Research Update: May 16, 2012

Sarah Hurley — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:05:15 GMT

NACAC Research NACAC’s 2012 Space Availability Survey Results Available The results of NACAC’s annual Space Availability Survey are currently available online. This searchable list of colleges that are still accepting applications for Fall 2012 freshman and or transfer admission will be availa ... (More)

How are IGCSE and IB Exams viewed by US colleges?

Teresa Robinson — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:20:51 GMT

I have several students from British schools applying to US college this year. How exactly are the IGCSE's abd IB examinations viewed by US Colleges? How do they "weigh" vs the school's own semester grades?

To Weight or not to Weight (AP's), that is the question.

Ryan Aldrich — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:20:08 GMT

School's that offer Advanced Placement courses often need to decide whetherthere should be additional weight allocated to a student's grade pointaverage as a result of taking a more difficult class. School's that havedecided to weight AP's differentiate in how much weight/percentage isassigned to ... (More)

Gratitude for a Founder

Patrick O'Connor — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:36:09 GMT

Colleagues, I hope you will permit me a moment of reflection on the passing of the co-founder of Roeper School. Annemarie Roeper, along with her husband George, founded our school in 1941, after fleeing from persecution in Nazi Germany-Annemarie was persecuted because she was Jewish, and George was ... (More)

Common Application

Diane Taylor — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:29:08 GMT

Can juniors create a common application account now and start filling it out? They would not be submitting it, only begin filling it out.Kerrie Troseth, M.S., GCDFCollege CounselorInternational School of MinnesotaTel +1 952-918-1864 Fax +1 952-918-1801www.ism-sabis.net

Journal Spotlight: May 14, 2012

Stephanie Fuss — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:09:48 GMT

Hear more from the author of "Targeted Recruitment of GLBT Students by Colleges and Universities" on the Admitted Blog.

Position Announcement- College Guidance Leave Replacement at the North Shore Hebrew Academy HS

Amy Kramer — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:23:26 GMT

Position Announcement-College Guidance Leave Replacement at the North Shore Hebrew Academy HSCollege Guidance Leave Replacement (Oct 1-Dec 31) with theopportunity to join the team full time in January 2013. Interestedcandidates should have experience as either a college counselor or acollege admiss ... (More)

Ithaca College Goes Test-Optional

Robert Schaeffer — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:04:26 GMT

Yesterday, Ithaca College in upstate New York announced that it has adopted a comprehensive test-optional admissions policy: http://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20120510162536260For those who care about such things, Ithaca is ranked #11 in Regional Universities - North by /U.S. News & ... (More)

How Admissions Offices Record GPAs

Palmer Muntz — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:54:44 GMT

For my friends in college admission offices:I have several questions that came up once more in a meeting today and that I've never found an "industry standard" for . . . When you admit a home school graduate, do you record the student's grade point average and include it in your respons ... (More)

May 1st Commitment Deadline

Andrew Myers — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:56:35 GMT

There are a few universities in our state who are not members of NACAC. These institutions have March 1st and April 1st commitment deadlines for students to retain their scholarship award. The "unspoken" rule with each of these universities is that students may file for an extension.I will ... (More)

List of colleges that waive SAT Subject Tests if ACT scores are submitted

Nancy Polin — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:24:34 GMT

Does anyone know where I can access a list of colleges that waive SAT Subject Tests if ACT with Writing scores are submitted? Thank you.

Good College Counseling is More Than a List

Patrick O'Connor — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:34:26 GMT

The end of the school year brings many wonderful rites of passage and traditions that make being a counselor so worthwhile. These customs create an opportunity for us to take a step back and reflect on the growth of our students. All of these activities have special meaning, from honors awards ass ... (More)

Ambassador Programs

Alexander Catalan — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:39:44 GMT

College/University Colleagues, I'm trying to gather some data and hoping you could take a moment to answer the questions below. 1) What is your policy on overnight visits for both daily visitors and visit programs? Do you have a rough guess (if not exact) of how many students you host overnigh ... (More)

High school seniors transitioning to college

Cicily Shaw — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:16:27 GMT

Good morning,I am leading a week-long workshop this summer for students going off tocollege and I would love to create a book list for students and parents. Ihave a few, but I thought I would send a request to see if any of you knowof some good resources for this type of workshop.ThanksCicily-- Cici ... (More)

Combined BS/MS Computer Engineering Programs

Matthew Burns — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:20:32 GMT

I have a kid, my 11th grade son actually, who is looking at combined BS/MS programs for Computer Engineering, so I put together a list and posted it to the College Lists Wiki. You can find it here: bit.ly/BSMSceng.Matt Burns, CounselorWoodrow Wilson High SchoolTacoma, WA253.571.6005Past-President, P ... (More)

Media Query: Gap Years

Kristen Garman — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:40:27 GMT

Periodically, the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) receives inquiries from the media on topics that are of interest to the admission profession or in some way related to the membership and aims of NACAC. As inquiries are received, we will forward them to subscribers ... (More)

Job Vacancy

Natalie Bitton — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:16:32 GMT

Dear Colleagues:Our high school has added a part-time position to our college counseling office. Attached is the job description. Pleasecirculate to all interested parties. Bestregards, Natalie NatalieBitton, MADirectorof College Counseling & Guidance / Directrice dubureau d'orientation et d'edu ... (More)

Run College Admissions Like a Business? Um...

Patrick O'Connor — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:04:26 GMT

Panicked parents of next year's high school seniors are anticipating a rough ride when it comes to applying to colleges in the fall, and when you ask them why, they point to what happened in college admissions this past year.Record high applications led to record

Meritocracy in Admissions

Jon Boeckenstedt — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:00:27 GMT

An interesting article in my inbox this morning. Will post here and onthe new Facebook site and see whether there is any interest in thistopic either way, now that May 1 has come and gone. Andrew Delbanco of Columbia University has written a new book," College:What Was, Is and Should Be," ... (More)

Intake Form

Diane Taylor — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:56:28 GMT

I am developing an intake form of sorts. I would love to see what other high school college counselor use in their offices. Since I am new this year I have had to develop forms and worksheets from scratch; however, I cannot quite figure out how to make this form.Essentially what I want to do is u ... (More)

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