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Making A High School List With Your Guidance Counselor
- December 11, 2020
- Tim Lupberger
One of the toughest parts of the high school admissions process is creating a list of schools you are planning to apply to. This step can be made easier though by working with your school’s guidance counselor, who can offer advice about schools that may be a good fit for you. While many students may think it is only necessary to talk to their counselor for tasks such as changing their schedule, guidance counselors can be even more helpful if you develop a relationship with them. Guidance counselors can be especially helpful in figuring out certain schools you may like. This is a two-fold process, however, so make sure you do your research and learn how to do so from talking to them. The following steps are ways you can build your high school list and develop a relationship with your counselor.
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My Admissions Story: Halina de Jong-Lambert
- December 01, 2020
- Halina de Jong-Lambert
Okay, I definitely stressed myself out as I went through the high school admissions process. Just like thousands of other eighth-graders in New York City public and private schools, I was channeling my arts passions into the already stressful high school choice process. In addition to keeping up my grades (including two Regents classes I took that year), I had to develop and rehearse my audition repertoire and then schedule a dozen auditions. But it paid off when I received offers from my first choice schools and programs.
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What we are grateful for during this pandemic Thanksgiving
- November 26, 2020
- Jacob Brucker
For this Thanksgiving, we at NYC Mentors.org decided to focus on what we are grateful for in our lives and school environments, looking on the bright side of the chaotic world we live in today. It is easy to forget our blessings in life and focus on the bad things, especially when our life has become increasingly difficult during this pandemic. However, the success that has come out of our school systems during these unprecedented times is something to be grateful for.
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Researching NYC High Schools during COVID
- November 17, 2020
- Paris William Polatidis
With a disastrous year disrupted by a pandemic, finding and picking the right high schools in the largest city in the United States can be a difficult and daunting task. However, with enough dedication, you can still find ideal schools that would be a good fit for you and your family. Here are some tips to help you pick the right schools that will ensure that you have an excellent education for your four years of high school.
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Advice on Time Management for Middle School
- November 13, 2020
- Halina de Jong-Lambert, Tim Lupberger
One of the most important life skills for a student to succeed both inside and outside of the classroom is time management. Though it is tempting to see it as a skill that can be developed later, a student should try to build up their time management skill as soon as possible to develop good habits for the years to come. In a time when learning is online and the separation between work and free-time blends together, now is especially a great time to build up the skill of time management. With these few easy steps, you can develop this skill and be ready for any new challenges and distractions that will encounter.
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My Admissions Story: Jacob Brucker
- November 06, 2020
- Jacob Brucker
When I was going into eighth grade, high school admissions immediately entered my mind. I was very nervous about where I would end up going to high school, especially because I had the decision to move to a new state for high school or stay in Colorado. Growing up in suburban Denver, Colorado, my mother received a pharmaceutical job offer to move to New York City, and I wanted to go with her.