On Jan 23, Isaiah Ellis from U.S. Department of Education will provide an overview of the changes to the 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid form. This webinar is free and open to the public. Register: ow.ly/3nii50QoXJT (non-NACAC members must create a login to register.) Federal Student Aid

Congrats to Alyssa and Yadhira, this month’s #BigFuture $40,000 scholarship winners! 🌟 Sophomores, juniors, & seniors: Complete the tasks on your BigFuture dashboard by Jan. 31 to qualify for our next drawings! 💵 spr.ly/6012Tu4Ui

Juniors, did you see that Johns Hopkins University is offering a campus visit day especially for you? Register for the Feb. 19th (President's Day) event here: apply.jhu.edu/tours-and-even…

The list of institutions extending or suspending deadlines in response to the #FAFSA data delay is growing. #NACAC members Jon Boeckenstedt and Emily Schuck share how their universities are adapting. ow.ly/2vmZ50Qy1ix

#RealTalkTuesday is back in session! This spring, discover how to afford college, land your dream career, and explore HBCUs with the help of Black professionals nationwide. Join us and create your legacy! 👊🏿 spr.ly/6010VHUVM

Join us Feb. 19 or March 1 for a Winter Preview Day! You'll experience a tour, connect with members of our community and get all your questions answered. Learn more and register at dickinson.edu/visit.

Hey, #Argonauts! Carnegie Mellon University's pre-college programs are accepting applications... check out their cool 2024 options here: cmu.edu/pre-college/

Due to difficulties this year with the new simplified FAFSA, all nine undergraduate UC campuses are extending the traditional May 1 admissions acceptance deadline to May 15.

Yale, Dartmouth, and MIT are going back to requiring ACT or SAT scores from applicants. They say it's because the scores help them find promising, disadvantaged students. But do they? We look higher ed's experiences with test-optional politics: chroni.cl/48kWTc8

The National Association for College Admission Counseling has pulled together a list of college matriculation deadlines for this year's seniors; check it out at the link below, #Argonauts! nacacnet.org/enrollment-dea…

The U.S. Department of State has recognized The College of New Jersey as one of only three “Top Fulbright-Producing Institutions” in New Jersey — alongside Princeton and Rutgers–New Brunswick — for the 2023–24 academic year. news.tcnj.edu/2024/02/13/ful…

"when taking notes by hand..students have to actively pay attention to the incoming information & process it–prioritize it, consolidate it...This conscious action of building onto existing knowledge can make it easier to stay engaged & grasp new concepts" scientificamerican.com/article/why-wr…

#Argonauts, if you are thinking of pursuing a career as a doctor, you may want to check out the Manhattan Medical Immersion Camp; we've just information about it in the "Selective Summer STEM Opportunities" Topic tile on our Pre-College Counseling Resource Board.

Based on research and a wide-ranging review of national policies, U-M Admissions is formally adopting a test-optional policy for the forseeable future. Their goal is "to ensure access and fairness to a diverse range of U-M applicants.”

Find your purpose at the intersection of what the world needs, what you're good at, and what you love doing. Sketchnote via Sylvia Duckworth

"Duke is no longer giving essays and standardized testing scores numerical ratings in the undergraduate admissions process." dukechronicle.com/article/2024/0…

Starting with next year’s application cycle (effective for the Class of 2029), Brown will reinstate the requirement that applicants for first-year admission submit standardized tests scores. brown.edu/news/2024-03-0… #AnotherOneBitesTheDust

Every day, it seems, there's another announcement on the topic of #testoptional. Today, it's Penn extending its test-optional policy for another admissions cycle: admissions.upenn.edu/blog/testing-2…

Congratulations to our seniors on the offers of admission they have received... now to go back and revisit some of those colleges! Schools look different when you've got an offer in your pocket! ☺️

Cool! Stanford University will once again be offering its free, online Code In Place class, beginning April 22nd. The popular introduction-to-coding course was first introduced in 2020; registration this year will remain open through April 12. Check it out here: codeinplace.stanford.edu