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High School Checklists for Making The Most of Winter Semester

High School Checklists for Making The Most of Winter Semester

Do you have a 10th grader that’s now HALFWAY through their sophomore year? Here’s what your student should complete BEFORE 11th grade (great to focus on for winter semester, 10th grade): • Meet his or her guidance counselor • Get involved in extracurricular activities • Consider a college savings plan and add to an existing […]

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How To Interpret PSAT Scores

For those of you who have high school students who took PSAT last October, you can expect to see your child’s score reports on your College Board Accounts in mid-December.  Here is a quick guide to finding and interpreting your PSAT score:   1. To access scores online, you will need to have your child’s College Board ID/PW. […]

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What is the ONE THING that 98% of Higher Ed Admissions Professionals Agree On?!

If you’re confused about what matters most to college admissions professionals, you’re not alone – and it’s not your fault! In fact, there’s a long-standing, though not so funny, joke in our industry that if you meet with 10 Admissions officers, you’ll get 10 different variations on how to evaluate an applicant. Case in point: One of my students […]

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Who Wins at College Admissions… and Why?

Let’s face it – most of us have at some point in our lives felt as if there was a game being played around us that we weren’t given the rules to win. I hear this a lot about the college admissions process. As in, ‘it’s just NOT fair.’ For the most part, they’re right. […]

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National College #DecisionDay! Where They’re Headed & Why College Counseling Matters

Yesterday was ‘National Decision Day’ for the Class of 2018.  The college admissions offers received in the past several weeks were weighed by the families we serve, usually in close consultation with us, and when the dust settled at sunset yesterday, all YCC students were proudly enrolled at one of their top choices. A full […]

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Big Vote on FL Bright Futures: How This & Other Legislative Actions May Affect Your Wallet

In the 2017 legislative session, Florida lawmakers extended the state-funded merit scholarship program, Bright Futures, to include summer classes/sessions AND agreed to nearly double the scholarship amount awarded for top students who qualify for the Academic Scholars level. Under the new plan, students who qualified for this top tier award were able to receive $6,000 […]

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8 minutes to Gain (or LOSE) An Admissions Edge; 38 minutes to learn how

Don’t you just love February? Seriously, a whole month dedicated to expressing your love to that special someone. Ok, I kid, but really – what was once a single day dedicated to love has now turned into a month-long super-sized celebration of Amore. We’ve now got Valentine’s week, Propose Day, Promise Day – it never […]

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Competition at State Universities

Admissions results are scheduled to be released tomorrow at FSU, which means that households across the state will be holding their collective breaths for a decision to admit their high school senior. If your student applied to FSU, we wish you and them the best of success and we hope that you receive good news […]

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Top 7 job skills you’ll need in 10 years if you don’t want to get left behind

Below are a few of the top skills you’ll require to obtain an upper hand on the future of the labor force.  

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7 Tips for a Successful College Interview

What can you do to ace your college admissions interview? Or even  your first job interview? Here are interview tips from Peter Ratzan on how to prepare and successfully complete an interview.

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