really makes sense for you to stay on the waiting list. But before you decide whether to stay or not, I think it is best for you to know first your chance of getting accepted in the college or university. But if you think there is no more chance for you to get into the college, then there is no need to stay also. What you need to do is to consider the colleges that accepted you and choose among them on what you think will serves you best. 

Make the most of your college experience by simply enjoying all the things that you do in your college life. No regrets. No hesitations.

Some people say that college years are the most stressful years in your educational years, but others say that those were the best years of your life because you have had a lot of experiences, both good and bad. Their main reason for saying this is that they simply enjoyed their freedom and they took advantage of all the things the college has to offer.

Below are some of the tips for you to use so that you can make the most out of your college experience and have a wonderful college life:

Little kids usually ask why is there is a need for them to go to college. Their parents would usually explain that they need to pursue a higher level of education, as the bachelor’s degree, in order for them to have a better and stable job in the future. This article aims to provide you with the best and appropriate reason for you to know that it is really important for you to go to college.

Obviously, college is simply a place of education.  It is a ground of its being and students usually go to college to know, be assured that knowledge is sweet and powerful, and that a good and higher level of education liberates the mind and makes us better citizens of our country and of the world. It prepares us for the future. It prepares us for a better future and a brighter tomorrow. You see, we are living in a fast changing world and everything here is about competition.

You compete to have a job. You wanted to have a job in order to sustain your family with their daily needs. But you can’t have a job that is well-compensated without having a college education. Usually, companies and employers look for applicants who have accomplished their higher level of education because they believe that they are more equipped to have the job. This is where the answer to the question “Why there is a need to go to college?” sinks in. 

During senior years, many high school students are already waiting for a mail to pop-up in their mail box coming from the colleges they have applied to. These may either tell the student that he or she is accepted, rejected, or placed in the wait-listed. Some will receive happy news while others will get disappointed. However, some will also be asked to continue the wait because they are put in the waiting list.

What these students placed on the waiting list can do for the meantime is to decide early on whether he or she should stay on the list or not. Also, you can ask for the chances of your admission by contacting the admission office to find out if the college ranks the wait-listed students or if it has a priority list and if you are included on that list. This can help you decide whether to stay on the list or not. Aside from calling the school, you can also write a letter to the admission office to tell them that you are sure to enroll if they accept you.

Also, there are times when youare wait-listed, you may be re-evaluated based on your third or fourth-quarter grades so what you need to do is to study hard. Another thing is to stay involved by showing the admission officers that you are committed in sports, clubs, and other activities in your school. This might give them the impression that you are actually a potential student that they could admit in their college. Lastly, if there is no hope really, reconsider the colleges that accepted you and turn down the spot on the waiting list. Later on, you will realize that you just made the right decision after all. 

The most important person that can help you during the college admissions process are the college admissionscounselors because they are the ones who know better about what the school is looking for and what the students must do during the admission process. Thus, in order for you to make sure that you get accepted from a particular college or university, then you must seek the advices of the admissions counselor.

According to them, more important that the GPA or the Sat scores, you also need to provide the admission staff with witty college admission essays because it can help the student get a spot in the next entering class. Most colleges and universities these days have already moved to make the standardized testing optional, preferring the qualitative materials that help a student stand out as an individual and not mainly on getting good grades and having a high score on SAT. After all, an 800 score can say that you are academically intelligent, but a witty college essay will give the committee or the admission staff a glimpse into who you are and how you think. And that is probably the most important thing of all.

Aside from the college essay, they are also more particular in the college interview because in here, they can personally get in touch, communicate and talk to their college applicants. In that way, you are also allowing them to know you better. Your job as an applicant is to communicate your unique qualities to the committee and this can be better presented during the college interview. Therefore, our college admissions counselor says that you need to do better on these more than anything else. 

