College Startup Tips and More

How To Choose The Best Extracurricular Activity For You!

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

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...

Waitlisted for College: To Stay or Not to Stay?

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...

College Tips: Making the Most of Your College Experience

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

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...

Explaining the Need to Go to College

Monday, February 27, 2012

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...

College Tips: How To Decide When You Get Wait-listed in College

Saturday, February 25, 2012

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...

College Admissions Process: Letting Your College Admissions Counselor Speak Up

Friday, February 24, 2012

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...

What to Include in Your College Application Essay

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

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...

How Does Early Decision and Early Action for College Admission Help the Students?

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

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...

What is ACT or SAT?

Monday, February 20, 2012

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...

Being Yourself: The Most Important Thing to Do in a College Interview

Saturday, February 18, 2012

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...

College Essay Tips: Add Some Touch of Humor in Your College Essay

Thursday, February 16, 2012

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...

College Experience: Tips for all Freshmen

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

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...

Tips on How to Get Your Child into College Easily

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

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. 1. ...

Why Parents Should Work “Hand in Hand” with College Admission Counselors

Monday, February 13, 2012

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...

US Congress Addresses Increasing College Costs

Saturday, February 11, 2012

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...

Where to Go for College Admissions Help

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

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...

Easy Tips in Writing a College Essay

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...

College Admission Strategies: Sell Yourself to Different Colleges

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

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...

Early Preparation for the College Admission Requirements is a Big Help

Monday, February 6, 2012

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...

Effective Tips in Writing a College Application Essay

Sunday, February 5, 2012

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...

Stress Brought About by the College Admissions Process

Thursday, February 2, 2012

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...

What Does a College Admission Counselor Do?

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

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....