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Welcome to UVN’s Counselors Corner.

With the coaching and tutelage of high school counselors at each and every high school across America, college-bound students tackle the process of searching for their college.

Counselors Corner is a resource for high school counselors, providing the best information available on the internet by providing live news feeds, website links, videos, blogs, articles, and book recommendations.

Help to navigate your students to explore every four-year college or university in the United States, learn about the institutions, campus lifestyles, and the communities in which they are located. They can set up a MySchools account to compare and manage the college selection process, and share their schools through MyFriends.

Videos

 


Video's

Resource Links

 

Resource Links

American School Counselor Association
http://www.schoolcounselor.org/

Admission Planning Resource
http://www.mycollegeoptions.org/Content/ForHighSchools/MembersBenefit.aspx

College & University Admission Guidance
http://www.mycollegecalendar.org/

Education News
http://www.ednews.org/

High School Counselor Week
http://hscounselorweek.com/

The Education Digest
http://www.eddigest.com/

American Counseling Associations
http://www.counseling.org/

NACAC National Association for College Admission Counseling
http://www.nacacnet.org/Pages/default.aspx

Americas Best College
http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/02/best-colleges-ratings-opinions-ranking-2009_land.html

America's Elite Prep Schools
http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/06/america-elite-schools-leadership-prep.html

College Towns: An Honor Roll
http://local.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=23721732>1=24000

Articles

 

Artcles

The 'Tour d'Admission': Guidance Counselors Seeing Colleges by Bicycle
http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/bike/

ACA American Counseling Association
http://www.counseling.org/

High School Counselor Week
http://hscounselorweek.com/

Ed News
http://www.ednews.org/

The Education Digest
http://www.eddigest.com/

Attention parents, graduates, high-school guidance counselors and recently idled adults: Read this report
By Heather Clancy
http://www.smartplanet.com/business/blog/business-brains/attention-parents-graduates-high-school-guidance-counselors-and-recently-idled-adults-read-this-report/2780/

The Role of the Guidance Counselor
by Jennifer Cerbasi
http://nxy.in/3iojn

Become a Guidance Counselor
http://www.allpsychologyschools.com/faqs/school-counseling.php

Stepping Up to the Challenge
Guidance Counselors / Learning Disabilities
The transition from high school to college is tough for most students. But for those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, university life poses a host of academic, medical and personal challenges. Students with A.D.H.D.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/education/edlife/guidance-t.html

Blogs

 

Books

 

Don't Tell Me What to do Just Send MoneyDon't Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money: The Essential Parenting Guide to the College Years by
Helen E. Johnson,
Christine Schelhas-Miller,
Christine Schelhas-Miller

Questionnaire

 


ENVIRONMENT 1 How many students are enrolled?  
2 Is the school in a large town, small town, rural area?  
3 How is the yearly calendar organized?  
ADMISSIONS 4 What is the recommended high school preparation?

What are the admission requirements?
5 What applications are available?  
  Due?  
6 What percent of the applications are accepted?  
FRESHMEN 7 What percent of the college freshmen have a B average or better in high school?  
8 What is the average SAT scores for college freshmen?  
9 What percentage of freshman return for the sophomore year?  
ACADEMICS 10 What percentage of students graduate in four years?  
11 When do you have to declare a major?  
12 Do graduate students or professors teach introductory classes?  
13 How accessible are professors outside of class?  
14 Where do students study?  
15 What tutoring or “extra help” programs are available?  
16 What majors does the school offer that interest you?  
17 How many hours per week do most students study?  
18 What is the average class size?  
19 What is the average class size for Freshman English?  
COST 20 What is the total cost of attendance for one year?  
21 What was the average tuition increase over the past five years?  
22 What percent of the students receive financial assistance?  
23 What is the average financial award?  
HOUSING 24 What are the living options on campus?  
Off campus?  
25 What percentage of the students lives on campus?  
26 What is the policy for changing roommates in the middle of the year?  
27 Where do students eat? What meal plans are offered?  
28 How central are fraternities and sororities to campus social life?  
SOCIAL LIFE 29 What extracurricular activities are offered that interest you?  
30 Where do students relax on campus?  
31 How many and what kinds of crimes occurred on campus last year?  
32 Is there a safety escort or shuttle service for students returning to their dorms at night?  
33 What is on-campus security like?  
34 What percentage of students go home on the weekends?  
35 Are sports a big deal here? Can students get free tickets to the games?  
36 Do many students have cars? Where do they park? How much does a parking permit cost?  
TECHNOLOGY 37 Where are computer labs located? When are they open?  
38 Do students get free E-mail and Internet access?  
39 Can students access the campus network from their dorm rooms?  
40 Does the college sell or lease computers at a student discount?  
AFTER GRADUATION 41 What services does the career placements center offer?  
42 What percentage of students goes on to graduate or professional schools?  
43 What percent of graduates work in a field related to their major.  

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