For students with the graduation year of:
2008-2012: Use daily, weekly, and semester calendars to keep track of appointments and assignments and to plan how you want to use your time. Effective time managers don't rely on their memories to hold important dates and times. They write them down! This clears their brain for more important tasks like thinking. Combine due dates for several major projects on a long-term calendar to help set and accomplish goals, plan and use time wisely, and avoid procrastination or last minute panics.
2013: Now is the time to be working on filling out your college applications. To ensure you understand the application process, join us on Wednesday, August 29th at 8:00pm EST for our Expert Session “The Application Coach Bootcamp: Mastering the College Application”. The call in number for this session is 1-712-338-8065 access code 6079#.
2014: It is never too early to understand how the college application process works. Join us on Wednesday, August 29th at 8:00pm EST for our Expert Session “The Application Coach Bootcamp: Mastering the College Application”. The call in number for this session is 1-712-338-8065 access code 6079#.
2015 & Above: Take responsibility for yourself. Recognize that in order to succeed you need to make decisions about your priorities, your time, and your resources. Center yourself around your values and principles. Don’t let friends and acquaintances dictate what you consider important.
Sincerely,
Your Friends at Ensphere College Planning Services
Monday, August 27, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
Tip of the Week - August 20, 2012
For students with the graduation year of:
2008-2012: Make sure you are making note of the upcoming dates for your school’s Parent Weekend. There are usually multiple activities that occur during this informational, fun-filled weekend. Your parent can possibly take a class offered by the college, sit in on a session from the administration or take a tour of the college area. Not to mention the time you can spend with your parent!
2013: Be aware that you can make alternate versions of the common application. If you have slightly different information to share with different colleges, you can create “alternate versions” of your common app. Doing this will create a copy of your original application that you can edit to make changes. You can make up to 10 alternate versions, and colleges will not know that they are not receiving your original application.
2014: Use effective time-management strategies to ensure a successful junior year.Make a "To Do" List Every Day. Put things that are most important at the top and do them first. If it's easier, use a planner to track all of your tasks. Use Spare Minutes Wisely. Get some reading done on the bus ride home from school, for example, and you'll kill two birds with one stone. It's Okay to Say "No." If your boss asks you to work on a Thursday night and you have a final exam the next morning, realize that it's okay to say no. Keep your short and long-term priorities in mind.
2015 & Above: Use memorization techniques when studying for tests. Create an acronym for a list. Associating a list or a concept with a certain word that can be used as an acronym to remember the terms which must be recalled is an effective way to commit something to memory. “Chunking” is used most often to remember long term groups of numbers. This way, the memorizer can remember from five to eight numbers at one time, which can be completed in three to four sets of a longer number which must be recalled through the memory.
Sincerely,
Your Friends at Ensphere College Planning Services
2008-2012: Make sure you are making note of the upcoming dates for your school’s Parent Weekend. There are usually multiple activities that occur during this informational, fun-filled weekend. Your parent can possibly take a class offered by the college, sit in on a session from the administration or take a tour of the college area. Not to mention the time you can spend with your parent!
2013: Be aware that you can make alternate versions of the common application. If you have slightly different information to share with different colleges, you can create “alternate versions” of your common app. Doing this will create a copy of your original application that you can edit to make changes. You can make up to 10 alternate versions, and colleges will not know that they are not receiving your original application.
2014: Use effective time-management strategies to ensure a successful junior year.Make a "To Do" List Every Day. Put things that are most important at the top and do them first. If it's easier, use a planner to track all of your tasks. Use Spare Minutes Wisely. Get some reading done on the bus ride home from school, for example, and you'll kill two birds with one stone. It's Okay to Say "No." If your boss asks you to work on a Thursday night and you have a final exam the next morning, realize that it's okay to say no. Keep your short and long-term priorities in mind.
2015 & Above: Use memorization techniques when studying for tests. Create an acronym for a list. Associating a list or a concept with a certain word that can be used as an acronym to remember the terms which must be recalled is an effective way to commit something to memory. “Chunking” is used most often to remember long term groups of numbers. This way, the memorizer can remember from five to eight numbers at one time, which can be completed in three to four sets of a longer number which must be recalled through the memory.
Sincerely,
Your Friends at Ensphere College Planning Services
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