tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22624662348266381512024-02-19T02:30:53.335-05:00HTHS Guidance Bloghttp://HTHSguidance.blogspot.comTara Bufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717592448040850446noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262466234826638151.post-22487202810774532432015-12-10T09:41:00.001-05:002015-12-10T09:45:25.680-05:00Getting Into An Elite College<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">T</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">here
was a great article posted on December 9th in <i>The Atlantic</i> that talked,
among other things, about the stress of trying to get into an elite college.
Below is an excerpt...I encourage you to read the entire article which
can be found here:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/12/silicon-valley-college-consultants/419538/"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/12/silicon-valley-college-consultants/419538/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">(excerpt)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Janet
Lavin Rapelye, the dean of admission at Princeton, <a href="http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/28/guidance-office-princeton-answers-5/?_r=0"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">told
the </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">New York Times</span></a> that students should
“use the criterion of interest when selecting extracurricular activities,
rather than how a list of activities might appear to a college admission
office.” A former Stanford University dean of freshmen wrote <a href="http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/whats-your-teenager-doing-this-summer-in-defense-of-nothing/?_r=0"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">a column</span></a> in
the same newspaper saying that many of the students she encountered “taught me
that a pre-programmed, enriched, spoon-fed, caged-in, ‘checklisted childhood’
may in fact lead to an impressive ‘resume’... but that such achievements can
come at the expense of self-efficacy—a true, innate sense of self that is
undermined when a person has too much of the stuff of life planned and handled
for them.”</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">The
article goes on to say:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Irena
Smith, a former Stanford admissions officer recalls a student who wrote an
essay about working her summers in a fast-food restaurant, and was accepted to
several Ivy League schools. “Given the population of students I see, she
probably shone like a diamond in the applicant pool at Harvard,” Smith says
flatly, emphasizing that the <b><u>student’s unique way of looking at the world
and the way she wrote had more to do with her acceptance than the exact circumstances
of her summer job.</u></b></span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">“I
think the biggest misconception people have is that there are these magical
things you can do each summer that will get your kid into the perfect college.”
...“Whatever the student does should be theirs to find and to like or not
like,” Smith says, “rather than have a well meaning adult carefully steering
them so they avoid all the dead ends and sharp corners. You don’t learn a lot
if your whole life path is charted.”</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Tara Bufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717592448040850446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262466234826638151.post-17172374328903545042015-12-02T11:16:00.002-05:002015-12-02T12:05:39.923-05:00College recruitment....why so much mail?Great article about the marketing strategies of colleges. My advice? Do your due diligence...read each piece of mail, research the college and if it interests you, then go visit. If after researching it you are not interested, then toss the piece.<br />
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<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/11/17/dear-elite-colleges-please-stop-recruiting-students-like-me-if-you-know-we-wont-get-in/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/11/17/dear-elite-colleges-please-stop-recruiting-students-like-me-if-you-know-we-wont-get-in/</a><br />
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<br />Tara Bufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717592448040850446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262466234826638151.post-38265689448668236182014-12-18T09:41:00.000-05:002014-12-18T09:41:19.899-05:00How to Handle a College RejectionIn this month's Forbes Magazine, there is a great article worth reading on college rejection. You can find the article <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonma/2014/12/15/how-to-handle-college-admissions-rejections/3/" target="_blank">here.</a>Tara Bufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717592448040850446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262466234826638151.post-91386280923726933782014-11-12T09:33:00.002-05:002014-11-12T09:34:06.384-05:00Scholarships<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Sorts Mill Goudy'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">
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Tara Bufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717592448040850446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262466234826638151.post-19918031074869426772014-11-03T13:01:00.000-05:002014-11-03T13:01:17.766-05:00What Are You Happy About HTHS?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Tara Bufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717592448040850446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262466234826638151.post-55333201921037499772014-10-17T10:00:00.001-04:002014-10-17T10:00:58.652-04:00District Financial Aid Night<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Palatino, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; text-align: justify;">
<strong>Monmouth County Vocational School District is hosting a Financial Aid Night </strong></div>
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<strong>Who: </strong>Parents and students in grades 10, 11, 12 are encouraged to attend</div>
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<strong>What: </strong>A free college financial planning workshop, presented by Joe Roberto, Financial Aid Representative from the New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority</div>
