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Welcome back, seniors! This is your last year of high school, and you obviously want to spend it with friends and family, but you also need to put the proverbial pedal to the metal on your college planning and application process. Here are four very important things you should do this fall so that you can go to college next fall! 1. Take the SAT/ACT If you haven’t taken them… Read More

In my last post, I briefly mentioned internships as a way to spend your extracurricular time wisely and expand your resume for jobs when you graduate college. As a high school student, however, I had no idea what an internship was, how to get one or who should get one, but when I got to college, everyone was talking about them. In this post, I’ll briefly describe the internship, its… Read More

It’s mid-August, and many of you may be ready to embark upon your first semester of college life. Several KH2GO blog posts have talked about the importance of getting involved in campus activities such as athletics, clubs, and community service activities, but many students wonder how they’ll integrate themselves into campus life as they settle in. Fortunately for you, colleges make it pretty easy! In this blog, I’ll outline some of the ways in which you can get involved in campus life, and why it’s so important to do so.

If you’re a high school graduate heading off to college, you have about a month until you begin to make some serious life changes. In a few short weeks, you may find yourself living with a person you don’t know, sitting in a classroom full of complete strangers, and maybe even adjusting to a new town or state. One of the first realities that hits you when you step on campus – if you haven’t figured it out already! – is that college can be expensive. Here are some tips to help you live on the cheap while in college.

So… You’ve been accepted to a school, submitted your financial aid paperwork, received your aid package, sent your enrollment paperwork, and scheduled your classes. There are plenty of social matters to consider for the fall, but one major issue involving your academic life remains: your professor. In this blog, I want to give you some tips on approaching your college professors, and how to let them help you succeed and excel in your studies to make college the best experience possible.

Thanks to the growing popularity of crime scene investigation and court television shows, criminal justice is one of the most popular careers for the current generation of students. Every year, the majority of students tell me that they want to go into law enforcement, crime scene investigation, and forensics, and many colleges are adding these fields of study to their lists of majors. I find that many students, however, are unfamiliar with how to get into their vocation of choice, and even more are unaware about the vast array of careers available in the criminal justice field. In this post, I’ll try to help you answer the question: What’s the deal with Criminal Justice?

Engineering is one of the top career fields that high school students often want to pursue, both due to the abundance of career opportunities it provides, and (let’s be honest) because it’s often associated with a nice paycheck. Becoming an engineer is no walk in the park, though, and you have to start preparing yourself now if you want to get accepted into – and succeed within – a college engineering program. As part of our “So You Want to be a…” series, I want to discuss some key things that prospective engineering students must know about the field, as well as what you can do to achieve your dream of becoming an engineer.

In my previous blog “Preparing for College – Starting Now,” I briefly discussed the importance of taking the right courses for your future and for your major. For many of you who are likely planning your courses for next year at this very moment, this topic should be fresh in your mind. In this piece, I would like to expand upon the topic of high school course load, and share some tips that will help you schedule the courses that will put you on track for college.

As more and more undocumented students graduate from high school, many are proving themselves to be high-achieving students with great academic potential to go on to college. Unfortunately, many of these students are first-generation college students with little familial knowledge about college preparation and application processes, and most will find it difficult to pay for a college education. Here are some things that you should know about college if you are an undocumented student.

In the not so distant past, many students with learning or physical disabilities were not expected to continue their education beyond high school. Thanks to an increase in student academic support services, however, college is becoming a greater and greater possibility for these students. If you (or your child, for our parent readers!) receive learning support or other accommodations in high school, follow these tips to ensure that you have the tools you need to succeed in college.