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My name is Jerome Cole. I am the Director of College Counseling at the Edmund Burke School in Washington D.
C. I am also the founder of the Cole Educational Consultant Services. I have a Masters degree in Education and Human Development with especially, in secondary school counseling from the George Washington University. For the past seven years, I have worked in both public and private school settings, helping students and families strategise for college. Today, I am going to talk about some of the strategies, some of the steps that you and your student should take to determine how you go about selecting a college and then ultimately, how you go about being admitted to a college. How many teacher recommendations do colleges require? It's going to vary from school to school, but most schools are going to ask for two teacher recommendations. There are some that are only going to want one and there are some that are going to want as many as six, but I would say that for planning purposes, going into your senior year, if you identify two teachers who have taught you at the high school level, who you feel fairly confident with, who you believe would have some positive things to say about your performance but also your ability to do well in college, I would say, you should approach those two teachers and ask them for their recommendation.
Expert: Jerome A. Cole, MA
Director of College Counseling
Jerome A. Cole, M.A., is the Director of College Counseling for the Edmund Burke school in Washington, D.C. and the founder of Cole Educational Consulting Services (Cole ECS.) He has worked with students and families for over seven years to help them plan and strategize for college. As a college counselor at Burke, an independent college preparatory high school founded in 1968, Mr. Cole oversees a program that More »
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This video discusses the steps a high school student should take to begin the process for identifying the right choices and applying to college. It will provide you with both facts and expert opinion on various More »
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