An email that the Western Washington University Admissions Office sent to high school counselors recently included a link to a great document called, “Tips for Distinguishing Yourself in the College Application Process.” It includes the same important points high school counselors have been telling students for years, but this time it comes from the college side. Here is a LINK to the document, a copy of which I’ve put on my school page.
May 15th, 2008
A couple of times each year there are questions about “The GPA Game” posted to the NACAC list. The game can be used in classes or at parent meetings to demonstrate how GPA, course selections and other factors may influence admission to selective colleges. Unfortunately, I do not know who first came up with this; please let me know if you have that info. This is one version of the game that was posted recently.
May 12th, 2008
Here’s a link to the New England Association for College Admissions Counseling’s
Top Ten Facts Students Should Know About The College Admissions Process.
www.neacac.org/docs/top_ten_facts.pdf
I learned about this great document through a NACAC discussion about “double depositing.” When a student submits an admission deposit to more than one college it is called double depositing. It is a problem for a number of reasons.
May 1st, 2008
