| -- End Ad Box ---> | | | | college or university. A College placement consultant |
| It is so easy to go through high school and never | | | | service can also show potential student and their |
| think about what college or university you want to | | | | parents the various ways to get offers for financial |
| attend. In fact probably over 60% of high school | | | | assistance. The financial aid process at times can be |
| students don’t even begin to think of where | | | | daunting and any help is usually appreciated in this |
| they want to go for college until their senior year. | | | | area. It is also helpful to students that need to |
| And if the parents were anything like me, they had | | | | access and apply to appropriate graduate and |
| no idea of the ins and outs of college placement. This | | | | professional school programs |
| includes what the best colleges are to apply to that | | | | By employing such a consulting service it can reduce |
| fit your child’s performance in high school | | | | the amount of stress related to the admissions |
| according to their grades, extracurricular activities, | | | | process of the colleges and universities and enable |
| their goals and interests. And to take those schools | | | | the potential student to have a positive experience |
| that do fit the grade and match them up to what | | | | at a crucial moment in their lives. |
| your child is actually looking for in a college or | | | | Some points to remember when looking for college |
| university. To say the least, college placement is a | | | | placement are that most colleges and universities |
| very detailed process. If you can do all this on your | | | | accept students with wide ranges of GPA’s |
| own, that is great. Your local high school counselors | | | | and test scores. Each college will usually say what |
| and college center are there to help as much as | | | | their cutoff score is for admissions. If you know your |
| possible as well as work- shops at your local | | | | score is below the cutoff point this information allows |
| community college. | | | | you to hire a tutor and take test preps in advance to |
| There are other ways to get the help you might | | | | help boost your final score. |
| need and that is through education consultation firms. | | | | 1.Begin preparing for college no later than January of |
| Most of these college placement consultant firms | | | | your junior year of high school. This will be after you |
| have done this process a lot and have your | | | | have received your final PSAT score and are now |
| child’s interest at heart. They are there to | | | | ready to take either the SAT or ACT. |
| help find the right college for each student based on | | | | 2.Do your college visiting on a school day. This lets |
| their needs and qualifying specifics. This allows the | | | | you see exactly what happens on campus during |
| consulting firm to help each client or student show | | | | class time. |
| their most positive attributes on their admission | | | | 3.Ask your high school counselor or teacher to write |
| applications and to also guide the way to producing a | | | | you a recommendation letter. Most will be more than |
| college essay that is well prepared and shows a good | | | | glad to do this for you. |
| example of their skills to the admissions office at the | | | | |