Elaine Powrie, College Admissions Consulting

5 Questions to Ask Your Teen to Motivate Them Without Annoying Them The key to asking teens questions about their future is to frame them as empowering and open-ended as possible. Here's where to start.

Welcome to Career Equations, where we highlight some of the skills used in careers by creating fake equations. This week, we are exploring careers that involve drawing.

When you combine: Sketching + Computer-Aided Design (CAD) + Fabric and Color, you get a Fashion Designer.

When you combine: Art + Engineering + Business, you get an Industrial Designer.

When you combine: Drawing + Calligraphy + Photography and multiply it by Marketing Strategy, you get an Advertising Designer.

So, there you have it—three different careers that each involve drawing skills.

The FAFSA opens in the fall; get ready by creating your FSA ID now. https://studentaid.gov/fsa-id/create-account/launch

UC Regents Approve New School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences at UC San Diego The University of California Board of Regents has approved the creation of the new School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences at UC San Diego, a critical advance in UC San Diego’s long history of leading innovation and education in artificial intelligence, computing and data science.

To Other Parents, Please Stop Asking me THIS Question As a recent grad, my daughter gets asked a million questions. As her mom, I’m asked just one, often delivered with a sympathetic smile.

Good advice on writing your admissions essay.

'Valedictorians at the Gate:' How to Write a Winning Personal Essay Becky Munsterer Sabky, former Dir of international admissions, Dartmouth, has advice on how to think about the Common App "personal statement."

Summer College Prep Tips!

Ditch These 43 Phrases When Writing a College Admission Essay Take note to avoid these 43 phrases to give your college essay a better chance of impressing application readers.

Attention Class of 2025! Ready to get a head start on your senior year? Get your FSA ID now! Remember, both parents and students need an FSA ID to complete the FAFSA this fall. Let's make planning for your future a breeze!

https://studentaid.gov/fsa-id/create-account/launch

Want to start college in the summer? Check out Cal Poly!

Why one California university leader thinks year-round operations will aid enrollment Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo's president thinks a year-round academic calendar can increase enrollment and enhance student success.

Federal Student Aid (FSA) updated its instructions to help students and their contributors without a Social Security number (SSN) successfully submit the 2024-25 form: https://ow.ly/zKqo50RFGvf

The updated instructions are meant to help students and contributors navigate issues that may impact user experience. It also addresses FAQs students may have, including what to do if a student invited a contributor to their FAFSA but they still don't see the form after logging into https://ow.ly/8IOt50RFGve, or what to do if a contributor doesn't have a U.S. mailing address.

New Video!
Our Three Part Series Trades & Apprenticeships STEP by STEP is up, check it out:
Part 1- https://youtu.be/GAXTbmJsGoQ
Part 2- https://youtu.be/KXdOCpEw_Vo
Part 3- https://youtu.be/d77Xat3NBB0

One more thing to be aware of.

Zombie colleges? These universities are living another life online, and no one can say why — USA TODAY USA TODAY found at least nine colleges that closed down only to be resurrected online. Their operators are a mystery but they're taking applications.

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Jeremy Nguyen. http://nyer.cm/fMzHTPP

The Wild West has finally arrived. It’s going to get wilder. In December, 2019, people in the college admission profession learned that a lawsuit brought by the Justice Department against The National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) had …

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What to Know Before Cosigning a Private Student Loan Before cosigning for a private student loan, learn the risks involved.

Colleges Not Extending Deposit Deadlines Get An F In Consideration The problems of the redesigned FAFSA have seemingly endless, from failing to account for a mandated inflation adjustment, problems with families that did not have soci...

Why some Oregon universities won’t require the ACT or SAT After universities across the nation scaled back admission requirements, some will again mandate ACT or SAT scores with applications. We'll hear from two Oregon institutions on why they aren't posing this requirement.

Why the college application process isn't adding up for students – and how to help them College net price calculators and university financial aid letters can be misleading, frustrating prospective students and their families. I know.

Why the College Decision Just Doesn't Matter High school seniors are finished with college applications and are now waiting to hear; It really doesn't matter where they go to college.

The OSAC Scholarship final deadline is April 1st. Please see our website for additional information: https://oregonstudentaid.gov/scholarships/

BBB Scam Alert: Watch out for SAT prep scams Scammers with access to kids’ names and school information are tricking parents into paying for bogus SAT prep materials.

If you're a student and haven't started your 2024–25 FAFSA® form, we strongly recommend that you start and complete your section of the form first to save time and prevent errors. For more tips on completing the form, head to StudentAid.gov/announcements-events/fafsa-support/pro-tips

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College Admission SOS Thursday, February 22 Atlanta, GA : 5 a.m. My vibrating watch alarm went off. After 20 years of marriage, I’ve learned the hard way not to set an audible alarm before 6 a.m. (actually, that one o…