The Window is Closing on College Applications for September

The Window is Closing on College Applications for September. Those really up on it started the application process in October of the senior year. For those who did not, it is time now. For those who did, it is time now to apply for scholarships. Most scholarships will want to see the parents' tax return, and so today is the day to start (assuming your tax return was filed on time.) Is college important? Certain credentials are important in the world of work. Others are not. Choose carefully. For those many students who just do not know their calling, I do have a Destiny Discovery seminar, intended for juniors in Christian high schools, but that could be administered to an individual. See www.info@orgstrat.net It is a whole lot cheap to pay for help in hearing reasonable vocational plan than sending a student to college only to have changes in majors, and thus wasted time and money. Good advising also helps. The journey thru the credentials can be made faster and more secure; and college "advisors" sometime don't advise at all, and even in colleges where they might, they are not primarily focused on the same things that the student or parents would focus on: quick, frugal, and remunerative passage thru school Isn't college just silly? More of less and less? Just ideological indoctrination. No, not unless you want it to be. Every course have information about it, as does every professor. Choose the school for its philosophy and choose the course of study -- and choose individual classes and sections that will help the most. In Texas every course must have a summarized syllabus within one click of the college homepage. Every accredited school will have a course catalog. What you get depends upon what you choose. There are colleges that specialize in every flavor of Christianity (altho nearly every one is more liberal than the grandparent generation of the same denomination.) There are colleges that specialize in conservative political views. There are colleges that are free (usually to residents of the state and/or for some work.) Every college has some scholarships and work/study arrangement. There are libraries of scholarships at every school. Do your own research -- or pay someone who already has. Homeschoolers are probably thinking about curricular choices now, even if they don't buy until the summer. People should definitely be checking out private schools now, if that is the route they want to go. www.powerlearningcenters. If you are a homeschool grandmother, sad that your teaching days are over -- contact me, but first, take a look at www.teachachildchangeanation.org