parenting, Wednesdays parent

Wednesday’s Parent: 5 Qualities a Mentor Should NOT Possess

 

mentorWhen I was in middle school I had a teacher who took a special interest in me. She encouraged me to work hard and spent extra time with me after class to explain the day’s work. Miss Castillo will always be a mentor who influenced my academic life. Because of her encouragement I graduated in the top 10 percent of my graduating class of 900. Because of her I gained self-esteem. She encouraged me, challenged me and supported me during my middle school years.

I’m sure you all have someone who influenced you in school. But mentors aren’t always in the academic realm. They can be coaches, pastors, business leaders and family friends. Mentors take the time to invest in your life and make an impact on your personal life and your future.

There are so many suggestions on how to look for and choose a mentor. But in true Parent College Coach fashion, here are 5 qualities I believe a mentor should NOT possess:

Critical

The last thing you need in a mentor is someone who is constantly criticizing you. There may be something to be said about constructive criticism, but listening to someone constantly criticize and belittle you is not inspiring. It only destroys your self-esteem.

Negative

Nobody likes being around a negative person, especially if it’s someone you are looking to for advice and encouragement. A person who always sees the glass as half empty is not going to inspire you to achieve your goals.

Patronizing

You don’t need someone who is patronizing. A mentor should never act superior or talk down to you in any way.

Disinterested

You need someone who is invested in teaching you, training you and guiding you in your life pursuits. If the person you choose is disinterested and uninvolved it’s a waste of your time.

Controlling

The idea of having a mentor is to teach you, not control your every decision. A controlling person is less likely to help you find your own path—he will want you to follow his.

Choosing a mentor requires thought and careful searching. As in my case, mentors can have a profound effect on your life. Choose wisely.

Read Wendy’s post: Choose a Mentor in 3 Steps

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Wednesday’s child may be full of woe but Wednesday’s Parent can substitute action for anxiety. Each Wednesday Wendy and I will provide parent tips to get and keep your student on the college track. It’s never too late or too early to start!

The bonus is on the fourth Wednesday of each month when Wendy and I will host Twitter chat #CampusChat at 9pm ET/6pm PT. We will feature an expert on a topic of interest for parents of the college-bound.

Wednesday’s Parent will give twice the info and double the blog posts on critical parenting issues by clicking on the link at the end of the article from parentingforcollege to pocsmom.com and vice versa.

App Tuesday

illustrate-The Video Dictionary

 

video dictionary

illustrate is a FREE app that is much more than just a dictionary. The app makes use of animated videos and actual conversations to explain the meaning, context and usage of those ever so difficult words. Whether you are a student preparing for an exam, an english buff or just someone who wants clarity on the meaning of a word, “illustrate – the video dictionary” is your app of choice.

Perfect for educators and aspirants of exams such as SAT, GRE, CAT, GMAT, PSA, ACT, ACTII, MCAT and LSAT.

Key Features

  • 20,000 videos available to view
  • Content updated daily
  • Test your english skills with Question of The Day
  • Be amazed by the Fact of The Day
  • See what is popular and trending
  • Buy premium word lists to help you prepare for competitive exams

Here’s what review sites and our users have to say about ‘illustrate – The Video Dictionary’ :

  • Illustrate is an awesome free dictionary app for iPad. The videos are really interesting and help you to understand as well as remember words easily.
  • illustrate provides you with meaning and usage of English words with videos. You get actual scenarios to better understand the context in which each word can be used. illustrate not only helps you understand the meaning of words, but it also shows you new words that you may want to know about. It is designed for folks who are planning to take exams such as SAT, GRE, ACT, and those in an ESL program.
  • Fantabulous! It’s a must have app and the best app for those who want to improve vocabulary. Visual aid does everything when it comes to remembering.
  • Smart application! Easy to use and quick to access. The video illustrations are precise and clear.

 
iOS App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id855051941
Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mocept.illustrate
company: www.mocept.com
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/illustratevideodictionary

careers, social networks

Using Social Media to Find a Job

 

job searchThese days the recruitment process has moved online, which includes a shift to social media. Not only do employers browse social profiles when deciding who to interview, they’ll also use social channels to advertise opportunities. This media can help you or it can hinder you when trying to land that dream job, whether it’s for a learning mentor or a care worker, marketing professional or a skill tradesperson. Here’s how:

Private versus Public

There’s a strong chance employers will try to learn more about you via your social media profiles. For this reason, your public profile should convey the right impression. If anyone and everyone can view your Facebook or Twitter profile pictures, make sure they’re professional. Pictures that reveal aspects of your private life show you drinking excessive amounts of alcohol or generally just clowning around are best reserved for friends only. This also applies to the information you choose to publicly display on your social profiles. Do you want potential employers to be able to see your relationship status, the bands you like or even your birthday? If there’s any information you don’t feel entirely comfortable with employers seeing, switch your settings to private.