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<strong>When:</strong> Monday, October 20, 2014 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm</div>
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<strong>Where:</strong> Biotechnology High Sschool Multipurpose Room</div>
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<strong>Why:</strong> To get information on the types of financial aid available, how to apply for FAFSA, and learning about the financial aid process.</div>
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Tara Bufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717592448040850446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262466234826638151.post-11266473857380759672014-09-10T08:19:00.002-04:002014-09-10T08:19:52.623-04:00Welcome Back HTHSWelcome back HTHS and a special welcome to the class of 2018! Please know that as you start settling into a routine that Mrs. Tice and Mrs. Bufis are here in Guidance if you need any help. Stuck in a rut? Sometimes just talking something out is helpful to getting back on track. <br />
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Below is the Stall Door paper that was hung up for September. Hope you find it helpful.<br />
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<br />Tara Bufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717592448040850446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262466234826638151.post-60200099184264564322014-06-17T10:04:00.003-04:002014-06-17T10:04:48.019-04:00Have fun this summer!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Tara Bufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717592448040850446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262466234826638151.post-65602497205943425302014-05-20T14:14:00.000-04:002014-05-20T14:14:57.610-04:00the Stall Door paper - May 2014In the beginning of May, as we headed into AP's, SAT's, End of Course Biology exams and ACT's, we thought this issue would be extremely helpful. Nothing like getting back to the basics! Enjoy!<br />
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<br />Tara Bufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717592448040850446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262466234826638151.post-10115960028045254372014-05-07T08:51:00.001-04:002014-05-07T08:51:38.153-04:00Finding happiness in life/career may come in a surprising new wayA very interesting article came out on an NPR blog that shows happiness in life and work does not always equate with a big college name (or hefty college debt!). Happiness was most often reported by those who found connections and encouragement in college. Take a minute to read the article found <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/05/06/308382912/poll-prestigious-colleges-wont-make-you-happier-in-life-or-work" target="_blank">here</a>.Tara Bufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717592448040850446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262466234826638151.post-75559367395347217382014-03-31T14:33:00.004-04:002014-03-31T14:49:43.574-04:00the Stall Door paper - April 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This month, as students get ready to interview for summer programs, tour colleges, apply for jobs, or simply co-exist with others, we wanted to focus on manners. Here are a collection of manners that we felt students needed some reminders about. Would love to hear your comments on any others that we should have added. Happy Spring!</div>
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<br />Tara Bufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717592448040850446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262466234826638151.post-31290734788941460992014-03-11T09:38:00.000-04:002014-03-11T09:38:59.544-04:00the Stall Door paper - March 2014Here is the March issue of "the Stall Door paper"! Stephen Covey has a great book our called <i>The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens </i>(from which this issue was modeled after) which is a great read for high school students. <br />
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<br />Tara Bufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717592448040850446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262466234826638151.post-91046561669523500092014-03-03T10:00:00.004-05:002014-03-11T09:39:46.810-04:00the Stall Door paper - February 2014As the students know, each month the Guidance Office publishes an issue of "<i>the Stall Door paper</i>". It is hung up around school in, you guessed it, bathroom stalls! There was a suggestion to publish each month's issue on the blog so here is last month's issue. Hope you enjoy it! Happy reading.<br />
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Tara Bufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717592448040850446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262466234826638151.post-622233600570301602014-01-07T14:15:00.002-05:002014-01-07T14:21:23.531-05:00Congratulations! Now, how are you going to pay for college?<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As all the
acceptances start coming in, many of you, after celebrating your child's great
success, may be wondering how you are going to pay for such excellent colleges.
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Remember,
filing the FAFSA is important! I know some of you are saying "I
won't get anything so why file?". Keep in mind that some colleges
will not give you the merit aid your student received unless you file a FAFSA
so check with the colleges your student has been accepted into to see if that
is the case before you make a decision. If you are filing, you should be
starting that process now. Go to <b><span style="color: #0000e9; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="http://fafsa.ed.gov/">fafsa.ed.gov</a></span></b> for
more information. Be careful of FAFSA sites that charge - FAFSA is free!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Scholarships
are another way to offset some of the costs. There are multiple ways to
find scholarships. The first, and most important, is the HTHS Guidance
Office. We have a folder in the conference room that your student can
come and browse through. We also put most of those scholarships online
at<b> </b><span style="color: #0000e9; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.monmouthcountyscholarships.com/"><b>www.monmouthcountyscholarships.com</b></a></span>.
