“I used to have a lot of issues, but then I just canceled my subscription.”
Or is it that easy? WHen you have a self-destructive or unhelpful behavior, how much of it really comes do to you deciding not to do it anymore. Just like that. Mindhacks has an interesting debate going on about drug addiction–is [...]

Over the past few weeks, the followingcolleges have gone SAT optional:

Merrimack College
Goucher
College
Green Mountain College

That brings the list of accredited, bachelor-degree granting
institutions with optional policies for substantial numbers of their
applicants to 742.
see the complete list at fairtest.
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CNN offers timely advice and lists for Freshmen college students. Some quick suggestions:
Have wash, need quarters. More than a few parents said rolls of quarters
were one way of helping do their children’s wash without physically being there.
* Duct tape. It’s not a joke. Students need it to tape down all those wayward
cords, fix broken [...]

see the side links marked for counselors. Two new webpages now exist:

OACAC–which contains the Career Development handouts and links.
OACAC2–which focuses on the Web 2.0

both contain far more information than was shared in the workshop.
Enjoy.
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The pages are done and just need to be uploaded. If I have access tonight I will put them up. Thanks for hanging in there.
OACAC Rocks!

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Thanks to all those who came by the sessions. I will be updating the website at the side in the next two days and posting them. They are foudn in the Counselors box and will be called:
OACAC 1: Career Development in International Schools.
OACAC 2: Web 2.0 and College admissions
It was great to work with Matt [...]

Sitting in a session More tan just a Portfolio: Advising the Visual Art by the dean of admissions at Ringling college of Art design.
Explosion of kids pursuing art kids
What is not done by nature is done by artists
What makes it distinct is what makes it attractive
A holistic approach
Design is the competitive advantage
1 in 111 jobs [...]

Each summer, College Counselors from around the world converge on a university campus to meet with their counterparts in International Admissions from US, Canadian and other overseas universities. This year, I will be presenting two workshops at OACAC:

Future Planning: Building Meaningful Career exploration into guidance programs.
and
Web 2.0 and college admissions (I have taken to calling [...]

Many of us counselors are big fans of the common app as it stream lines the application process for students. Each year the product gets better and better. Now comes the Universal College application, a competitor of sorts to teh common app. Currently a baker’s dozen have signed up to use this service:

Clark,
Drew,
Drexel,
Duke,
Harvard,
Johns Hopkins and
Seattle
Universities;
Guilford [...]

A fascinating read on declining number of US citizens pursuing degrees in Science, Technology and engineering related fields.
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