The Darien Depot Youth Center is hosting a workshop for parents of students in Grades 9 and 10 with advice on getting them ready for school and college admissions. The free seminar, presented by Successful Study Skills 4 Students and Collegewise, starts at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 2 at the Depot, 25 Heights Road. — This is an announcement from the Darien Depot Youth Center, Successful Study Skills 4 Students and Collegewise. Parents will learn the answers to these and other questions:
What should students do now, in and out of school, to help them be more successful when they eventually apply to college
Understand the timeline for college testing and applications
What 3 essential study habits should your student learn now to be successful in school and in college
While there is no charge for the program, registration is requested.
Have you ever wondered what it really takes to get into a school like Harvard? While this seminar alone will not get students into Harvard (if it could, we’d need a LOT more seats), we will tell you how schools like the Ivy Leagues, Stanford, Northwestern and the rest of the nation’s most selective colleges make decisions from pools full of the most qualified applicants. We’ll explain what those admitted students do to set themselves apart from the rest of the applicant pool, and we’ll reveal some strategies to improve a student’s chances of admission. We don’t think the most selective schools are necessarily the best for everyone, but they are the right choices for some students and we think this seminar can help our students make even better college planning decisions. This seminar is FREE, but reservations are required to attend.
Many great kids write average (even bad) college essays – essays about “Life Lessons Learned from Football” or “How My Trip to Europe Broadened My Cultural Horizons.”
Better tales are there for the essay. This workshop will show you what admissions officers really look for in great college essays, and offer suggestions for finding and sharing your best stories. This seminar is FREE, but reservations are required to attend. Presented by Collegewise — the largest independent college counseling company in the U.S.
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See also an announcement about this seminar on July 17:
Highly Selective College Admissions: How to Stand Out in the Crowd
Which test should my son or daughter take? Test prep expert Lynn Carnegie will help parents and students answer this question. She will be giving a free seminar on at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, June 8 at the Darien Depot to help freshmen, sophomores, and juniors — and their parents — create a testing plan that will work for them. “Every student’s circumstances are different, so there is no single answer to the SAT or ACT question,” says Carnegie, founder of local test prep company Carnegie Pollak. “Creating an individualized plan maximizes the student’s time and reduces stress.”
Darien Depot, 25 Heights Road
Thursday, June 8
7:30pm – 9:00pm
Which test should my son or daughter take? Test prep expert Lynn Carnegie will help parents and students answer this question. She will be giving a free seminar at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 1st at the Darien Depot to help freshmen, sophomores, and juniors — and their parents — create a testing plan that will work for them. “Every student’s circumstances are different, so there is no single answer to the SAT or ACT question,” says Carnegie, founder of local test prep company Carnegie Pollak. “Creating an individualized plan maximizes the student’s time and reduces stress.”
In addition to discussing the SAT and ACT, Carnegie will also help students create a plan of attack for finals, AP Exams, and Subject Tests.