Some very specific HTHS scholarships cannot go on the website because
that is open to all students from all the MCVSD Academies so it is wise for
your student to check in Guidance once in a while! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to search scholarships is to log into Naviance and click on the Colleges tab
and then click on Scholarship list. That will give you a national list of
scholarships. And, <b><span style="color: #0000e9;"><a href="http://www.fastweb.com/">www.fastweb.com</a></span></b> is also a very good
resource. Please never, never, ever pay for a scholarship search.
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<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/littlelittleeske/buzzfeeds-best-value-colleges">http://www.buzzfeed.com/littlelittleeske/buzzfeeds-best-value-colleges</a><br />
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Tara Bufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717592448040850446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262466234826638151.post-62259191252646058032013-11-11T09:25:00.001-05:002013-11-11T09:25:24.481-05:00be careful of what you post...Just another reason to be careful what you post online! A "must read"...<br />
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Tara Bufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717592448040850446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262466234826638151.post-15227694364853119682013-10-31T14:00:00.000-04:002013-11-01T10:34:22.765-04:00Need Financial Aid/FAFSA information?Between now and the end of January, different high schools across Monmouth County will be hosting FAFSA/Financial Aid workshops to help senior parents better understand the FAFSA and to ask questions. As we learn of more dates, we will post them to this site. Please confirm all dates and times with the high school before attending in case of any changes to their schedule.<br />
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<b>Red Bank Regional</b> - Monday, November 11th at 6:30 in the Auditorium<br />
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<b>Manalapan</b> will host the FRHSD's FAFSA information session on November 13th at 6:30pm in the Auditorium<br />
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<b>Raritan High School</b> - Tuesday, November 19th at 6:30pm<br />
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<b>Wall High School</b> - Tuesday, November 19th at 6:30 in the Auditorium<br />
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<b>Keyport High School</b> - Thursday, November 21st at 6pm in room 108.<br />
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<b>Allentown High School</b> - Tuesday, December 3rd at 7pm in the Auditorium<br />
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<b>Middletown South High School</b> - Wednesday, December 4th at 6:00 in the Theater<br />
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<b>Manasquan High School</b> - Thursday, December 5th at 7pm in the Auditorium<br />
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<b>Matawan - Aberdeen Reg. HS</b> - Wednesday, December 11th at 7pm in the Auditorium<br />
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<b>Shore Regional HS</b> - Monday, January 6th at 7pm in the Auditorium<br />
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<b>Holmdel High School</b> - Tuesday, January 7th at 7pm in the Auditorium<br />
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<b>Ocean Township High School</b> - Wednesday, January 8th at 7pm in the Auditorium<br />
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<b>Neptune High School</b> - Thursday, January 9th at 7pm in the Library<br />
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<b>Rumson-Fair Haven Regional HS</b> - Thursday, January 23 at 7pm in the Auditorium<br />
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<br />Tara Bufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717592448040850446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262466234826638151.post-90553564775900692782013-09-30T12:25:00.001-04:002013-09-30T12:27:23.727-04:00Monmouth County College FairThe Monmouth County College Fair will be held on Sunday, October 6th from 1:00 - 4:00pm. The fair will be held in the Collins Arena located on the Lincroft Campus of Brookdale Community College.<br />
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A list of the colleges can be found here:<br />
<a href="http://www.brookdalecc.edu/pages/105.asp?item=9735" target="_blank">http://www.brookdalecc.edu/pages/105.asp?item=9735</a><br />
<br />Tara Bufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717592448040850446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262466234826638151.post-46378887050679465142013-09-10T11:54:00.000-04:002013-09-10T14:31:15.837-04:00Welcome Back!It is hard to believe that the summer is already over! As the air turns crisp, thoughts turn to new classes, new books, homework, college applications and essays. For those seniors in the throws of the college application process, the Guidance Office has some resources that will prove helpful for you.<br />
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First, there is a Senior Student/Parent Night on Thursday, September 19th at 6pm to discuss everything you need to know about applying, the common application, letters of recommendation and colleges visiting HTHS. It is strongly encouraged that BOTH students and parents attend to learn the process of how to get transcripts sent to colleges and about the application process in general.<br />
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Second, this year the Guidance Office is hosting EIGHT College Essay Writing Workshops. These sessions are for seniors only and will be held during the school day for the students to meet with various Admission Counselors to learn about what should be included in a college essay and what should NOT be included in a college essay from the people reading the essays! The workshops are scheduled each week between now and the end of October to accommodate when students start writing their essay. No need to attend more than one, though students can with teacher permission. The following schedule is below and students need to sign into Naviance and print a pass in order to attend.<br />
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I have always bought into the
following notion that a former guidance colleague of mine once said. He
believed that students need to graduate being able to answer the following
three questions: "Who are you?", "Where are you going?" and
"How are you going to get there?". I am sure that many school
districts disregard his idea because it is not quantifiable. True, you
cannot measure the return or outcome of those questions, but I believe in them.
