Category: College Prep

Going back to school is a great idea for bettering yourself and growing as a person, but it’s not without its obstacles. Many schools and programs require a letter of recommendation or two from a former teacher or professor. Trouble is, since you’ve been out of school all this time, even your most recent educators don’t remember you, don’t know what you’re currently doing, or they’ve retired. The schools you’re applying to want to know who you are now, but they also want to hear it from someone in academia, and you don’t have anybody who fits. Who do...

Maybe something came up that got in the way or maybe it just slipped your mind. In any case, you’ve just realized you’ve missed the application deadline for a college you wanted to attend. Now what do you do? You tackle it with the right attitude, that’s what. Many people would say you blew it and now you have to deal with your limited options. In reality, you still have plenty of options. They just might not be the ones you wanted. You’ll have to make the best out of a bad situation. The question is, are you willing?...

There isn’t a specific list of the “best” extracurriculars to have on your high school transcript, but that doesn’t stop prospective collegians from trying to make one for their résumés. The truth is, regardless of which activities you choose to do, college applications are a lot like job applications: it’s all about selling yourself. Now there’s just the question of how to best do that. Pick Them for the Right Reasons Before we get ahead of ourselves, this needs to be said: choose extracurriculars because you want to do them, not because you think they’ll make you look good....