We tend to get stressed on the fact that we are going to write a college application essay and it just makes us sick and tired, especially when you have no idea what to include in your college application essay. Guess what! We’ll make it a lot easier for you because through this article, we will be giving some important tips on what to include in your college application essay.

First, you need to make a list of four things that best describes you. For example, indicate in your college essay if you are a leader, an athlete, you’re the eldest child in the family or you’re the first child to go to college or if you already run a business of your own. Next, you can also include the personal triumphs and challenges that you experienced in high school and even in your own personal life. Try to indicate also some experiences that made an impact on your life such as the church, traveling, work, your family, etc.

You can also cite some examples of what you have learned from a mistake you have committed or a trial that you have experienced. How about describing the difference when you are with your friends from being you when you are with your family? This might interest the college admission officers more. Also, you can describe the world you came from, your community, your former school, and your home. If you have a disability, then I suggest that you talk about it in the context of your ability to succeed.

These are some of the interesting things you can indicate in your college application essay. Bear it in mind! 

Students usually decide on which college to choose or what college major to pick as early as junior or senior high school. However, some say that it is yet too early for them to decide on that stage because their decisions might change after a year or so. When is the best time for the students to decide for the college of their choice? When is the right time that they should start on their college admission process? How will the early decision and early action help the colleges and the students as well?

We have gathered opinions from some college counselors and this is the summary of the answers they have given us. One said that statistics speak for themselves in terms of the Early Decision issue. Many colleges or universities are enrolling a third or more of their classes in the Early decision process but in terms of the Early Action, colleges are being cautious in terms of offering admissions and if ever they really give opportunities, they make sure that those students are sure to be admitted in their college.

The college admissions counselorsays that ED is the process where you are telling a college that it is your first choice, thus, this can benefit the students and as well as the colleges. However, the students must still be aware that the college they are choosing will be their partner for their four years or more of their college education so they need to make sure that their first choice of college is already their top pick. Students should be careful not to let the pressure of getting in cause them to make a strategic choice that they will regret later. They still need to take caution when using the Early Decision and Early Action processes. 

SAT stands for Scholastic Assessment Test and it is a standardized test provided for college admissions in the United States before they can enter the college level of education. Meanwhile, ACT, which stands for American College Testing, is also a standardized test but this is done for high school achievement and college admissions as well in the United States.

Now, you might be wondering why you have to choose between the two sets of exams because they sound the same and their purpose is also the same. Before, about ten to twenty years ago, choosing between SAT and ACT wasn’t really an issue until just recently, they divided the state and traditionally required the colleges in the Midwest to conduct the ACT and the SAT was a test provided to the northeast colleges as well as on the east and the west costs. However, you don’t have to be confused dear students because you can take either of the two exams because majority of the schools in the United States now accept both SAT and ACT results.

Though they may sound just the same, these two tests are significantly different in many ways because they measure different skills. You may perform much better on one test than the other depending on your strengths and weaknesses so many colleges and universities are already suggesting the students to take both exams so that they will know which area they stand out and which area they are poor at. The two exams can also provide a better showcase for their abilities. 

Since you don’t know what actually happens in a college interview, we suggest that the most important thing to do in a college interview is simply to be yourself and be true.

The purpose of a college interview is simply for the college admissions officers to get to know you as their college applicant better. Before they accept you, of course, they need to make sure that you do not have that fake personality that you think will impress them. It’s better to act naturally and honestly in front of them so that your first impression will last.

According to a college admission counselor, she said that “There is no ‘personality type’ or ‘lifestyle’ that is synonymous with a successful interview. Give your interviewer credit for being to discern if you’re being a phony.”

What you need to do is to get comfortable with yourself and be prepared to discuss your interests, talents and experiences to your interviewer. Also, you must think and focus on the interests you think best fit their standards for the courses they offer in their college. Another college counselor also says that those students who understand their wants and the qualities they desire in a college and who can voice out their needs allow for the best interaction during the college interview.