I think there is something to "planting seeds" and helping
students become more familiar with their interests, likes and dislikes.
My favorite of the three questions is the first one because you cannot
move to the other two if you can't answer number one. So, like most high
schools, we have students take a personality assessment that links their
personality with potential careers that people with their same personality are
successful at in the workplace (Students, you took this freshman year so feel
free to go back and see your results in Naviance by logging in and clicking on
the About Me tab. Parents of HTHS students, you can also see your child's
results the same way). Now of course, if you are like me, after you found
your personality type and careers, you found the most ridiculous career on the
list and went home and complained that your "Guidance Counselor said you
were going to be a Park Ranger" (sorry to any Park Rangers out there!).
And I know this has not changed because just this weekend my niece
complained that she was told she was going to be a bail bondsman until I kept
pushing and asking what else was on the list. But if you look at the
complete list, you will realize that all those careers have something in
common...your personality. When I took the test in high school it said
that I should be a teacher, counselor or priest - someone who helps people
(guess which one I went home and complained to my mom about?). But I
wanted to do nothing of the sort. I wanted to go into business and be an
advertising executive on Madison Ave. So, despite my personality, I went
to a business college and in my junior year, realized that I did not actually
want to study business. I graduated and went to work for a college,
pursuing my master's degree in, you guessed it, counseling. Fast forward
a few years and here I am finishing almost two decades of working in education.
Helping people. Go figure. <o:p></o:p></div>
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About a year ago I was listening to
NPR and heard a women say that her Guidance Counselor told her she would be a
farmer based on her personality test and that she laughed, thought it was
ridiculous, and went on to a very lucrative job in NYC making a lot of
money. Years later, she moved to Iowa because she wanted to live
"off the grid" and fell in love with growing all her own
food, which then turned into her second career - being a
farmer. Turned out her personality test/career guide was right. As
was mine.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I bring this up because today I was
reading <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/09/opinion/sunday/the-internship-not-the-movie.html?_r=0">this
article</a> in Sunday's <i>New York Times</i> and couldn't help
but think about how this all related. Whether you are still in high
school (recently graduated, working in an unfulfilling job or maybe even
unemployed) it is a good idea to start figuring out "who you are" so
you will know "where you are going" and "how you plan on getting
there". <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/09/opinion/sunday/the-internship-not-the-movie.html">This
article</a> discusses the idea of how you can show prospective employers (but
feel free to interchange that with part time job, college, internship, etc...)
