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Parenting a local high school junior or senior? PDF Print Email
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The Most Overused College Application Essay Topics

(Our peacekeeping mission to protect students from cliché crossfire)

“Blood drive” essays. They make a lot of admissions officers want to draw their own blood by jabbing themselves with a paper clip, as one applicant after another claims that one on-campus blood drive changed his life and made him appreciate the importance of serving humanity.
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TOP 10 WAYS TO HELP WITHOUT HURTING DURING THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PROCESS PDF Print Email
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1 0 . ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR CHILD’S STRESS – AS WELL AS YOUR OWN. Much of the stress about applying to college is self-induced. The fall is certainly going to be a very busy time for you and your child, but millions of people have gotten through it, and so will you.
9 . MAKE A MASTER CALENDAR OF IMPORTANT DEADLINES. Deadlines rule the college admissions process. Buy a large calendar that you can put on the fridge or in another prominent place. Write in application deadlines, due dates for financial aid forms, dates for SAT, ACT, SAT Subject Tests, etc.
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529 Plans and Financial Aid Eligibility PDF Print Email
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If you're thinking about joining a 529 plan, or if you've already opened an account, you might be concerned about how 529 funds will affect your child's chances of receiving financial aid. Of all the areas related to 529 plans, financial aid is perhaps the most uncertain, and the one most likely to change in the future. But here's where things stand now.
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Resisting Peer Parenting Pressure PDF Print Email
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For parents of high school kids: How you can stay focused on what’s really important in testing & college admissions
Dinner parties around here this spring and summer aren’t what they used to be.

In many parental circles, dinner parties that used to be a time to enjoy good food, good friends, and good bonding over the joys of parenting have turned into college preparatory competitions.  Instead of regaling each other with tales of the harrows of driving lessons or the preparation for first dates, parents are comparing the SAT tutors they’ve secured, the number of community service hours their kids have completed, and the extravagance of expensive summer programs they’ve planned for their kids.  These assuredly well-meaning parents hijack the college process from their kids and surely know how to ruin a good dinner party.
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Getting In 5 tips for winning the college admissions game PDF Print Email
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Now that the admissions net extends across the globe,” says Carol Gill, president of the eponymous educational counseling service she founded 25 years ago in Dobbs Ferry, “the college process has become increasingly competitive and applications have risen dramatically.” So with local high school seniors filling out their college apps and juniors starting to kick their searches into high gear, we asked Gill for her best tips for successfully navigating the process.
Read this article by Laurie Yarnell at: http://www.westchestermagazine.com/Westchester-Magazine/September-2010/Getting-In/
For more information: (914) 693-8200; collegesplus.com.
 
Five Common Errors That Can Keep Applicants Out of Top Colleges PDF Print Email
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1.They write unoriginal college essays.
Every year, admissions officers read hundreds of essays about the same topics, such as “how my work on Student Government at Ossining High School taught me the value of hard-work and responsibility,” and “how my volunteer work in the Appalachian mountains showed me the importance of helping others.” Successful applicants avoid clichéd topics and instead write revealing, original essays that only they could tell.
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FREE and Low Cost SAT Prep PDF Print Email
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Westchester Library System offers access to sample questions in all subjects featured on the SAT- and offers some online test-taking courses, too. 

westchesterlibraries.org/node/861

 

www.ineedapencil.com offers free online SAT prep

 

If your student is from a low-income background or will be a fisrt generation college student, Let's Get Ready is a free program where high-scoring volunteers tutor other students.  Each program runs for about nine weeks and includes 30 hours of instruction and 3 practice tests.  You could save $1,250. 

www.letsgetready.org
 


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The College Board: 100 Years of Connecting Students to College
Pick up test dates, visit a campus, find out how to file applications online, or search for a school in a database with more than 3,000 entries.  Location: http://www.collegeboard.org

College Search, Financial Aid, and Scholarships Search: College View Online
Database of 3,300 two and four year colleges with online tour which provides a view of college life.  Location: http://www.collegeview.com

FinAid! The Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid
Links on financial aid include information about scams, contests, and special interest groups. Sponsored by NASFAA.  Location: http://www.finaid.org

Fast Web: Free Scholarship and College Searches, & Financial Aid Tools
Look for money for college with the help of this database, which offers several different search tools.  Location: http://www.fastweb.com

U.S. Department of Education – FAFSA on the Web
Guide to applying for a Free Application for Federal Student Aid provides eligibility requirements and guidelines.  Location: http://www.fafsa.ed.gov