Estimated Tuition
$720.00
About the Course
An overview of the process of counseling students and families through the college admissions process. This practice of college counseling involves practitioners from several disciplines and encompasses a wide range of skills and issues related to education, administration, public policy, and others. Understand the components of the college counseling process, the field of college counseling, postsecondary options, standardized testing and other data, the role of essays, interviews, and resumes, and issues of access and success. Develop identity as college counselors, and put together a plan to begin working with students and families.
• How colleges choose students
• Application calendar for private and public colleges
• Financial planning and admission procedures for small private colleges
• Helping athletes and students with special talents
• Working with underrepresented students
• Critical dates on the testing calendar
• Preparing students for college entrance exams