The most important final preparation for college lies in seeing to your continued spiritual health once you are away from home and on your own. The basics are quite clear, ...
Read More »Final Academic Preparations
You’ve finally just about completed everything for your long-anticipated diploma. There is still the fourth quarter Government test, one English essay, and a Religion test. Summer is just around the ...
Read More »Make Yourself Irresistible to Colleges
Choosing a college involves forming a relationship with the institution. You will be spending a significant part of your life in this relationship. Obviously, you want to like your college. ...
Read More »Service Academies
The United States Military Academies offer an outstanding education for applicants interested in a military career. Students accepted to the Academies pay no tuition and minimal fees in exchange for ...
Read More »Choosing the Right College
There are thousands of colleges in the United States. How does a student decide which institution is a good fit? Many factors need examination before the final choice. Perhaps the ...
Read More »The Application, The Essay, and Recommendations
College applications can be rather intimidating documents. Students may be confronted with pages upon pages of questions not only about academics, but about family circumstances, attitudes about life, accomplishments outside ...
Read More »ACT and SAT
Most colleges require either the SAT or the ACT test as part of their admissions process. These days, many colleges will accept either test, though they usually have a preference ...
Read More »The Little Way at Seton
Many Seton graduates choose to include their Confirmation names on the diplomas. By a wide margin, the most popular patron among Seton’s young women is St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the ...
Read More »Early Admission to College
Many colleges offer students the opportunity to apply for early admission. This is a process whereby students who are very certain of which college they wish to attend may be ...
Read More »Studying for the PSAT
The PSAT test is given in October each year, usually on Tuesday and Saturday of the second week of the month. This test is used to determine the National Merit ...
Read More »Miss U, American Heroine
Margaret Elizabeth Doolin was born in August of 1900. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, she became a nurse and was working in the Philippine Islands when World War II ...
Read More »The Servant of God Fr. Emil Kapaun, American Hero
Fr. Emil Kapaun was a priest from the diocese of Wichita, Kansas. After ordination in 1940, he spent some time as a fill-in chaplain at a nearby military base while ...
Read More »The College Maze: From the PSAT to Scholarships
Parents with homeschooled students are often daunted by the whole college entrance experience. The process can be rather complicated, but if it is taken step by step, families can survive ...
Read More »Television and Icons
When we view things in our daily lives, we perceive objects in a certain context. We see things in depth. Even though we may not be concentrating on the background, ...
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