JLV College CounselingMerry Christmas from JLV College Counseling
During this holiday season, I will be taking a few days off from blogging to travel and visit family and friends. I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! I hope you enjoy your time off away from school and work.
I have a few scheduled blogs coming out during my time off, including Scholarship Saturday. However, I will be away from email and social media until mid-next week. As always, send me a message if you have any questions and I’ll get back to you when I return later next week. And, again, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
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How the FAFSA Can Inspire Discussions About Affordability
If you are a parent of a high school student, it is likely you will oversee completion of the FAFSA and loan paperwork. That can be an eye-opening experience about college affordability. Having a conversation with your teen about how to pay for college is an important part of planning for higher education. Mike Brown, Knowledge Director at Nitro, offers some great advice about when – and how – to talk to your child about paying for college. Read More
9 Winter Break Tasks for College Bound Students
Winter break is a wonderful time of year. Many of us get the opportunity to spend time with family and friends around the holidays. It is also a great time to catch up on the things you may have been too busy to complete while in school. For the college bound students, there are many things you can consider doing during your winter break. Here are nine tasks to consider doing during winter break: Read More
Scholarship Saturday – December 17, 2017
The deadlines for the scholarships that were on this list have passed. To see scholarships that are still accepting applications, visit more recent Scholarship Saturday posts.
How to Build Self-Discipline in Order to Become More Productive in Learning
Self-discipline is an ability that’s always going to be needed during your life. When you have to wake up to go to school or work, you’re using your self-discipline to avoid being late. Whenever you have something planned and don’t feel like doing it, it takes some discipline not to procrastinate on the task.
People are becoming successful after massive amounts of efforts to sustain their discipline. Distractions are all over the place, and they bother us; they make us unproductive, and they need to be eliminated as quickly as possible. Read More
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