An opportunity to network

Many companies use social media to head hunt as well as recruit. Setting up a professional profile can get you noticed. At the same time, you don’t have to wait for employers to approach you. LinkedIn is an excellent networking tool and there’s no harm in trying to connect with companies or organisations you might like to work for in the future.

Creating the right impression

There are, of course, social profiles you might want potential employers to see. If you have a LinkedIn profile, you’re likely to use it to network and hunt for jobs. This makes it essential for your profile to create the right impression. Choose a professional-looking photo. If in doubt, ask a (trusted) friend or family member which photo to use. You should also update your profile regularly, ensuring it showcases your talents and experience. List all of your skills and try to get LinkedIn references from past employers. Your social profile could be your first impression—and you won’t get the chance to make another one.

Employers advertise through social media

Advertising positions online is commonplace nowadays. As well as updating their website with job details, many employers add vacancies to their social media feeds. If you want to be amongst the first to know when new jobs come up, connect with employers you might like to work for via their primary social channels. LinkedIn is particularly useful because you can receive email updates of jobs in your sector. Some sites are even area-specific, such as S1Jobs, and following their social feeds you can plan your next career move within a particular part of the country. Perhaps you’d like to work with children and young people by becoming a learning mentor. You could use social media to showcase your experience to potential employers and hunt for jobs.

Whatever career path you want to follow, social media can help you land that dream job if you use it wisely. Make sure all the public information you display gives the best impression.

Scholarship Friday, scholarships

Scholarship Friday: 3 Scholarship Scams to Avoid

 

scholarship scamEvery year an estimated 350,000 students and families are victims of scholarship scams, costing more than $5 million annually. Free scholarship money is always great, but sometimes offers are just too good to be true.

When conducting your scholarship search, be on the lookout for these three popular scholarship scams, so

1. Asking for cash up front: If you see a scholarship offer that requires you to send in an application or processing fee, this so-called “scholarship” is almost always a scam. Even if the offer adds a disclosure statement that guarantees a refund, money you send up front is almost never returned. These so-called fees are one of the most popular scams and trap thousands of families every year. Just remember these four words: never pay a fee.

2. Awards without entries: You may have seen ads or emails that promise, “Congratulations! You have just won a $10,000 scholarship to college! To obtain your reward, please send in a $100 processing fee.” These emails are similar to the ones promising your millions if you simply send a fee. If you did not apply for a scholarship or enter in a specific contest for this money, this is probably a scam. Scholarships are rewards for those who do the work, not prizes for doing nothing. If you did not work hard to apply for this scholarship, but it still offers thousands of dollars in cash just for sending in a processing fee, you should not take it seriously.

3. Sweeping promises: Lastly, be aware of scholarship offers that make sweeping claims. If you see an offer that declares any of the following and seems too good to be true, stay away.

  • “The scholarship is guaranteed or your money back.” In life, and in the financial assistance realm, nothing is guaranteed. Do not let this line fool you!
  • “You can’t get this information anywhere else.” If you can’t get information about this scholarship anywhere else, then chances are it is not legitimate. Scholarship search sites are databases filled with scholarships. If the scholarship isn’t listed on one of these resources, then be very cautious.
  • “We guarantee you will win multiple scholarships.” Nobody can guarantee that you will win a scholarship. Most of these claims require you pay a fee upfront.

Students win hundreds of thousands of scholarships each year and they NEVER have to spend money to win them. There are no free rides, however, and it will require some effort on your student’s part. Make sure to always research the scholarship to which you are applying, never send in money, and be cautious of offers that seem too good to be true.

