Will Your Student Find True College Happiness?
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- Author Mark Maiewski
- Published January 24, 2011
- Word count 564
Planning a party requires lots of work. You decide on the place, the food,
the decorations, and the entertainment. But what if the decorations include
candles and the place doesn't allow an open flame? What if you serve tacos
and hamburgers but the entertainment is a formal big band?
Sometimes all the parts of a party don't come together quite like you hoped,
partly because the whole plan wasn't made first and partly because all the
people involved didn't get the same information.
Planning for college is much like planning a party...no college is not a
party, it is a place to get an education. But you can have fun at college
too; just don't major in social skills, dating, and parties. The similarity
occurs in laying out the full "Welcome to College Happiness Plan" early
enough that all parties involved work together to achieve the same goal.
The first step for creating your plan is to decide where your student wants
to be in ten years. Most students won't have a concrete idea what they want
as a career. But your student can tell you if they like math, history,
English, or science. That helps you limit the career areas. Don't be the
student that insisted forensic science was his goal but hated math and was
failing the introductory biology class.
Look for your student's strengths; this will help you find a career area that
will allow your student to shine. Ten years from now your student should be
living on their own, be supporting themselves, and be happy with their job
opportunities.
The next step is to be sure your classes match your goals. A bio-chemistry
major should be taking the hardest biology and chemistry classes available in
high school. A prospective actor needs lots of experience both in and out of
high school. A journalism major should enjoy reading, researching, and
writing and be using these skills in a newspaper, yearbook, or blogging
position. Don't be the actor that discovers stage fright in college.
Now be sure your class list will allow you to graduate on time. Lots of music
and art classes are great but if you are missing that required Government
class, even a 4.4 GPA won't allow you to graduate on time. You can find the
list of required classes in the guidance department, in school publications,
and at state educational websites. Be sure you know the required grades in
each class as well.
If attending a four year college or university is your goal, be sure you
challenge yourself academically. This gets a little tricky... When asked
"What is more important, grades or hard classes?" most admissions
officers answer: Both. Take the hardest classes you can while maintaining at
least a B plus average. Every "Passed with a B plus or better" Advanced
Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), or Dual Enrollment (DE)
class adds luster to your college application.
When planning your high school classes, first look at what your chosen
colleges accept and use for college credit. Then decide if the curriculum
suits your student's abilities. Not all students are ready for college level
work in high school. This doesn't mean your student isn't smart, it just
means your student matures at their own, unique pace. Using that unique pace
to help your student be successful will bring that "Welcome to College
Happiness Plan" into reality.
Mark Maiewski has spent the last 10 years showing students how to
successfully get admitted to college and keeping parents out of deep debt by
developing a workable plan to get it paid. For three amazing free gifts on
how to get started successfully in the college planning process, go to Mark's
website at http://www.stopoverpayingforcollege.com.
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