how you can "add value" to their company. So if you are
applying for a summer job, camp counselor, summer academic program, or college,
start by knowing "who YOU are" and what YOU can bring to the position
for which you are applying. In other words, help the person hiring or
admitting you understand how YOU (and only you) can "add
value" to their organization.<o:p></o:p></div>
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especially if you took a wrong turn and then ended up right back to the place
you were trying to get away from.</span>
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<!--EndFragment-->Tara Bufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717592448040850446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262466234826638151.post-67571608671810448572013-05-27T19:17:00.000-04:002013-05-27T19:17:21.949-04:00*NEW* Common Application Essay Prompts<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hope everyone had a nice Memorial Day Weekend. While on the long weekend, I was talking with some of my friends' children who were getting ready to start the application process this fall so naturally the topic of the college essay came up. I reminded them that the Common App changed the essay prompts in their new application launching this summer (August 1, 2013 to be exact!). What that means for those students <i>applying</i> to college this fall is that the essay prompts are different from the previous years. (Just a reminder, Mrs. Tice and I handed them out at the Junior Student/Parent Night back at the end of February, but figured a reminder never hurt.) Below you will find the new essay prompts that you can choose from this fall. Gone is the ever popular (and sure to be sadly missed) prompt of "Topic of Your Choice". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here are the <a href="https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/Docs/DownloadForms/2013/EssayAnnouncementFinal.pdf" target="_blank">new essay prompts</a>: </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Some students have a background or story that is so central to their identity that they believe their
application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
</span><br />
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</i></li>
<li>
<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what lessons
did you learn?
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you
make the same decision again?
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do or experience
there, and why is it meaningful to you?
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</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from
childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family. </i></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">NOTE: One question is not better than another to a college. Pick the question that interests you the most. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">s you start to think about which prompt to answer, refer back to the two previous blogs "What makes you Interesting" and "Writing yo</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">ur College Essay" f</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">or tips to help you get started. However, remember that you cannot start the application itself until August 1, 2013 when your version launches</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> (until August 1 the application you see will be for students <i>starting</i> college this fall). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Juniors, as you know, we have been meeting with you individually (and that will continue to happen until we have met with each of you so if you have not handed in your Senior Interview, Resume and Parent Interview please do so soon!). In addition, Mrs. Tice and I will be coming into your English class in two weeks to discuss this and other things that need to happen over the summer in terms of your college research and requesting teacher recommendations. As always, see us with any questions.</span><br />
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Tara Bufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717592448040850446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262466234826638151.post-41995707597052604632013-05-18T12:10:00.000-04:002013-05-18T12:21:54.338-04:00Writing Your College EssayI was not going to write about essay writing until the fall, but was prompted to introduce it now after I read this article. The article is a good overview and gives some helpful hints. It also highlights 4 essays written by students around the country. When you get ready to start writing your college essay, keep the following in mind:<br />
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<ul>
<li>College essays should not be all encompassing or about your whole life. The essay should be a narrow focus into a part of your life. It should give the reader a better understanding of who you are, how you think, what you love and your passions...but not all of them. </li>
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<ul>
<li>The topic of your essay should be about something the reader cannot necessarily see or gather from your application. It should be a slice of your life that is not the focus of your resume. Keep in mind that your application is not 3-dimensional. If your resume says you are captain of your sports team, your honors/awards list sports team leader, your short answer is written about you being on the team, your essay should NOT be about your sports team....the reader got it the first time. </li>
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<ul>
<li>Most of all, the essay should be written by YOU! College admission counselors absolutely know when you wrote your essay and when it has been polished beyond recognition, or worse, written by someone else. As a student, it should have a little roughness to it (no typos and no major grammatical mistakes), but it should be your thoughts, your feelings and in your language. If you walk around using big thesaurus words everyday as part of your speech, then use them in your essay. If not, leave them out. Don't forget, if the college requires standardized test scores, they are getting your writing portion and score so it is easy for them to compare your application essay with your SAT/ACT writing section. The college essay should be cleaner, but the voice and language should be the same. </li>
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<ul>
<li>Make sure that YOU are the focus of your essay. It is okay to talk about what your grandfather taught you, but the focus needs to be about what you learned and how you apply it; not an entire essay about grandpa. (We love grandpa too, but he is not the one applying!)</li>
