College Admissions Advising A

Course Objectives

• Describe the knowledge and skills required to provide college counseling in the high school setting.
• Identify specified legal and ethical issues in college counseling.
• Define important terms used in college counseling.
• Demonstrate how to research a college using public sources, campus visits, and admission officer meetings.
• Identify the primary factors utilized in admissions decisions for a variety of college types, locations, and selectivity and be able to give a national and local example of each.
• Describe the roles of various people in the college admissions process.
• Explain the types of standardized tests used in admissions decisions, provide key differences between them, and describe how you will advise students in terms of testing strategies.
• Explain the importance of student essays in admissions decisions and the roles counselors and independent counselors can play in essay development.
• Describe the admissions requirements and process for the state systems in your own state, and selected other colleges and universities that are popular destinations for your students.

What You Learn

• Teenage brain development and impact on decision making.
• College reports and campus visit report
• Working with parents, teachers, school counselors, independent educational consultants and others
• Student and advisor tasks in the college admissions process
• Factors utilized in admissions decisions
• College fit considerations
• Application platforms and types
• Advising students regarding admissions testing
• College admissions essays
• Management and document delivery software, including Naviance
• Counselor and teacher recommendation letters
• Professional associations

How You Learn

• Lectures
• Readings
• College reports
• Campus visit
• Internet research
• Quizzes
• Assignments
• Mock admissions panel
• Video and audio interviews with industry experts
• Book club
• Interview with a teen