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Prompt Magic: Email Response

Prompt Magic: Email Response

Maximize the quality of your college counseling communications by refining your input details. Discover the difference between a generic email invite and a tailored one for a G12 College Night event. The right details can enhance engagement and preparation for both students and parents. Dive in to understand the 'garbage in, garbage out' principle and its impact on effective communication.

Prompt Magic: Application Schedule Creator

Prompt Magic: Application Schedule Creator

ChatGPT can be a valuable tool for students to effectively organize their application timelines. With this handy mega prompt, students can input important dates and deadlines to produce a timeline that they can follow. By leveraging the capabilities of ChatGPT, students can stay organized and avoid missed opportunities, ensuring a smoother and more successful application journey.

Prompt Magic: Enhancing Your Prompts

Prompt Magic: Enhancing Your Prompts

Here’s a great tip for enhancing your ChatGPT prompts, preventing some of the “soulless” and generic responses users report encountering.

Designing Tomorrow: The AI Tools That are Turning High School Students into Future Architects & Interior Designers

Designing Tomorrow: The AI Tools That are Turning High School Students into Future Architects & Interior Designers

Discover how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the learning experience for high school students aspiring to be architects or interior designers. This blog post unveils the top AI tools that transform sketches into 3D models, and photos into design masterpieces, helping students build skills and a portfolio for a future in architecture and interior design.

Prompt Magic: Bypassing Article Paywalls

Prompt Magic: Bypassing Article Paywalls

I recently encountered this prompt for bypassing many (not all) paywalls when looking to read articles online. Of course, this is intended for educational use only!

What Every High School Senior Should Do This Summer for College Success

Drawing from 22 years of experience guiding students through their college application journey, I've learned that preparation is key to success. This preparation begins with embracing the college application process, crafting a compelling main essay, and conducting thorough research on prospective colleges. By the end of the summer, students should have a finalized list of colleges they're interested in, a well-crafted resume, and a clear vision of their fall semester. While the college application process is important, it's equally crucial for students to continue pursuing their passions. In this digital age, leveraging technology and AI tools can streamline the college application process, helping students manage their applications, track deadlines, and even get help with essay writing. The more students can accomplish over the summer, the more time they will have to focus on their academics and enjoy their senior year.

Crafting Your Future: A High School Student's Guide to Resume Writing

Crafting Your Future: A High School Student's Guide to Resume Writing

Unlock the power of a well-crafted resume with our comprehensive guide designed specifically for high school students. Learn how to showcase your skills, experiences, and aspirations effectively, even if you're just starting your journey. Discover how to leverage the Google X-Y-Z formula and AI tools like ChatGPT to create compelling narratives for your resume. Whether you're aiming for a part-time job, an internship, a college application, or a scholarship, our guide provides step-by-step instructions to help you create a resume that opens doors to opportunities. Start crafting your future today with our high school student's guide to resume writing.

3 Essential Resources for the Savvy Applicant

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With great thanks to our friends Jennie Kent and Jeff Levy at Big J Consulting, I wanted to share the annual work that they produce and then generously publicly share on a handful of critical points of consideration for students, international or domestic, applying to US colleges and universities, with or without financial aid:

Regardless of your category, I’m sure you can find some interesting data here. Take a look! And thanks, Jennie and Jeff!

Guiding International Students During Uncertain Times

Earlier this week, I had the privilege of serving as a panelist on a webinar put on the The College Board entitled “Guiding International Students During Uncertain Times” about the ways in which international students in the upcoming class of 2021 will engage with the university application process differently than previous years due to the COVID-19 situation. I hope you enjoy!


Scholarship Searches

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There is a lot of information out there about scholarships. While most students look for need-based financial aid or merit-based aid directly from individual institutions, there is an incredible host of money available from other parties. From our experience, FastWeb, an online collection of scholarships, is the best resource out there. It takes time and energy to apply for most scholarships, but every little bit tends to help! Take a look!