The path to higher education starts way before your senior year of high school, often as early as your freshman year. These blog posts will cover the questions you have about finishing high school, the college admissions process, and financial aid. But not everything in this section is for high school students. You’ll learn about money management and standardized tests for prospective graduate students. Plus, we’ve thrown in a bit of history about higher education in the United States so you know what you’re getting yourself into. From finishing high school to paying for college, we have you covered.
Preparation

If this were a television show, I’d be pulling up to an unassuming student’s school right now in a crew van. With my cameramen right behind me, I’d jump out of the car, hustle to the classroom, and tear the poor kid’s résumé from his hand. “We have a lot […]
Extreme Makeover: High School Résumé Edition

Once you exit the doors of your high school for the last time, you may not know what to expect from the future. Maybe you visited a couple of campuses during the fall when you were deciding where to apply, did an overnight stay with a current student, or even […]
What Makes College So Different from High School?

It’s almost here—freshman year. Besides the obvious, like arranging your housing and packing, what do you really need to do the summer before college? You only have a month left before move-in day, so do the important stuff before heading out on your new adventure. Here’s a list of what […]
Do This, Not That: The Summer Before College

The GRE (Graduate Record Examinations) is kind of like the SAT for graduate school. It is a standardized admissions test, and graduate schools and many business schools factor a student’s results into application consideration. Like the SAT, it consists of three sections: verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and writing. The verbal […]
The GRE: It’s Like the SAT for Graduate School Admissions

Throughout history, vocational education has given students hands-on experience to prepare them for employment. Some might say it all began in 626 BC with the Neo-Babylonian Empire and its knack for apprenticeship-run education. Regardless of its true origin, today’s vocational education is a well-developed schooling system which balances class time […]
Vocational Education from the 1900s to Today

Chances are, you didn’t grow up dreaming of attending your local community college. You probably didn’t proudly put on its sweatshirt on decision day and you definitely don’t root for its football team. When it comes down to it, though, these details don’t matter much. What does matter is that […]
Community College: The Unsung Hero of Higher Education

TRIO Programs are federally funded programs that provide assistance to underprivileged or disadvantaged students (first-generation students, students from low-income families, and students with disabilities) starting in middle school and continuing through the completion of college and other postsecondary education. The TRIO Program didn’t get its name until the late 1960s, […]
The TRIO Programs

Congratulations on graduating high school! It’s time to say goodbye to your favorite teacher, clean out your locker, and enjoy your last hallway huddle. Rejoice in your final standardized test and celebrate that the school monitor no longer is able to confiscate your cell phone. You’re free! It’s all bittersweet, […]
What We Wish We’d Known about Graduating High School

Anyone in college admissions will wax poetic about summer jobs. With a summer job, high school students beef up their résumés, use their brains over the summers, and acquire new skills. Students who keep with their summer jobs during the school year are even more impressive. They prove they can […]
Finding a Summer Job in High School

A Quick History of Environmental Education The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) advocates for environmental education as a way to enhance the public’s awareness of environmental issues and sustainability and to emphasize that protecting the environment is a way to protect life in the future. UNESCO was […]
Environmental Education and Sustainable Schools

The Medical College Admission Test, or MCAT, is the test that students are required to take for admission to medical schools. The test lasts 7.5 hours, is taken on a computer, and consists of four different sections: Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems; Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological […]
Preparing for the MCAT

Distance education is any learning that happens remotely; the student is in one place and the professor is in another. These days, most courses taught at a distance are online classes. They make use of cutting-edge technology, such as webinars, podcasts, and exams proctored via webcam, to help students master […]