Mr. K's College Knowledge

I wanted to share an article from the New York Times on college admissions and social media. By no means does every college search all of their applicants online, but studies are showing that more and more admissions counselors are spending sometime searching applicants on social media outlets. As the article states, of close to 400 admissions counselors surveyed, 31% visited an applicant’s Facebook page or some sort of social media page. This percentage increased by 5% from the previous year. Please click on the link for the entire article: NYT Article My advice would be to take as much precaution as possible when posting things online. If posting inappropriate remarks or pictures doesn’t negatively affect you during the college process, it may during the job search process (only 4 years away for many seniors!) Make sure you review everything that goes online, take a moment to think before posting something in the heat of the moment, and make sure you have all of the up-to-date p

As you are all aware, this is both a stressful and exciting time in your lives as seniors and parents of seniors. Many of you have applied to colleges, and others are working on submitting their applications in the next couple of months. Now there is quite a bit of time between waiting for an admission decision, discovering the financial aid package, and selecting the college you will attend. In many cases, a big part of selecting a college will depend on the ability to actually pay for that school. Although most private colleges and universities will average anywhere from $40,000-$60,000 per year in total cost of attendance, the financial aid they offer will vary greatly from next to nothing, to a whole lot of dough. In order for families to be considered for any type of financial aid, families must complete the FAFSA (more information on this below) after January 1 st . Many schools also require families to complete the CSS Profile, which can be completed now. Both of these syst