For even more information, turn to the U.S. Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid Office for an excellent article on avoiding scams.

career colleges

8 Essential Questions for Finding the Right Certification Boot Camp

 

computer scienceMost people who have been in the IT industry, even for a short time, recognize the value of certifications. According to research, IT certifications can boost salary by anywhere from 8 to 13% through something called premium skills pay. Premium skills pay is money paid by employers who are looking for specific skills that only an IT certification can provide. Of course, you have to get the certification first and there are several ways to go about it.

For many people, taking a certification test without preparation is not an option (or at least isn’t a good option). There is just too much information to in IT and no way to know what subset of that information will be on the test. This means that it is impossible to study effectively without some guidance. To get that guidance, many people participate in training courses, which whittle down the pool of knowledge to provide only the highest yield exam content. Boot camps, a particular type of training course, have become very popular in recent years because they offer all the content in a compressed time formate. Boot camps aren’t for everyone, however. If you are thinking about an IT certification boot camp, then read through these tips to see if the intense training these camps offer is right for you.

What Are the Qualifications to Attend (Choosing the Right Camp)?

Anyone can attend a boot camp, but with price tags ranging as high as $9,000, the decision to enroll shouldn’t be taken lightly. If you are going to invest that kind of money, then you want to be reasonably certain that you will pass the exam at the end of your training. You only want to attend a boot camp if you have experience in the area being tested. In other words, you need the boot camp to focus your studying and hone your skills, but not to teach you too much new information. It isn’t a place to try to pick up new skills, the pace is simply too fast.

The best boot camps will turn you down if you aren’t qualified because they are just as interested in your success as they are in your tuition payment. The best way to find the right program is to contact several , such as those at Countrywide Training, and ask them to explain the qualifications necessary for success. They should be able to tell you if the course you are looking at is right for you or if they might have a better alternative. The best programs will give you candid advice and won’t try to pressure you into a course you aren’t sure about.

Is There 24-Hour Lab Availability?

Boot camps often only last a week or two, which means you need to make the most out of your time. Sleep won’t be something you get a lot of during your boot camp, so look for programs that offer 24/7 access to labs and other resources so that you can study on your own schedule. Don’t be shy when asking about availability of resources before you sign up, it’s your money and your career on the line after all.

It isn’t just labs and resources you are interested in either. You want to know when instructors will be available. Naturally, they won’t be available around the clock, but they should have regular, extensive office hours set aside only for boot camp students. By the same token, be sure that the classes aren’t overbooked. If there are too many students, then it won’t matter how many hours the professors are available because all of their time will be taken up by your classmates.

How Are Classroom and Lab Time Divided?

Different boot camps differ in how much classroom instruction time they offer versus time spent doing hands-on work in labs. Depending on your skill set and what you feel your weaknesses are, a course with more lab time than classroom time may be appropriate or vice versa.

You want both types of teaching (lab and classroom) in your boot camp, but be sure to balance the two according to your strengths and weaknesses. Some people are more at home in the classroom and others excel at lab work. Either way, be honest about your abilities so that you can focus your studies and pass the exam.

Does the Course Offer Free Exam Re-testing?

IT exams are expensive and so are boot camps. If you spend the money on training, then you want some guarantee that the school backs up its teaching. One of the best ways a school can show that it stands behind its training is to offer to pay for your exams if you don’t pass it the first time out. This gesture demonstrates the school’s commitment to training you and covers you if something should go wrong.

What Have Previous Success Rates Been?

Success rates fall into a similar category as the subject above. A program should be able to tell you how many of its students have been successful in the past and how many failed. They should also be able to give you reasons why those students who failed were not successful. Being able to offer good explanations for successes and failures demonstrates integrity on the part of the school and an emphasis on improvement. Strong schools will be proud of their success rates and put a lot of effort into ensuring they maintain the trend.

Can You Talk to Recent Students?

Programs will always present themselves in the best light possible and while you can be certain about things like pass rates and re-testing guarantees, it is harder to assess the more subjective aspects of a program. To understand if professors are friendly, classmates are helpful, the school is receptive to feedback, and so forth, you’ll need to speak to former students. The schools that have nothing to hide will be able to provide you with a list of contacts who previously took the course. If they refuse to give you a list of former attendees, that should raise a red flag.

Does the Program Offer Food and Shelter?

