School is back!
Seniors around the country are heading back for their final year of high school. Seniors hoping to go on to college have one more academic year to prove their college ready!
What is your academic plan? Where do you see yourself a year from now? How will you get there? Who, besides yourself, is going to help you get there?
Now that summertime has come and gone, it’s time to buckle down and get things done. Your grades will be the most important component of your senior year, if college is on the horizon. Have you signed up for rigorous classes? If you’ve struggled with specific academic areas, get the help you need to succeed now!
We can help with your college search and keep you on task.
Liam Dunfey
University Advisors
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
For Rising Seniors: College Advice for Late Summer
Act now!
Yes – waiting for the start of school is a delaying tactic that could prove to be problematic.
Following through on the list below will allow the college search/applying process to be so much easier on you and your family. In fact, you will find that you can derive some joy from this part of your senior year.
1. Look up the dates for the fall open houses at the colleges on your tentative list. Plan to attend one or more of these functions.
2. Sign up online for the SATs or ACTs to be sure that you are assured a space at the site and date of your choice.
3. Look for an answer to this question: is your academic record consistent with the profile of students your chosen universities usually accept? Look on the admission section of the colleges’ web sites and heed the requirements and the entering class profile (most universities list both).
4. Be sure that you “love your list.” If you are not enthusiastic about a college on your list, then deep-six it!
5. Identify the topic(s) for the essays that you need to write for your college choices. Sketch out an outline for each essay. Compose your first drafts(s).
6.. If your list is shy of “loved” colleges, then now is the time to email your counselor at school for an early appointment in September and/or engaging an independent college consultant. Identify possible choices by looking at the professional web site for the Higher Education Consultants of America – www.hecaonline.org. For a modest cost a consultant will help you to develop an appropriate list of universities.
Consultants can work with you in person or by distance (phone/email).
Will Dunfey
University Advisors
Yes – waiting for the start of school is a delaying tactic that could prove to be problematic.
Following through on the list below will allow the college search/applying process to be so much easier on you and your family. In fact, you will find that you can derive some joy from this part of your senior year.
1. Look up the dates for the fall open houses at the colleges on your tentative list. Plan to attend one or more of these functions.
2. Sign up online for the SATs or ACTs to be sure that you are assured a space at the site and date of your choice.
3. Look for an answer to this question: is your academic record consistent with the profile of students your chosen universities usually accept? Look on the admission section of the colleges’ web sites and heed the requirements and the entering class profile (most universities list both).
4. Be sure that you “love your list.” If you are not enthusiastic about a college on your list, then deep-six it!
5. Identify the topic(s) for the essays that you need to write for your college choices. Sketch out an outline for each essay. Compose your first drafts(s).
6.. If your list is shy of “loved” colleges, then now is the time to email your counselor at school for an early appointment in September and/or engaging an independent college consultant. Identify possible choices by looking at the professional web site for the Higher Education Consultants of America – www.hecaonline.org. For a modest cost a consultant will help you to develop an appropriate list of universities.
Consultants can work with you in person or by distance (phone/email).
Will Dunfey
University Advisors
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