Below are the guiding questions you need to answer for yourself that best describes yourself as a student and as a person. If you think you can answer the questions, then you are now ready to present yourself in the college interview.

Others may think that a college application essay really needs to sound serious and formal. To tell you honestly, it is really important for you to consider the formality and maturity of the content of you college essay, but that doesn’t also mean that you need to make it a little bit heavy for the college admission staff to read. They will just find it boring and uninteresting.

If you really want to get accepted in a particular college with the help of your college essay, then you need to lighten up your write-up by adding some metaphor, a well-placed witticism, or a little self-deprecating humor. However, if you are given the chance to add humor to your essay, you don’t have to overdo it. It will also sound a bit awkward and it will end up in the rejection pile. Just a little bit of it will do.

The next thing that you also need to keep in mind is the fact that when you add humor to your college application essay, it does not have to substitute for substance. The smile that you bring to the reader’s lips is just a bonus, but you have to remember that your primary goal is to make a great and effective essay by answering the essay prompt thoroughly. Just take it slowly when you are planning to write your college essay, starting from thinking of what topic to choose up to the point of already editing your work. Try to evaluate your work as if you are the one reading it. 

When starting in college, of course you will surely have some sort of a culture shock because everything is new to you: the campus, your classmates, new schedule, professors, etc. Sometimes, you easily get burned out because you don’t know what to do and where to start. The tips that I will mention in this article might help you deal with things and the stresses that you will encounter in your freshman year in college.

Here’s one! You really need to attend your classes regularly. In college, it is totally different compared in high school because you only meet with your professors twice or thrice a week and when you missed a class, you will surely miss the entire chapter of your lessons and it’s a lot of coping to do. Also, your teacher might give you a surprised quiz on the day of your absence and this could surely affect your grades big.

Another thing is to learn to do your taxes and FAFSA yourself so that the following year, you won’t have to let your parents do it for you. Bring enough clothing to school with you that can go about two weeks between washings because this can help you save money. Learn to be responsible now that you are already on your own and your parents are already away. This will help you become independent as you start to live on your own now.

Get a part-time job if your schedule still allows it. This could help you with your additional expenses like sudden projects, research works, etc. Also, if your school offers a position that helps with summer orientation for incoming students, apply for it. Try to learn to socialize as well so that you can easily gain new friends and make your life easy and light to deal with inside the school campus. Lastly, don’t hesitate to ask your counselors for advises and if you have problems in your first year in school. 

A high school student’s main goal in life is to get the best college degree that he could have. So, as parents, you also need to support them in whatever college they decide to study or what course he or she wanted to take. Though having a college degree is one of the best goals that a student could have, it is also one of the hardest goals to achieve. As a parent of an incoming college student, below are the steps that you can make in order to help your child achieve of getting into college.

As parents, all you want is what’s best for your children, and when it comes to their college education, you also do the same. You know that it’s way too send your child in college but it is your responsibility and it is their right. In that case, a parent only wants to give the best education they wanted to provide for their child so in order for them to do that, they must work hand in hand with the College Admission Counselors in helping their child which college to choose.

Most of the parents basically rely on high school counselors to help them make the important decision of choosing the best college for their children. This is definitely wrong because you as parents are also part of this big decision. The best way to help your child find the best college to work with is to work with the college admission counselors.

By evaluating your child’s academic, personal and extracurricular performance in high school, you can already find the college suited for your child. Also, you can give your child advices that they can most likely hear from college admission counselors. Listen to what your child wants and respect it, but if you think the college is not best for him or her, then you can say it to him or her in a nice way where she can feel less disappointed. Also, take some of the stress out of the process by explaining each step of the way though the entire college admission process to you and your child. Through this special partnership, also, you can avoid having conflicts with your children because you were there, present while he or she is making a decision and you have heard what he or she really wants for his or her college education. 