This may seem like an afterthought, but it should be a top priority. Chances are good that the course will be located a good distance from where you live and work. You may not be able to drive home to sleep and you certainly don’t want to be going home for every meal. Boot camps are full-immersion teaching environments, so the more you stay “in the zone,” the better off you will be. That being said, look for programs that take care of things like food and housing so that you don’t have to worry about where you next meal will coming from.

Is There an Option to Withdraw?

This question comes down to integrity on the part of the program and while it is rare that you would have to withdraw, unforeseen circumstances may force you to certify at a later time. Good programs will offer you the ability to take the course at a later time if you are forced to withdraw as the result of an emergency or the like.

Succeeding in IT

Certifications are almost necessary for success in the IT industry. If you have been around the IT block a time or two and need a boost to make that next promotion or obtain a raise, then consider a certification boot camp. A boot camp will not just get you certified, it will get you certified fast. That means you will get your promotion faster and you won’t have to take as much time off of work or sacrifice all of your vacation for certification. If you have the skills and the commitment, then an IT boot camp may just be the best investment you can make in your career.

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Travis Adams has a passion for careers in technology. He enjoys blogging about training and successful advancement in the industry.

test prep

The New SAT

 

sat prepMany experts and educators think that the SAT exams are no longer adequate for measuring the amount of knowledge learned by students. The new SAT is going to be released in 2016 to have these changes:

    1. No more point deduction for wrong answers
    2. An optional timed essay
    3. No more obscure vocabulary words
    4. The test will change from a 2400 point system back to a 1600 point system

The New SAT is going to collaborate with the Khan Academy, an educational website, to provide free videos and other online tutorials for any student with an internet connection. This is meant to level the playing field for students who cannot afford SAT classes in private tutoring centers.

Low-income students are going to receive fee waviers, which will give them free SAT score submissions to 4 different colleges.

The new SAT would also be made available on paper and online. As for the scoring system, the new SAT will revert back to the 1600 poing scale. The first 800 points is from the math portion of the exam. The remaining 800 points is from “evidence-based reading and writing”.

In terms of the test itself, the new SAT will be testing on material that is likely to show in college curriculums. Instead of obscure vocabulary, words such as “synthesis” and “empirical”, which are commonly seen in university science classes, will be tested.

The math section will focus on linear equations, functions, and proportional thinking. Calculators are prohibited in some parts of the test.

There will be an optional essay writing section. It is optional because some colleges will require this essay, while other won’t. For example, if a student wanted to apply to college A, which requires the essay section, he or she must write the optional essay. This essay portion is strongly recommended for students who wish to enroll in English, Journalism, and other courses that consider writing to be a core part of the class.

More universities are now looking more at a students’ GPA rather than SAT score. According to some universities, the SAT tests tend to be “filled with unproductive anxiety”.

Despite this, students still want to measure how much they have learned in comparison to other students. There were 1.7 million students who took the SAT and 1.8 million students who too the ACT last year.

Unlike the ACT, The SAT still lacks a science section. However, the new SAT test would develop scientific reading passages in their revised reading section.

The exam runs three hours. If you choose to write the optional essay, it is 50 minutes more, for a total of 3 hours and 50 minutes.

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Today’s guest post is from Jane Cui, a former SAT tutor and college consultant at the Princeton Review. She loves teaching math and AP Chemistry. She has a website that teaches students SAT vocabulary using picture flashcards.

back to school, Wednesdays parent

Wednesday’s Parent: Establishing a Back to School Routine

 

back to schoolAll of my Facebook friends are posting back to school pictures of their kids. Since my kids are grown, here’s a shot of my grandson on his first day of preschool. His mother was a handful when school started. Mostly because she had definite opinions on what she wanted to wear and the mornings became battlegrounds over her clothes choices. It wasn’t until a very wise woman told me, “Let her pick her clothes out at night and lay them out for the next day.” Bingo. No more battles in the morning over clothing.

Getting back into the routine for school can be hard after summer vacation. There are lunches to pack, carpools to organize, teacher/parent conferences to attend and after school activities. The only way to remain sane and navigate all the stress is to get back into a routine utilizing these time-tested strategies:

Get organized

You are going to be inundated with papers and notices. You’re going to have emails from teachers and school staff. You’re going to have to keep track of dates and deadlines. If you have a college-bound teen, you’re going to get college brochures and letters in the mail.

