Six Ways

Six Ways to Work with Your School Counselor

The official e-newsletter of The Equestrian College Advisor.

From the blog:

I spent the past weekend at the wedding of my college roommate. (Don’t worry, student readers, this isn’t going to be a blog entry that waxes nostalgic about “my days as an undergraduate” and gives a commencement speech-worthy piece of advice about how to live your best life. Well, mostly it won’t be that. I think…)

I wrote last week about how success can come from anywhere – like the halter horse who competes successfully at Third Level dressage, beats a bunch of warmbloods, and earns his rider her USDF bronze medal along the way. And in that blog entry, I talked about how important the people on a college or university campus are to helping students successfully find their path and achieve their goals. But what I didn’t talk about was what happens after college and how important (make that vital) those people continue to be in your life – and very often in surprising ways.

College is the first step on your journey, readers, not your last. Read More

LAC

A lot of misconceptions exist about liberal arts colleges, whether for good or for bad.Here are the basic facts.

Boys

Though the NCEA restricts its rosters to women only, the IHSA offers full competitive opportunities to men.

Guidance

Love them or hate them, your school-assigned guidance counselor is going to be a significant part of your college admission process.

He or she is the one responsible for preparing your high school transcript and submitting at least one of your recommendation forms.