Parents are usually worried when their children are about to enter the college level because they are thinking of the increasing college costs. So they are really thankful if their children can be included in scholarship grants or can avail financial aids because they can cut down their expenses and save the best for their children’s future.

In line with the problem of parents regarding skyrocketing college costs, the government has already gave an initial solution to this as the US Congress approved a complete change of the country’s higher education law in August 2008. Included in the provision of the bill is the requirement of the colleges and universities to report more information about their costs and prices. They say that those schools that are found to be providing the biggest percentage of tuition increases will have to immediately disclosed and given attention to. They will be asked as to why they need to comply such percentage increase in order to keep the costs in a lower level.

They also gave another solution to this problem by simplifying the federal financial-aid forms and making Pell grants for low-income students available year-round, rather than during the academic year alone. In this case, college students will somehow get financial aids for their college education and this could mean aiding them to reach their future dreams. 

At this point that you are already in your junior or senior year in high school, can you say that you are now ready for the college admission process? Probably not! Because at this point, you might still be undecided on which college to choose or what college major to pick. You might be rummaging you things for your checklist of your college admission requirements and you are just to stress out for the entire process that you can’t figure out how to deal with it. This article will help you identify where or who to go in case you needed college admissions help.

In this case, the best person that you can go to for help during the college admission process is the college admissions counselor. He is she will surely be willing to help you in all your queries about the school, its rules and policies, the college admission requirements and everything you wanted to know about the admission process.

College admissions counselors provide counseling and help to the students in terms of navigating the college process so that the students can avoid costly mistakes by funding the right college the first time. It often creates stress to a lot of students to find the right college for them so they really needed counseling with this. The college admissions counselor can explain to them what they needed to do and what is best for the student’s potential and capabilities. The counselor can even recommend programs that might provide financial assistance to a student and their family in case they can’t afford to send their children to college. The college admissions counselor’s role is definitely important in the college admissions process. 

One of the hardest and the most important thing that you must do during the college admission process is writing a college application essay. For some, it is just easy to write, literally. But thinking on the words or thoughts that you will write is the hardest thing of all. Writing is very difficult especially because it requires a lot of work, understanding and thinking. But come to think of it, you must really work hard and submit a great college application essay because it often weighs heavily in grades and sometimes are required to get into schools or programs. Below are some easy tips in writing a college essay that might be helpful to you.

You are probably thinking of literally selling yourself to different colleges when you read the title above, but what I meant about this is to market your profile as one effective strategy in order for you to easily get in the college of your choice.

What the college admission assistance are usually looking forward in your college applications is the substance. But it won’t cost you too much work if you build your image a little bit more. So how will you be able to do it? This is where your student profile comes in.

You’ll probably ask what a “student profile” is. Well, you are not really going to fill-up a student profile form, but it is more like creating an image of yourself through a number of means. You are allowing the entire college admissions staff to get a clearer picture of you as a person and as a student in a slow motion. It is like having a mosaic principle.

One of the major factors in building up your student profile is through your application information. When you are providing the information they are asking in the form, don’t just simply dash off in answering it and instead, scan it thoroughly and better be sure before putting your answers.

Another thing that could help you building your profile is your college admission essay. Through this personal statement required by some colleges, it can help you outshine some of the college applicants. Make your college essay stand out from the rest by choosing the best topic and making it interesting. Include your character and personal traits that will make the school get interested in accepting you. Make your essay creative also and see to it that you have caught the reader’s interest when he or she will be reading it.

Through these things, you can have greater chance of driving a clearer picture of you based on your application. You will be able to stand out from the rest of the college applicants and you might even get a greater edge in the college admissions process. 

When you are thinking that the deadlines for the college admission process is still a year away because you are just in your junior high school and you don’t have to prepare anything yet, well, guess what! I recommend that you start preparing your college admission requirements as early as that. Why? Because the earlier you prepare for the admission requirements, the greater chance you will get at acceptance by the countries best colleges and universities in your country. Thus, early preparation for the college admission requirements is definitely a big help in getting into the college or university that you wanted to enroll at.

