College recommendations

Fall 2025: important reminder for those with a first due date BEFORE November 1st. You must send me an email with the first due date as the subject line.

Look at College Recommendation - FAQs posted below.

Take the time to re-read "How to ask for a college recommendation"

As your guidance counselors have told you, teachers do not have access to your brag sheets on Naviance. You need to share the document with Ms. Donat.

Remember to put serious effort into your brag sheet. There is a link in the FAQ document below.

College recommendation FAQ.2023

How to ask for a college recommendation.2023 edit.

Is College Worth The Cost? Pros Vs. ConsIf you’re in high school, guidance counselors, teachers and other well-meaning adults have likely told you—repeatedly—that you need to attend college to earn a good living. But is a college degree worth it? The cost of attending college has increased substantially since your parents were in schoo

Almost All the Colleges I Wanted to Go to Rejected Me. Now What?The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on what to do when you haven’t been admitted to the colleges of your choice.

Some Colleges Don’t Produce Big Earners. Are They Worth It?Many attendees aren’t better off financially than those who have only a high school degree, at least not right away. How should applicants consider these institutions?

Jeff Selingo on his new book 'Dream School: Finding the College That's Right for You'NPR's Michel Martin speaks with journalist and author Jeff Selingo about his new book "Dream School: Finding the College That's Right for You."

Some additional links:

The system is a mess This is peak college admissions insanity.2024

Informative blog from the New York Times: http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/?8qa

May checklist! http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/07/counselors-calendar-may-juniors/

College tours: http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/13/what-not-to-ask-on-a-campus-tour/

http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/11/college-visit/

Once you are accepted: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/opinion/college-advice-professor.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/well/how-to-help-a-teenager-be-college-ready.html

Take some risks: What Is Lost When Freshmen Choose Their Roommates

Does it matter where you go to college? The Atlantic.2018

Focus on more than just a name College choice regrets 2023

Podcast on how colleges make money Freakonomics Radio.What college is for.Part 1

Some other books to read

The End of College by Kevin Carey 2016

The Merit Myth by Anthony P. Carnevale 2020 – colleges often perpetuate inequality rather than providing equal opportunity

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