Part of getting organized is something our mothers used to tell us: a place for everything and everything in its place. Establish a landing zone and display a large wall calendar that will help you stay on top of the dates, deadlines, and after school activities.

Watch this short video for 8 steps for staying organized.

Prepare in advance

As I mentioned earlier, we made it a practice to prepare for the next day. Make sure all homework is done, all permission slips are signed, all clothes are chosen, and all lunches are ready to go. Preparing in advance alleviates morning chaos and assures that your student is sent to school with everything they need for the day.

Stick to the schedule

Part of establishing a routine is sticking to the schedule. Homework should be done at the same time every afternoon or evening. Baths and normal bedtime routine should stay fairly similar from night to night. Kids react positively to routines. Chaos in the home transfers to chaos at school

Ready Wendy’s post: 3 Sure-fire Words to Adjust to New Routines

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Wednesday’s child may be full of woe but Wednesday’s Parent can substitute action for anxiety. Each Wednesday Wendy and I will provide parent tips to get and keep your student on the college track. It’s never too late or too early to start!

The bonus is on the fourth Wednesday of each month when Wendy and I will host Twitter chat #CampusChat at 9pm ET/6pm PT. We will feature an expert on a topic of interest for parents of the college-bound.

Wednesday’s Parent will give twice the info and double the blog posts on critical parenting issues by clicking on the link at the end of the article from parentingforcollege to pocsmom.com and vice versa.

App Tuesday, back to school

App Tuesday: iAnnotate App Back to School Giveaway

 

iannotate appiannotate appiannotate app

Here’s a great app for students (and parents) for the iPad and Android tablets. iAnnotate allows you to read, mark up, and share PDF, DOC, PPT and image files.

iAnnotate’s intuitive interface and customizable set of features make it the “go-to app” for taking notes on lecture slides, annotating important business documents, revising screenplays, grading papers, and much more. Read on to learn about the great capabilities of iAnnotate:

ANNOTATE: Choose from the pen, highlighter, typewriter, stamp, straight-line, note, underline, strikeout, photo, voice recording, and date stamp tools. Copy and paste annotations, even from one document to another.

CUSTOMIZE: Drag and drop the exact tools you need to create custom toolbars for your specific workflow. Switch between toolbars with a swipe, or open the Toolbar Drawer to edit your toolbars.

SCROLL: iAnnotate allows fast, continuous vertical scroll through an entire document. Other apps only let you view one page at a time, but iAnnotate gives you both options.

SEARCH: Use keywords to search the full text or filenames of every document downloaded to your Library, or limit your search to unread, annotated, or favorited documents to refine your results.

NAVIGATE: Open the Navigation Panel to explore your documents by thumbnails, bookmarks, annotations, or search results, and perform other common actions.

MULTITASK: iAnnotate lets you have up to eight documents open at once, and easily navigate between them for tabbed reading.

IMPORT: Connect with Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft SkyDrive or WebDAV, use iTunes file sharing, or open PDFs directly from email or the Web.

MANAGE: Arrange documents by folders and sort contents by date added, date last opened, or alphabetical order.

CREATE: Create brand new PDFs with blank, lined, or graph-paper pages.

MODIFY: Add, delete, rotate, and rearrange pages in your documents.

FLATTEN: Compress your annotations onto the document to prevent modification. This is useful for preserving signatures or for preventing recipients from deleting or changing your annotations.

SHARE: Annotations made in iAnnotate are fully integrated into the PDF and can be viewed and edited in external PDF readers like Adobe Acrobat or Mac Preview.

SUMMARIZE: Forward text summaries of a document’s annotations in the body of an email. Summaries include the type of each annotation, relevant page numbers, and marked-up text.

SECURE: Full support for the iOS Data Protection and Keychain functions.

This app usually sells for $9.99 but iAnnotate has given me 5 FREE coupon codes to use in a Back to School giveaway. Just leave a comment here, like my Facebook page, or tweet about the giveaway on Twitter.

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careers

Adding Up–Career Paths for People Who Work Well With Numbers

 

mathDo you have a head for figures? With a decline in people enrolling on maths-oriented courses and the decided increase in demand for mathematicians, you don’t have to be Einstein to work out that your future employment prospects look bright. It’s tricky to reconcile something as conceptually abstract as mathematics with notions of a career path, but your skills qualify you for a range of stimulating and rewarding jobs. Read on for some career options worthy of your talents.

