Campus Safety on #CollegeCash

As Parent watch students move to their next milestone in life we want to help coach them about safety. Collegecash invited Charley and Tracey Vega from Simple Self Defense for Women to share tips on safety for our kids. [View the story "Campus Safety on #CollegeCash " on Storify] Share → Tweet

Connecting With Faculty Before The School Year Ends on #CollegeCash

Our hot topic for #CollegeCash this week was lead by Ellen Breman who taught us about “Connecting with Faculty Before the School Ends”. Many of our participants were emailing their students with the tweets that Breman was sharing in our chat. Breman and I have had many conversations about how important faculty can be in a student’s life on many different levels. Here is our Storify with some great nuggets.   [View the story "Connecting With Faculty Before The School Year Ends on #CollegeCash " on Storify] Share → Tweet

#CollegeCash Summary with College Abacus

Our guest for CollegeCash was  College Abacus, we had a great twitter conversation about college cost in the United States. Abacus is  free  service parents, students and counselors , that helps  compare  projected college financial aid packages across schools and to identify schools within families  budgets.   [View the story "CollegeCash Summary with College Abacus" on Storify] Share → Tweet

Get your LinkedIn Profile in Tip Top Shape on #CollegeCash

Our guest on #CollegeCash, Viveka vonRosen founder of LinkedIntoBusiness joined us to help parents and students update, setup and teach important LinkedIn skills. Viveka was named one of The Top 20 Women Social Media Influencers  in Forbes and is the creator and moderator of #LinkedInChat on Tuesday nights at 5:00 pm pst. Here is the great information Viveka shared.   [View the story "Get your LinkedIn Profile in Tip Top Shape on #CollegeCash " on Storify] Share → Tweet

#Collegecash Summary The Next Step Choosing your College

Most of the week, I have been on the phone with parents about college decisions and financial aid. Students across the board have been admitted to many amazing colleges. But families still have a hard time communicating to students how well they have done to get into the colleges on their list. The parents, students that I have been chatting most of the year about their student’s college lists. The college admissions process is tough and now it is time to chose your college – here is some info to... Read The Rest →

Admission Our Hot Topic on #CollegeCash

Tonight our #CollegeCash friends and families got together to share the stress and advice of the college admissions process. We had special guest Dr. Nancy Berk to help calm the nerves of many of our friends. [View the story "Admission Hot Topic on #CollegeCash" on Storify] Share → Tweet

#CollegeCash Chats About Demonstrated Interest in a College

#CollegeCash chat had guest Sia Knight talking about demonstrated interest in college admissions. Sia gave great insight into how demonstrated interest can effect your college admission. It’s true. When students are applying to more colleges than ever before, schools are looking to identify and admit students who will likely enroll if accepted. Colleges really like students who demonstrate an interest beyond simply applying. #CollegeCash is every Thursday night at 7pm PST. Join us to l earn about all topics related to the college process & much, much more! [View the... Read The Rest →

The Trend of Students Applying to College is Higher Than Ever!

My new passion is about enrollment in college, otherwise known as Enrollment Management (or #EMchat).  There are staff members in colleges who crunch numbers and devise strategies and plans to help shape college admissions and meet established goals.  The numbers of universities and colleges instituting offices of Enrollment Management has increased in recent years. Enrollment Management offices provide help and coordination to offices such as admissions, financial aid, registration and other student services.  (Often these offices are part of an Enrollment Management division.) Enrollment Management is an organizational concept and... Read The Rest →

#collegecash Summary: Deciding on a College

Last night, we welcomed @collegeprowler as our guest on #collegecash. College Prowler helps students choose their school and make the most of their college experience When searching for a college, each student has something he/she is looking for.  Once those factors have been identified, they can seek out colleges with those stats.  On average, most people are looking at tuition, acceptance, and location stats.  The question should not be: “What stats am I looking for?”, but “What stats are important to me?” As far as student reviews go, they hold different... Read The Rest →

Twitter Tips for College Visits and the College-bound

This week we welcomed Kelly Queijo (@collegevisit), founder of http://SmartCollegeVisit.com, to share her Twitter Tips for College Visits and the College-bound.  Following is a summary of the chat. Twitter is a great tool for teens to use for college searches, admissions information, networking, opinions, weather and alerts.  But they should choose a Twitter ID and avatar that is not offensive as colleges may want to engage in conversation with them.  For a quick wrap-up, check out:  6 Reasons College-Bound Teens Should Use Twitter at http://ow.ly/gUGD6. To locate colleges on Twitter,... Read The Rest →

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