http://www.ahpeducationalconsulting.com Focusing on What Matters Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:48:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On March 27th, Susan Kennedy of Career Treking and Tim Lee will present a workshop at  The Lincoln Sudbury High School College Fair. Students and parents will hear about the value of a Liberal Arts degree in the currrent job market. http://www.ahpeducationalconsulting.com/338/ For most seniors, college applications will be complete and in the mail by the end of this month and the long, sometimes arduous, hopefully rewarding process of applying will be finished. Almost. While the lion's share of the work is done, there are still some important details to attend to. First and ... http://www.ahpeducationalconsulting.com/tending-to-the-final-details/ The post to the US News and World Report blog this morning Parents Read This is a must read for parents of seniors applying to college. Lynn Jacobs and Jeremy Hyman provide 8 guiding principles that are practical and essential. The college application process is already fraught with enough stress and anxiety ... http://www.ahpeducationalconsulting.com/holiday-advice-to-parents-of-students-applying-to-c-ollege/ By Allison Matlack GateHouse News Service Posted Nov 11, 2009 @ 12:00 PM After months of listening to their pleading, I let my children open Facebook accounts with two provisos - that I had to be the first person that they "friended," and that I had to have complete access to their accounts. I ... http://www.ahpeducationalconsulting.com/college-matters-the-problem-with-friending/ With summer vacation just moments away, juniors are likely daydreaming about long days on the beach, hanging out with friends and sleeping in. And that is exactly how some of their days should be spent this summer! However, the next few months are also a critical time to work on the ... http://www.ahpeducationalconsulting.com/a-summer-to-do-list-for-juniors/ COLLEGE MATTERS: Getting a Great Recommendation Letters of recommendation are an important piece of your college application and can shed light on your potential as a student and as a member of their community that no other parts of your application can. By choosing your writers carefully, providing ... http://www.ahpeducationalconsulting.com/getting-a-great-recommendation/ Beginning with the March administration of the SAT, juniors are now able to choose which scores they will send to selected colleges.   Score Choice allows students greater control over the information about them that is recieved by colleges.  However, schools vary on how they use scores for admission purposes - ... http://www.ahpeducationalconsulting.com/sat-score-use-practices/ In April, the hallways are filled with the buzz of seniors talking about their college choices. By now, most students have their acceptance letters in hand and are busy revisiting colleges before making their final decision. It's hard to believe that just a year has passed since they started their college ... http://www.ahpeducationalconsulting.com/get-off-to-the-best-start-in-your-college-search/ http://www.ahpeducationalconsulting.com/sat-subject-tests/ http://www.ahpeducationalconsulting.com/act-administration/