college bound

Counseling The College Bound Student

Course Study Description

CCEUS04 - Counseling the College Bound Student [10 contact hours] - [$50.00 - NO OTHER COURSE FEES APPLY] Applying to college should be exciting, but often it becomes an anxiety-filled rituals for high school students and their parents. Students dread the inevitable questions about where they have been accepted, and parents face their own great expectations, nurtured since the child was born, about the perfect school. Decisions that lead up to a student's entering college are an important set of milestones for the young person and the parent alike. This course emphasizes the milestones along the pathway toward college and the college decision-making process itself. School counselors play an integral role in facilitating the transition from high school to college and the attendant anxieties of both the students and the parents. Strategies and procedures for the successful completion of the college entrance journey are outlined as well as a timeline for the student and counselor to follow. Resources for the college bound student are presented to raise the awareness of the school counselor of some of the new and technologically rich methods of accomplishing the college search, admission, and financial aid goals of the high school student of today.

Course Directions

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Course Outcomes

As a result of the work in this course the counselor / student will:

	understand how high school is a preparation for the college years.
	review the importance of standardized testing in the college admissions process.
	understand the procedures for conducting a college search.
	understand the role of athletics in the college search and admissions process.
	understand the fundamentals of completing a college application.
	learn important tips for good college essays.
	understand the fundamentals of the college interview.
	learn several avenues for financing a college education.
	understand the advantages and disadvantages of applying to college as a transfer student.
	understand the many differences between applying to a US university and an international university.
	what steps to take when the acceptance or rejection letter arrives.
	understand the elements of a college admissions decision.
	become aware of all of the elements of an effective college visit.
	understand the role of standardized testing in college admissions.
	understand the role of the school counselor and the college counselor in the admissions process.

Text [Required Reading To Be Prepared For The Exam]

The Guide to Getting In : Winning the College Admissions Game Without Losing Your Mind (Paperback)
by Inc. Harvard Student Agencies ISBN 0312300441 $11.16 (new) $.45 (used) from the Bookstore.

Study Guide Questions

What aspects of high school prepare a student to enter college?
Explain the role of standardized testing in the college admissions process.
Explain how to conduct a college search.
What role does athletic play in the college admissions process?
What are the major pieces information and procedures for completing an application to college?
What elements are included in a good college essay?
What preparations are appropriate in planning for a college interview?
What are the major steps and procedures to applying for college financial aid?
What advantages and disadvantages are there to applying to college as a transfer student?
What differences are there in applying to a domestic university as opposed to an international university?
What steps should be taken when the acceptance or rejection letter arrives?
What are the major elements of a college admissions decisions?
What is a college visit and what are its major components?
What are the important elements of a college visit?
What role does the school counselor play in the college admissions process?

Vocabulary

	ACT
	admissions officer
	advanced placement exams [AP]
	athletic recruitment
	binding
	burn-out
	certificate program
	CLEP
	clothes
	College Board
	college counselor
	college mail
	Common Application
	community college
	community service
	cyber applications
	culture shock
	deferment
	diversity
	Early Action
	Early Decision
	Early Decision II
	excellence
	FAFSA
	fat envelope
	financial aid
	extra curricular activities
	flu shots
	good room mate
	Greek life
	gut courses
	hell roommate
	homeroom
	I-20 Form
	International applicant
	Interview attire
	International Baccalaureate [IB]
	Ivy League
	leadership
	legacy
	letters of recommendation
	major
	meal plan
	Meningitis vaccine
	minority applicants
	National Merit Honors
	NCAA
	NCAA eligibility
	need-blind
	non-binding
	parental paranoia
	Pell Grants
	PLUS loan
	prefrosh
	prefrosh weekend
	private schools
	prospective college list
	public schools
	PSAT
	reach school
	recruited athlete
	regular admissions
	rejection
	reply card
	rolling admissions
	ROTC
	scholarship
	saftey school
	SAT I
	SAT II
	seven sisters
	special needs
	spinning yourself
	Stafford Loans
	study abroad
	supplementary material
	suppressed scores
	sympathy grades
	thank you notes
	TOEFL
	transfer student
	tuition
	virtual tours
	waitlist
	work-study
	US News & World Report rankings

Supplementary Readings [Required Reading To Be Prepared For The Exam]

There are no supplemental readings for this course.

Examination

The examination for this course is attached to this page. PRINT OUT THE EXAM. All examinations consist of both True-False and/or Multiple-Choice items with five answers. You must score 80% on the exam to gain the contact hours. When you have printed the exam, read each question carefully, choose the BEST answer and circle the letter of the answer you choose. Return the exam by mail to Dr. Budd A. Moore, Exam Scoring At CounselingCEUsOnline along with the signed Honor Pledge and a check or money order for $36.00 payable to Dr. Budd A. Moore. The exam and the honor pledge can also be faxed to our office at 1(717)597-2302; however, it will not be scored until the scoring fee is paid in full. When the fee and all of the materials are received, the exam will be scored within 48 hours. Results will be e-mailed to you as soon as they are available. A letter of congratulations, a certificate from CounselingCEUsOnline, and an official transcript will be mailed to you. Examinations will not be returned to the student. Records of your scores will be maintained by CounselingCEUsOnline and will be available for you for a $5.00 transcript fee.

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