The 2009 Tacoma College & Career Fair was a big success! We had about 175 colleges and about 2500 visitors! I haven’t seen the final official list of colleges, but for now you can see the last update at tiny.cc/Tacoma_Fair_List.
Add comment Tagged: college fair, Colleges, University of Puget Sound October 21, 2009
I made these graphs from data on the NCAA web site (see the url at the end of this post) in response to an email I received from another counselor this morning. It’s no surprise that so many young people, especially young men, think professional sports will be their ticket to prosperity. Too frequently, those with the strongest belief in their ability to beat the odds are those least willing to work hard in the classroom. I hope you find this useful.
Data Source: National Collegiate Athletic Association “Estimated Probability of Competing in Athletics Beyond the High School Interscholastic Level”
http://tiny.cc/Going_Pro
Add comment Tagged: athletes, Athletics, high school, NCAA, professional sports, sports October 16, 2009
I’m trying to decide if I should keep using this bolg, or just use the one on my website. For now, I’ll keep using both for now. Here’s the RSS for the blog on my Your College Fit site – yourcollegefit.com/YCF/Blog/rss.xml
Add comment October 4, 2009
I’ve been working on updating my college links web pages. You can see them here – yourcollegefit.com. Click on “College Info Pages.”
Add comment Tagged: Colleges, websites, your college fit October 2, 2009
Here’s a link to the most recently posted list of colleges registered for the 2009 Tacoma College & Career Fair – 2009 Tacoma College & Career Fair updated 10/2/09. We’re up to about 125 colleges and there are still more that have expressed an interest and may still register. Here’s a link to a map from downtown Tacoma to the University of Puget Sound’s Tennis Pavilion where the fair will be held on Monday, October 19th, from 5PM until 8PM.
Add comment Tagged: college fair October 2, 2009
Below is the current list of colleges that have committed to being a part of this year’s Tacoma College & Career Fair…
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I made a presentation about High School Graduation and College Admissions for International Students
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While putting together a database of college contacts to use to invite colleges to the 2nd Tacoma College & Career Fair, I came across another consortium, the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. Their web site is http://www.aicad.org/. If you’re interested in finding an art college look at their site. A quick list of members is located on Wikipedia at http://bit.ly/AICAD. By the way, the Tacoma College & Career Fair will be held on October 19th at the University of Puget Sound. Here’s a link with a bit more infomation: http://bit.ly/Tacoma_Fair.
Add comment July 1, 2009
Here are some links to information the College Board recently sent out to high school counselors.
Continue Reading Add comment Tagged: college entrance exam, SAT, score choice February 5, 2009
This is a letter I sent to Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell and Representative Norm Dicks. I also sent it to The Tacoma News Tribune.
Honorable Senator Murray,
As a high school counselor at Woodrow Wilson High School in Tacoma, and as the parent of a high school senior and an eighth grader, I make it my business to keep up with issues surrounding funding for public school and colleges. I am deeply distressed by the news of the draconian cuts…
Continue Reading Add comment Tagged: bailout, education funding November 20, 2008
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