Choices College Counseling

YOUniversityTV: College Video Tours

arifkin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:51:42 +0000

YOUniversity is an excellent way to visit colleges without traveling across the country to take a tour. Have a look at their site, where you can register and view hundreds of college video tours of campuses!

Watch college video tours of every major college in the US. Social network connects you with students, admissions, faculty, and alumni.

Specialized College & Career Counseling Service

Choices College Counseling — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:34:03 +0000

Andrea Rifkin, M.B.A., M.A., has worked as a college-bound counselor at a large public high school helping students unravel the complex college search and application process. She was appointed as a member of the prestigious UCLA “Freshman Selection Committee” in 2000 and has been applications reader for UCLA admissions since that time. She has valuable insights on applying for admissions and experience working on an admissions committee.

She is a certificated college-bound counselor, a specialized designation currently only offered by UCLA. Her experience covers financial aid, scholarship and merit money search, extensive work with personal assessments and important tools used in both college and career counseling. Additionally, she holds an M.A. degree in “Career Counseling and Personal Development”, and an MBA degree.

As a career counselor, Ms. Rifkin has worked with mid-life career-changers and career seekers alike. She is a member of Higher Education Counselors Association, Western Association of College Admissions Counselors, and the National Career Development Association.

After many years in the business world, she recognized a great need for counseling young people to not only prepare for college, but to think beyond and find a suitable career. She believes there is a right college and career match for every student; her specialty is helping young people find that match.

College-Bound and Career Counseling

Choices College Counseling — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:31:58 +0000

Choices for College:

· Focused and personalized college search methods
· Personal assessment and interpretation
· Online resources
· Essay coaching
· Financial aid and scholarship information and search
· Application assistance
· Resume writing (for college admissions)
· Interview skills
· Campus tour

Choices for Career:

· Assessments for preferences and personality type
· Interpretation for assessments
· Coaching on how to conduct a search
· Information interviewing
· Resume writing
· Job skills coaching
· Interviewing techniques
· Online resources

Frequently Asked Questions

Choices College Counseling — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:29:37 +0000

What exactly does the process involve? There are four important steps in the college search process:

Step 1 – “What do I want?”

Doing self-assessments that include values, desires, interests, activities, geographic location, personality (yours and the college’s) are some of the important things to consider.

Step 2 – “What’s out here?”

Exploration and search is a critical part of the process. This involves creating a list of possible schools and seeking colleges that are the best fit. The student must become involved in the research to gain the knowledge needed for an informed choice.

Step 3 – “What’s right for me?”

Now that the research and self-assessment are complete, it’s time to sort out location, school size, academic program, college majors, athletic opportunities, sororities and fraternities, rigor, affordability and all the specific aspects of your personal college choice.

Step 4 – “Where shall I apply?”

Narrowing the list of colleges to 8-9 schools can be challenging for the student. Grades, test scores, extra-curricular activities, essays, letters of recommendation, etc. all come together at this point in finalizing the colleges that might be best suited for the student. If the process has been well researched, it is easier to know what schools are the right ones for you.

From this point, the steps fall easily into place.