Have questions about the 2018 National Conference in Salt Lake City?
Whether you are a first-time attendee who wants to know the ropes or a seasoned veteran who wants to share in the pre-conference excitement, we have the line-up for you.
Continue reading Know Before You Go: Webinars, Twitter Chats, and More to Help You Prep for #nacac18
Everyone has advice for college-bound students, yet the tips and tricks are heard much less frequently as a student goes through their college journey.
But former #NACACreads author Frank Bruni wants everyone to know “how a student goes to school matters much, much more than where.”
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Heard about NACAC’s new membership model, but not sure what it means for you?
We’ll be broadcasting via Facebook Live at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 5 with NACAC President David Burge and Kim Johnston, NACAC’s director of membership, affiliate relations, and governance.
Tune in to learn what NACAC members will be voting on at the national conference and how the model will make it easier to join NACAC, increase the diversity of the association, and expand access to our resources to more college admission professionals.
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The Common Application announced it will no longer ask students about their criminal history, a big win for “ban the box” advocates.
Common App’s announcement is a shift in policy. The question has been asked since 2006. Common App last reviewed the policy in March 2017 and decided to keep the question.
“Our focus is always on serving the needs of members, students, and counselors. We believe this change provides members with the greatest flexibility and is most responsive to the evolving landscape around this issue. As the conversation around criminal history continues, we will keep monitoring it to ensure we support the needs of our membership,” Common App President and CEO Jenny Rickard wrote in the announcement of the new policy.
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High school students have a lot of questions about the college admission process.
Amariyah Callender, a rising senior in the Atlanta area, decided to go straight to the source to get hers answered.
Callender interviewed NACAC member Latrina Fisher, associate director of admissions at Spelman College (GA), in a new podcast for VOXatl. She admitted to starting her senior year off with a 2.9 GPA and asked Fisher how much she needed to be stressing about the final numbers.
Continue reading NACAC Member Sounds Off About the Importance of GPA
Should mental health be a part of college admission and college prep process?
Grace Gedye, a recent graduate of Pomona College (CA), thinks so.
“Before I went to college four years ago, my parents and I had a ‘work hard in class’ talk and a ‘safe partying’ talk. But we didn’t discuss what to do if stress morphed into anxiety or depression. We should have,” she wrote a recent op-ed for the LA Times.
“Instead, that summer almost every conversation I had with an adult included some variation on: ‘These are going to be the best four years of your life.’ So I was prepped for highs. And when the lows hit, I thought I was alone.”
Continue reading Conversations that Count: Making Mental Health Part of the College Prep Process
How can college-bound high school students use their summer break to their advantage?
Stowe High School (VT) counselor and NACAC member Patricia Tomashot recently offered some advice in The Stowe Reporter.
Nearly one-third of college-bound high school graduates don’t arrive at any college campus the following fall.
This pervasive problem is known as summer melt and Patrick O’Connor, a former NACAC president and current school counselor ambassador fellow at the US Department of Education, has some advice for combating it.
Continue reading Former NACAC President Offers Strategies to Prevent Summer Melt
Texas has an average of 449 students per counselor. Citing school safety concerns, one public school district in the state is looking to change that ratio.
Frisco ISD will add 44 counseling positions next school year, The Dallas Morning News reported.
The new staff members are expected to take over standardized testing duties and oversee services for students with disabilities. The hope is that these new counselors will make it possible for existing counselors on staff to spend more time focusing on the social, emotional, and mental health needs of students.
What does it take to overcome your circumstances and make it to college?
Roadtrip Nation, along with Better Make Room and the ACT Center for Equity on Learning, wanted to find out. So they sent three first-generation college students, Esther, Ikie, and Estephanie, on a road trip around the country. The trip was turned into a documentary titled Beating the Odds.
Continue reading College Access Documentary Now Streaming Online