June, 2019

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Looking for College Application Essays to Publish!

Essay Hell

Looking for help starting your essays? Check out my affordable Jumpstart Webinars ! Adding more for July. Only $30. FREE if you can’t afford them. My Sample Essay Collection. Have a College Admissions Essay You Love? Send It In! It been a little over five years since I published my best-selling collection of sample college application essays, called Heavenly Essays.

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How to Develop a Great Relationship With Your Guidance Counselor

Princeton College Consulting

When you're applying to college, recommendation letters are one of the most important pieces of your application. The only trouble is, finding the right person to give you a recommendation letter can be tricky if you don't spend the time to develop meaningful relationships. Throughout your years as a student, it's important to establish a rapport with your teachers, faculty advisors, coaches, bosses; they're all potential mentors who are qualified to assess your progress and speak on your behalf

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GEN.G X ELITE LAUNCHES WORLD’S FIRST ESPORTS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Elite Open School

Global esports conglomerate Gen.G has partnered with Elite Education Group to launch Gen.G Elite Esports Academy, the first-ever esports-focused international school network, whose first campus will open this fall in Seoul, South Korea. Since its inception in 1987, Elite Education Group has been a global leader in K-12 educational solutions with more than 50 Elite Prep campuses operating in 6 countries.

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AP Scores and College Credit

Humbach Education Consulting

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE AP scores will be available online at the beginning of July. Scores are released over several days based on the state in which you tested. View the date and location schedule, and your scores, on the College Board website. What is the AP exam score scale? There is no “pass” or “fail” on the AP tests. It’s important to understand the definitions of the AP scores. 5 = extremely well qualified | Many universities award college credit 4 = well qualified

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Some College Counselors Are Better Than Others. Here’s How to Identify a Good One

The Ivy Dean

The field of college admissions has been a topic of much discussion recently. As news stories from the past several weeks have shown, some people will go to extreme measures to get their children accepted into a particular school. I want to take this opportunity to clarify some misconceptions about college counseling services, and offer four tips for anyone seeking sincere admissions support.

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How to Write About the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Essay Hell

Need in-person help getting starting? Check out my Jumpstart Webinars. Only $30! FREE if you can’t afford them. Two left this month! . Tips on Turning Problems into Hot Topics. So you have thought of a topic you want to write about in your college application essay. I’m guessing it will fall into one of these three categories: the Good, the Bad or the Ugly.

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ELITE EDUCATION GROUP PROVIDES EDUCATION FOR REFUGEES IN BOGOR, INDONESIA

Elite Open School

In Bogor, Indonesia, there are nearly 100 children between the ages of 6 and 16 currently in refugee camps. These children of families fleeing to Indonesia from all over the world—mostly Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Myanmar, and Syria—have no access to schooling because they have not yet obtained the legal status of refugees from the government of Indonesia.

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What color do you want your campus to be?

Humbach Education Consulting

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE As you are researching colleges, you will hear comments about how one campus is “very liberal” or another is “conservative”, or another is “middle of the road”. These are references to the political leanings of a college campus. Is it red (conservative), blue (liberal), or somewhere in between? How do you know?

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Where will you fit in?

Humbach Education Consulting

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE “Warm, welcoming, smart, and unpretentious-- our university is filled with students who are driven to be the best they can be without striving to do so at the expense of others. They excel at allowing everyone to be comfortable with who they are, and not having to be a certain type of person in order to fit in.

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Getting Ready for Life

Humbach Education Consulting

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE There is more to going to college than showing up on campus the first day with schedule and books in hand. Whether it is next summer or years away, use the summer to plan and prepare for going away from home and for getting on campus. Below we’ve shared interviews with two experts - one is a NY Times best-selling author who wrote a book on college transition, and the other is a current college student.

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Seniors: What does it feel like to be an adult?

Humbach Education Consulting

You said it when you were a child, “I can’t wait to be a grown-up!” Your parents asked you, “When will you act like an adult?” Is high school graduation the magic moment that turns you into an adult? Maybe, maybe not. Take this quiz to see what your grade is as an “adult”. Respond to each statement with a Yes or No. I get myself up in the morning. I do my own laundry.

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Letters of Recommendation: What is Intellectual Promise?

Princeton College Consulting

No matter how organized you are, applying for college can be time-consuming and stressful. Depending on the institution there can be reams of paperwork to fill out, the prospect of daunting interviews, challenging personal essays to write, and critical evaluations of your GPA and test scores. Though the good news is, despite all the administrative hoops and empirical assessment, the broader admissions process takes a holistic approach.