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When Should I Send My A.P. Test Scores to College?

If you are a high school junior and you will be apply­ing early action to the col­lege of your dreams this fall, you may won­der if you should send in your AP (advanced place­ment ) exam scores.  What if you received scores, a 4 and a 5 on the two exams you took, should you send them in May of your junior year? Are they part of the col­lege  appli­ca­tion process?  Will they help in the deci­sion process?

AP or Advanced Place­ment courses are col­lege level classes with exams given each May for stu­dents who com­plete the AP course­work. The fact that you took rig­or­ous courses will indi­cate to a col­lege that you are col­lege ready. You’ll improve your writ­ing skills, sharpen your problem-solving abil­i­ties, and develop time man­age­ment skills, dis­ci­pline, and study habits. These char­ac­ter­is­tics may be help­ful in the in the admis­sions process. Read more about the AP scores and the col­lege application.

What Are the Benefits of Summer Reading?

Sum­mer is a great time to catch up on read­ing about some of your favorite top­ics.  It’s time to let your imag­i­na­tion take you on a jour­ney. Read­ing for plea­sure can help turn you into a life-long learner. For some, read­ing also can be a lot of fun!  It can be a time to get cozy in an envi­ron­ment that is con­ducive to your read­ing.  So grab your favorite snack, choose your spot, sit back, and enjoy the story.

What are the ben­e­fits? Reading:

Saying Goodbye to Your High School Graduate

Seniors, you are count­ing down the days until the end of the school year. You wait in antic­i­pa­tion of pack­ing up the car and head­ing down the road to your new life at col­lege. Every­thing seems to be the last — the last dance, the last pep rally, the last set of finals, and lastly, say­ing good­bye to friends and family.

This sum­mer you will be busy pack­ing, tex­ting your new room­mate to coor­di­nate what to bring, reg­is­ter­ing for classes, and spend­ing time with close friends. Mean­while, your par­ents are start­ing to feel neglected. This time is bit­ter­sweet for them. Though they are happy to see you pur­su­ing your dreams, they can’t imag­ine their home with­out you.

Know­ing the bird has to leave the nest, there are a few things you and your par­ents can do to help each other dur­ing this time of tran­si­tion. Let one another know you love each other and they will be missed, your rela­tion­ship has been mean­ing­ful, and the tran­si­tion to the next stage of life with be weath­ered. You are only a phone call or text mes­sage away. Read more guide­lines to mak­ing the most of your time together.

The Value of Community Service

Do you have a pas­sion for involve­ment in com­mu­nity ser­vice? Are you inter­ested in the bet­ter­ment of our soci­ety? Par­tic­i­pat­ing in com­mu­nity ser­vice is one way to give back, not a way to pad your resume. Start by think­ing about your val­ues and your interests.

Many stu­dents are involved in com­mu­nity ser­vice every day. Here are some rea­sons they found ser­vice to be of value:
• Gain an under­stand­ing about each other
• A sense of human com­pas­sion
• Never feels like an oblig­a­tion or respon­si­bil­ity; can be ener­giz­ing
• Pro­vide sup­port to oth­ers
• Affects some­ones life
• Builds a stronger com­mu­nity Read more com­ments about the value of com­mu­nity service.

New Release — Author of “Paying For College Without Breaking the Bank” Raises Money For Red Cross and Moore, OK Tornado Victims

“Pay­ing For Col­lege With­out Break­ing the Bank” Inter­ac­tive Paying For College Covere-Book Avail­able for iPad, Kin­dle, Nook eRead­ers, and Mac OS, PCs, and now in Paperback!

Wednes­day, May 22, 2013

“Pay­ing for Col­lege With­out Break­ing the Bank – The Ulti­mate Stu­dent, Par­ent and Edu­ca­tor Guide to Over 500 Ver­i­fied Links to Finan­cial Aid and Schol­ar­ship Resources,” is now avail­able from Ama­zon and Barnes and Noble.

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In  “Pay­ing For Col­lege With­out Break­ing the Bank,” pro­fes­sional col­lege coun­selor Chris­tine M. Hand-Gonzales, Ed.D, pro­vides expert advice on  plan­ning for col­lege costs.  As the price of col­lege tuition con­tin­ues to rise, pay­ing for col­lege will require a strat­egy to cap­i­tal­ize on finan­cial aid while cur­tail­ing costs. “Pay­ing for Col­lege With­out Break­ing the Bank” takes the stress and con­fu­sion out of apply­ing for finan­cial aid while increas­ing your chances of earn­ing a scholarship.

Learn how to nav­i­gate the aid process; find ways to plan and save for col­lege costs and tuition; and equip your­self with a tool chest of tips from pro­fes­sion­als in the finan­cial aid field, par­ents who sur­vived the process, and stu­dents who found cre­ative ways to pay for col­lege. Avoid com­mon mis­takes; under­stand terms the finan­cial aid offi­cer uses, such as cost of atten­dance (COA), Expected Fam­ily Cost (EFC), grants, loans, schol­ar­ships, and much more. Within these pages, you will find over 500 reli­able Inter­net links to help you tar­get schol­ar­ships as well as all the bud­gets and check­lists you will need!

This com­pre­hen­sive and insight­ful guide is writ­ten so it will be like hav­ing a pro­fes­sional finan­cial aid and col­lege plan­ner beside you every step of the way.

ü  Fol­low the col­lege plan­ning timeline.

ü  Review the finan­cial aid appli­ca­tion process.

ü  Cal­cu­late the actual costs of attend­ing college.

ü  Increase your chances of receiv­ing aid and scholarships.

ü  Com­pare aid offers and learn how to appeal if needed.

ü  Avoid costly mis­takes when apply­ing for aid.

ü  Tips for com­plet­ing the required fed­eral form, the FAFSA.

ü  Learn where to find scholarships

ü  Bud­get check­lists and more!

ü  Look­ing for an exten­sive list of pub­li­ca­tions and inter­net resources that is beyond com­pare? This book is for you – giv­ing you all these resources and more.

About The Author: Chris­tine M. Hand-Gonzales, Ed.D, has spent the last 25 years as a con­sul­tant, instruc­tor, high school col­lege coun­selor, and reg­is­tered ther­a­pist. Her work with high school juniors and seniors focuses on career explo­ration and col­lege coun­sel­ing. Dr. Gon­za­les is a grad­u­ate of St. Lawrence Uni­ver­sity where she received a B.A. in Art Edu­ca­tion and Eco­nom­ics. She earned a Mas­ters in Coun­sel­ing Edu­ca­tion from the Uni­ver­sity of Bridge­port, and a Doc­tor­ate in Coun­sel­ing Psy­chol­ogy from Argosy Uni­ver­sity. Find out more about the col­lege search and admis­sions advice on her web­site, www.College-Path.com.

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What are the benefits of attending a Pre-College Program?

precollege programPre-College Sum­mer Pro­grams offer ris­ing juniors and seniors in high school the chance to see what col­lege life is all about. Dur­ing a one or two-week ses­sion, you will get an excit­ing glimpse of aca­d­e­mics and res­i­den­tial life at a major state uni­ver­sity, and leave bet­ter pre­pared to meet the chal­lenges of your first year at college.

As a Pre-College res­i­den­tial stu­dent, you will:

* Attend chal­leng­ing aca­d­e­mic classes with the uni­ver­sity fac­ulty and instructors

* Meet admis­sions pro­fes­sion­als and receive guid­ance on the com­pet­i­tive col­lege admis­sions process

* Learn to bal­ance the demands of college-level courses with extracur­ric­u­lar activ­i­ties Click here to read more benefits