Tip #2 Timing

Take the time, mid-semester, each semester, to check in with your counselor, financial aid advisor, and teacher/professor/instructor on how you’re doing and to plan the following semester. You’ll find they are interested, willing, and happy to offer professional and educational advice.

TIP#1 Navigating A Crowded College – Combining Schools

You don’t need to complete your graduation units on your own campus. Many other colleges offer online, summer, and wintersession classes that will support your degree requirements.

Shaking Hands

A handshake is a way of saying, “It’s great to meet you,” or, “It’s great to see you.”

General Education – Your Approach

General education is a required set of courses for all students. There are several creative approaches to completing your general education requirement series. Here are a few things to consider:

Each person earning an Associates or a Bachelors degree in the U.S. completes the general education requirements once in their lifetime. This means that qualifying [...]

Concurrent Enrollment

It’s a matter of time. Concurrent enrollment is when high school students take a class in a community college that gives double credit; credit toward high school requirements and credit in the community college. Often, concurrent enrollment in a community college is free of cost. The idea is that high school students get their first [...]

GED Alternative

There are many different reasons why students don’t complete high school. All agree a high school diploma opens up job opportunities and will enhance lifetime learning potential, and yet the high school dropout rate continues to grow.
Rather than look at national or state statistics, let’s narrow our focus to one student at a time and [...]

The Summer School Lifeline

Summer school in college is a great way to get ahead, meet new people, and still have time for summer fun.

Your Resume – When You Don’t Have Much Job Experience

Let’s focus on creating a resume showcasing your strengths, when you have a lot to offer an employer, but not a lot of work history.

Transfer Agreeement Guarantee (TAG)

Many Universities accept fewer Freshman every year. The competition is so strong it feels like failing any test or coming in with anything less than a perfect GPA equate to a rejection letter. Keeping in mind the importance of where you graduate over where you start, transfer agreements may be your ticket to a good/great college.

College Options/Ideas With Lower High School Grades (video)

Video on ideas for college, when your high school grades are lower than ideal.

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