Surveyor

Surveying is well-paid, specialized work, which can unlock opportunities for you to travel the world and see the great outdoors. It can take a commitment of up to eight years to gain the necessary qualifications, but once accredited with a reputable firm, it’s likely you’ll be in demand.

Accountancy

Wherever there’s business, there’s a need for accountancy and people skilled with numbers. Accountancy jobs open doors and those who have qualified as an accountant will have the grounding needed to join a firm and work towards partnership, pursue a career in finance or even start their own company. Although often ridiculed and stereotyped, accountancy is an inherently stable, well-paid and enjoyable way to make a living.

Teaching

If you have the passion and the patience, teaching is a highly rewarding, varied career option. Whether in secondary or higher education, passing on your unique grasp of a concept, inspiring young minds to blossom and articulating theories could be a perfect fit. What’s more, if you choose to pursue a professorship in Higher Education, it goes hand in hand with contributing your own research and theories towards your department, and being surrounded by stimulating and intelligent people.

Actuarial

Do you find life to be one big game of calculated risk? If so, your next throw of the dice might just come up with actuarial work. Analyzing statistics, solving problems and having a numerical mind are all prerequisites in your bid to provide companies with the stats and advice they need to make game-changing decisions. Although becoming an actuary will require you to immerse yourself in risk on paper, it’s a dependable choice.

Physicist

If you’re inspired by super-minds like Neil deGrasse Tyson and Steven Hawking to unveil the wonders of the universe, you may wish to become a career as an apex predator of mathematics: a physicist. Whether you’re seeking work in a hi-tech industry, research and development or astrophysics, you’ll have to be able to rise to a challenge, and nurture a highly inquisitive outlook.

Architecture

If you want to balance your mathematical skill with technical prowess and a dose of creativity, make plans to be an architect. This is one career path that requires passion by the truckload, taking up to ten years to qualify for and demanding long working hours. Competition is fierce, and you will have to relish teamwork to drive a project to its completion but you won’t get bored, and your work will be written on the skyline for generations to come.

Crunching numbers isn’t everyone’s thing, and that’s exactly what creates such demand for people who are skilled with numbers. It’s definitely the way to a successful and rewarding career.

college planning, interviews

Mom-Approved Tips: Preparing for the College Interview

 

college interviewNobody likes interviews, and the college interview is no exception. Inexperienced high schoolers are expected to enter a room with a college admissions officer and speck eloquently while answering their questions. Factor in the obvious nerves and the inability to know what they are going to ask and you have a very anxious teenager.

My daughter was no different. She had her heart set on a popular New England university and the interview would be the defining factor in their decision to admit her. She had the grades and the extracurriculars, but her SAT scores were average and below the university’s typical applicant. So she scheduled an interview and we traveled to San Antonio to meet with the admissions officer. As you can imagine, she was a bundle of nerves.

Long story short, she was offered admission. Even longer story, she turned them down and opted for a smaller New England college that offered better financial aid and better suited her interests. But the interview made the difference.

Entering any interview unprepared is unwise. Job applicants should learn about the company before the interview; and students should learn about the college and prepare some answers to commonly asked questions.

Can you answer these 10 interview questions?

Here is a list of 10 interview questions colleges might ask and suggestions on how to respond. They may not be exactly as worded, but they will fall into one of four categories: questions about your fit with the college, questions about your personality, questions about interests and goals, and broader questions requiring a more thoughtful response.

Click here to read the entire article on TeenLife.com’s blog

5 Questions you should ask on a college interview

The answers to the questions they ask you (Can You Answer These 10 College Interview Questions?) are important. But the questions you ask them can be just as important and can also help you make your final college decision. In the end, it’s not just them choosing to admit you, it’s you choosing to accept their offer of admission.

Click here to read the entire article on TeenLife.com’s blog

A key thing to remember is that the college decision is your decision. Colleges seem to have the power during the interview process, but the interview is also your opportunity to clarify your choices and learn more about the college. Approaching this interview with this in mind will help you relax and be more confident. Asking questions shows the colleges that you are strong, independent and will be making an informed decision.

 

Helping parents navigate the college maze