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Enjoy this article and the 4 examples. More to come on essay's later.<br />
Click <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/18/your-money/four-college-essays-that-stand-out-from-the-crowd.html" target="_blank">here</a> to read the article.Tara Bufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717592448040850446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262466234826638151.post-74342413658356381622013-05-14T21:33:00.004-04:002013-05-14T22:29:54.606-04:00What makes you interesting?<div>
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AP season is among us and I see the same students taking multiple AP exams (and often self-studying for them), so I have taken pause to question why students take so many exams especially when many of the colleges they will be applying to do not accept the scores for credit. So I asked. And student after student said they took them because it would help their chances of getting into “insert name of VERY selective college here". Which then made me wonder when colleges started looking at AP scores as admission criteria. So I called one of the VERY selective colleges and spoke with someone I knew would be honest with me. (I will leave his name out to protect him from other calls!). He basically said “No, we do not use AP scores as admission criteria but a lot of students self-report them on the application thinking it could not hurt". I was about to end the call there, but decided to ask “Well, what if a student self-studied for, let's say, 10 exams throughout high school and scored a perfect 5 on all of them. Does that weigh in on your decision or impress the committee?" “Not really" he said. He went on to say that is the rare case that a student self-studying for any amount of exams will change the committee's mind because they see that all the time. “We really look at what opportunities the student had available to them and what the student took advantage of at their school". So if your school offers 5 AP classes and you only take 2, but self-study for 10 others then the committee is left questioning why. He also said that they look for students who enjoy doing something that makes them interesting. <i>Interesting?</i> Do you mean like swimming with alligators or sky-diving? “No", he laughed, “unless the student really loves to do those things". He explained that students should be interesting in a way that shows their passion for something. Be interesting by not doing what everyone else is doing simply <i>because</i> everyone else is doing it. They should beat to their own drum, showcase their talents, share their quirkiness, help the committee fall in love with what they love. In short...be, well... interesting! Hmmmm. Everyone thinks the way into an ivy or very selective school is great grades and great board scores. But now they want interesting?! (Note, they still want great grades and board scores too!) Happens to be that they have too many students with a 4.0, perfect 2400 and self-reported 5’s on multiple AP’s applying who do nothing other than study. So I thought a lot about what made a student interesting and it was hard because “interesting" is different for every student. There is no clear-cut advice counselors can give a student because “interesting" needs to come from their heart. Students should be doing things that they WANT to do and not simply to check it off a list and then say “phew, that is over". According to Jessica Hagy's 2013 book, appropriately titled “<i>How to Be Interesting</i>", she asks the reader “Who's more interesting: A famous scientist, or a famous scientist who plays the cello and whittles marionettes in a lighthouse at the edge of the world where he sometimes writes poetry by the light of passing ships? Exactly. Follow your weird impulses and do all sorts of things. Getting sidetracked can lead you to EXACTLY where you belong".</div>
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So my challenge to you...find what makes YOU interesting.</div>
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Tara Bufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717592448040850446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262466234826638151.post-25770992230871792362013-05-12T18:48:00.001-04:002014-03-28T08:05:03.879-04:00Waitlisted? You will want to read this...There is a wonderful and comical article in today's NY Times about students who try to bribe their way off the waiting list (doesn't work by the way!). An entertaining read to be sure, but reassuring that at the end of the day, <b><u>the best way to get off the wait-list is simply to send an email updating the college on what you have done since you applied and your interest in still attending</u></b>. However, if you tell them that they are your number one school and a week later they call you because a spot opened up, you should take it. If you would not take it, do not tell them you would. I have worked with many students who treat acceptances as trophies even if they would not attend the college. This should not be your strategy. Acceptances are not something to be accumulated and then thrown around. We are not trading baseball cards here. Plenty of admission officers spend a lot of time pouring over your information. If you have no intention of attending the school in which you applied to, save yourself the application fee and the admission officer the time. Plus, by applying to a school you would not go to you, you potentially take the seat from someone who really wants to go there. And if that is not enough to make you think about not applying, reverse the process and realize that everyone who applies to a school that they would not attend could potentially end up hurting YOU!<br />
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Click <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/education/on-the-waiting-list-some-college-applicants-try-a-little-dazzle.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank">here</a> to read the article.Tara Bufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717592448040850446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262466234826638151.post-52496238488599182052013-05-11T12:08:00.000-04:002013-05-12T22:31:06.823-04:00What is worth more...prestige or money?<br />
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/20/your-money/measuring-college-prestige-vs-price.html?smid=tw-share" target="_blank">Measuring College Prestige vs. Price</a><br />
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Many students face a choice between a college that offers little financial aid but has a superior reputation or a less prestigious college that offers a merit scholarship.Tara Bufishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717592448040850446noreply@blogger.com0