By starting to act as early as junior year, you can easily move ahead in the college admission process and reduce the stress and anxiety later on. But how will you be able to do it? How are you going to prepare early? It’s simple! When college admission counselors start parading your schools during college fairs and career guidance programs for your seniors, you can already start receiving pamphlets and brochures from these colleges and universities and eventually resist the temptation to toss them all in a drawer and save them for next year.

If you will just spare a minute or an hour to go through with these letters, then you can probably start to make choices already about what you want for College. This will definitely become a big help to you and your family as well. 

You are trying to present a clear and compelling view of yourself to the college admissions staff by making an effective and great college admissions essay.  You really need to do great in your college admission essay because the college essay can round out the rest of your application and help you stand out from the other applicants. Here are some effective tips in writing a college application essay.

First, you must remember to keep your focus narrow and personal. You must organize your ideas and you must focus on a single topic only. When writing an essay, you must take note that its main purpose is for the reader to be able to find your main idea immediately and follow it from the beginning until the end. It is not about telling the committee what you have down, but more on showing them what you are as a person or as a student.

Also, you must see to it that you have developed your main idea with specific and vivid facts, events, quotations, examples and the like. Be specific with your details presented. Avoid using clichéd, generic and predictable writing. You must also use your creativity but in a more subtle way. Also, do not tell them what you think they already want to hear.

Do not make your college essay as if you are writing a resume! You don’t need to include information that is already found elsewhere in your college application. This is a big “No, No!” because it may end up sounding like a autobiography, travelogue, and the like instead of a college essay.

Last but not the list tip is to proofread your work. Typos and spelling or grammatical errors can be committed through carelessness or simply bad writing. It would be effective if you’ll also have someone to read it like your high school teacher or your parents. They can help. 

When you are about to start dealing with your college application process, you get to realize that it is a daunting task. It becomes very stressful that it also affects your performance while you are still in the later years of your high school. If you cannot deal with the stress of the college application process, then it will just easily swallow you and in the end, you’ll end up in nothing by failures.

The Stress brought about by the college application process is just normal, but if you don’t know how to handle it, that is not normal. Every upcoming college student experiences stress in thinking about the admission process. It is not just you so stop whining and do what you have to do.

In order for you to avoid that, as early as possible, you already need to know how to start your college admission process. All you need to do to avoid too much stress is to PREPARE EARLY! As we all know, the paperwork itself included in your application process will require careful management, the creative energy that must be given to developing key messages and application themes, and crafting into compelling personal statements can be all consuming.

So in order for you no to cram when the start of the actual college application process already jumps off, you must see to it that you have prepared early, even before the time of the admission process. 

Sometimes, we go to our college admission counselors for advices, but we do not really know the exact functions or responsibilities of these people. So this article will enlighten you on the real functions and responsibilities of the people we usually go to when we have problems in school.

What does a college admission counselor do? Basically, the college admission counselors actively participate or organize the recruitment activities and admissions functions of a particular college or university. They are the ones responsible for admitting incoming college students, plan admissions activities such as prospective student visitation days, representing their school during college fairs, and they are also in charge in recruiting students through phone calls, direct mail, and e-mail.

Aside from the administrative functions, college admission counselors also look forward to help the students in their need for advices for their application problems and concerns and even questions about financial aids. They also give advices to undergraduate students and transfer students on the admission process, financial aid and scholarship grants application procedures, and residence life application policies and procedures. If you will only try to look at it, admission counselors are mainly focusing on the convenience and comfort of the school’s possible clients. They are the ones promoting their college or university to different high schools and they are also in charge in screening all the college applicants for the specific school year.

Their role is not that easy. They are always there to aid their students when it regards their possibility to get into the college of their choice. A college admission counselor can definitely help you in many ways so don’t be hesitant to seek for his or her help when you are having problems with your college admission process.