CVU School Counselors Podcast

This week on the podcast we discuss the college recruiting process with Comer CVU student Tess Everett and her father Andrew. I know I learned a lot in speaking with them and hope that you all do as well. They have produced a Slide Deck about the process with some helpful guidance and I have linked it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hFSDuRtY4UOZ8pAzMU_KygCHRmqSNlyl/view?usp=sharing

Heather Woodcock Ayres, current college consultant and former Director of Admissions at Brown joins us for a conversation about college visits. College visits are an integral component of the college search process. Revisiting this conversation now seems appropriate with many families starting the search and visit process. Heather shared a couple of documents that include questions to ask as well...

College admissions representatives from a variety of colleges including UVM, Middlebury, St. Lawrence, Champlain, Vermont State University and Saint Michaels will provide a panel discussion. This podcast was originally a virtual panel conversation with several local Colleges and Universities. The video version of this can be found on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/live/eQot_pVMtDM?si=Ve1-Uk...

Luke, Lauren, Trevor and Lily CVU Juniors stop by to talk to us and all incoming 8th grade families about the transition from 8th grade into CVU. What advice would they offer their 8th grade selves, What is it really like to be in High School with students from multiple towns that you have never met? Is it easy to make new friends? How do you and when do you talk to teachers? This was a super fun...

On Nov 15th, 2023 CVU School Counselors Gavin and Susie hosted an evening presentation dedicated to careers and post high school planning. This evening presentation was originally broadcast on Youtube at the link below. Guests include Tom Chinii, Ruth Derky, Lily Lucas and Michael Kio. Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/T6xGya895UI?si=8edXlo4crOvu9e9D

Today on the Podcast we talk with Meg Obrien from St. Lawrence University. Meg has a long history with both CVU and St. Lawrence. Though never a CVU student, Meg has always been a great resource for our department and it is a pleasure to interview her for todays show. St. Lawrence is a small school in the Adirondack's. Uniquely situated in and around Malone New York, near several other similarly s...

Three current CVU Seniors join us for a conversation about advice, college planning and communication with families. A former student joins us for a conversation around their GAP year, who they worked with, planned and came to decide this was the best option for them. Link to Julia Rogers for GAP Year - https://enroutegapyear.com/about/meet-julia/

This week on the podcast we are once again joined by Matt Meunier who talks to us about his role as CVU's SAP Counselor, addiction, Recovery, Relationships and more. If you have questions for Matt, feel free to email us and we will sit down to answer them for you all.

Colby Sawyer is a small (less than 1000 students) College located in New London, NH. With amazing internship and travel opportunities available to students (as well as a beautiful library) Colby Sawyer is a great option for CVU students who value personalization and a close knit community.

Heather Ayres, Ed. D is a former director of admissions at Wellsley College and joins us on the podcast to talk about standardized testing, what it truly means for a school to be test optional and owls. We discuss a number of different topics during our time together and we hope that our conversation sheds some light on what have historically been difficult conversations for families and counselor...

Today, on Episode 8 of Season 2 we talk to Andrew Carter from Holy Cross. Holt Cross is a mid-sized private Jesuit university located in Worcester, Massachusetts. With nearly 70 majors on campus Andrew speaks to some of the more unique aspects of Holy Cross. Andrew also talks about Holy Cross and its history of being test optional as well as his concerns about testing in the future. We also discus...

Show Notes: This week, Russ, Susie and Ry sit down and discuss the PSAT test result profiles that have recently been released to students and families. In the near furture we will be talking with Heather Woodcock-Ayres who is currently an educational consultant for families but has served as Director of Admissions for Wellesley and been on the board of admissions for Brown University. Heather brin...

This week on the podcast we speak with Maeve Caldwell from Endicott. She talks to us about their unique internship programming, The new Science and nursing building, campus housing and the millage traveled during recruiting season. If you are interested in learning more about Endicott, feel free to contact Maeve here: mcaldwel@endicott.edu

During this presentation, Carrie Harlow from VSAC will provide an overview of how families pay for college costs and the different types of financial aid, as well as the application process and timelines specifically for the 2024-2025 financial aid award year. We will share some resources that can help you research the true cost of colleges and get ready to file financial aid forms. If you would l...

This week on the podcast we talk with Matt Cohen from Skidmore about all things Skidmore. WE learn about their new Science building, the comradery between students on campus, the importance of Q1 grades as well as Skidmore's take on Standardized testing. We also have some fun talking hockey and about Matt's own application process to NYU.

This week on the Podcast we had the good fortune to speak with Joshua Tyler, Dean of transfer admissions to Bard College in NY. Bard is a Liberal Arts College with a smaller student body and a large footprint in personalizing education at the post secondary level. Hopefully, his personal story and the detailed information about Bard lead students to explore this school in more depth.

This week we talk with Allison Dubek about CVU's peer mentoring program, Flight Crew and its purpose around connecting all new incoming studetns to our community.

This week on the podcast we release the audio from our College Kick Off meeting for parents and their seniors. It is a lengthy podcast with a YouTube link available here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz9S6_r1pIE

This week on the CVU School Counselor POdcast we talk with Ed Seero from UMass Lowell. We talk about all the exciting things at UMAss Lowell, his history at the University, his favorite Essays of all time and the schools philosophy on standardized testing.

We spend some time talking about the summer before senior year and some work student can work on prior to the start of the year. Working on some or all of these tasks will help make the start of senior year and the application process less stressful. College Essay Writing- https://open.spotify.com/episode/6FnRg0IrhZxpv1joUBkITE?si=b4KdTqmRRsCcFIDP-FDiQg College Athlete Recruiting - https://open.sp...

Ry Hoffman joins us for "part 2" of the 2023 - 2024 scheduling conversation. We go a bit behind the scenes as well as look ahead to the 2024 - 2025 scheduling process and how can we build an even more student centered master schedule. Link to the Schedule Change Request form. https://forms.gle/auq9orxi9ZTkvftG8

What is your upside potential? This week on the Pod we talk with Ricky McCollum, CVU's Athletic Director. Ricky was recruited as a high school athlete and recently was a college athletic director and basketball coach, learning about recruiting from the other side of the table. The show notes for today include a couple PDF links for the NCAA as well as some thoughts on questions to ask and things t...

This week on the pod, we talk with Amy Dodge from the Vermont Dual Enrollment program. She takes the time to talk to us about what Dual Enrollment is, and who is able to enroll in a course. Most importantly, she speaks to the fact that course work is indeed free, but is not consequence free. This weeks Pod is an important one for students and families to listen to. Check in with your school counse...

Today's episode started out as an opportunity to provide some guidance and support to our LGBTQ+ identifying community as they embark on their college search process. We wanted to give clarity to the LGBTQ college-bound community in regards to how to choose a college campus that feels safe, meets their needs, and is representative of their identity. However, we quickly learned that the lessons lea...

This week Jess Hoskins guess co-hosts with Russ and we talk about Landmark College. Landmark is a small private college in Putney, Vermont specializing in working with Neuro-diverse students. We also learn that they have some really amazing asynchronous programming for all students through their Dual Enrollment program. This programming would be amazing summer learning for all students.