Category: Counseling
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For Parents: Making College Admissions Less Stressful for Your Child
Narrowing the decision of which schools to apply to and then filling out the nitty and gritty details of these applications can feel like a full-time job. There are regions of the world to figure out, several colleges competing against each other in each city, campus visits, appealing to admissions interviewers, writing application materials, and…
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What do you think is the better choice between the ACT and the SAT? These are the factors that will decide it!
The time for college applications is drawing nearer. You’ve decided on your top choices for schools and a few safety options. Maybe you’ve even started brainstorming your admission essay and have got a rough draft or two down. Things are looking good. But wait, there is one more thing! That’s right; it’s those pesky-standardized tests.…
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Wait? Is it true that under President Joe Biden’s watch, higher education is now FREE?
Last December, New York Knicks fans swept the TikTok world, hurling their bodies at the nearest phone camera to holler their new catchphrase: “Bing bong!” Many New Yorkers turned to “man on the street” style videos, initially popularized by Billy Eichner and Jimmy Kimmel, to interview their fellow Knicks fans, hoping to elicit the newfound…
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Should we be concerned about the proliferation of fake universities in the United States?
Say what you want about Bernie Madoff, but he made a lot of money by employing a Ponzi scheme in the mid-2000s. People will create a litany of schemes to get rich quickly, from Madoff’s strategy to selling pet rocks or even emailing grandparents under the guise of being an indebted Nigerian prince who needs…
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Independence and college, how to deal with it
“I already said good night to my mom, so I don’t want to explain why I’m still awake when she sees me go downstairs to get a sleeve of crackers. I’ll have to wait until she finishes this episode of Better Call Saul.” Being under the same roof as your parents comes with dilemmas and…
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Here’s everything we know—and you need to know—about the forthcoming SAT changes.
A blog post we wrote about the upcoming SAT changes was published in March (What new changes are coming to the SAT). The College Board has recently updated the information accessible to the public, providing a better idea of what we will find when the new SAT is implemented. Zinkerz always presents its readers with…
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Gender Equality in Education
As students, we have all had our favorite teachers and courses while moving through primary school, secondary school, and eventually into college. Perhaps you took little stock of any emerging trends while your mind was preoccupied with the range of stimuli that define these transitional stages of early life. But maybe you’ve noticed that men…
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Navigating College and Mental Health
Starting college is a tough time for many reasons. Between moving away from home, having to make new friends, and keeping up with classes, college students have a lot on their plate. One of the most significant challenges students face today is balancing the increasingly pressurized demands of higher education while being mindful of their…
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Does using print-only materials in classrooms still make sense?
It’s a belief heard more and more often in the world of education: “Printed material is dead!” Over the past few decades, digital material has made itself more and more at home in schools. With technology becoming more ingrained in everyday learning, it is easy to see how the downfall of printed materials can seem…
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How Teachers Can Build Productive Relationships With Families
Teachers are people too. They’re parents, brothers, and daughters who can be your friend. Seeing a teacher at a restaurant while you’re out to dinner or seeing them rolling gutter balls when they’re a couple of lanes over from you at the bowling alley can be shocking. “What are they doing here?” you think. “Shouldn’t…