{"id":751,"date":"2025-10-02T22:49:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T22:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/?page_id=751"},"modified":"2025-10-19T04:48:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T04:48:06","slug":"college-preparation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vanlangsj.com\/?page_id=751","title":{"rendered":"College Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 id=\"gspb_heading-id-gsbp-5474602\" class=\"gspb_heading gspb_heading-id-gsbp-5474602 \">College Readiness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-greenshift-blocks-image gspb_image gspb_image-id-gsbp-51ccbc8\" id=\"gspb_image-id-gsbp-51ccbc8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanlangsj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/trio-7346670_1280.png\" data-src=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"787\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"gspb_text-id-gsbp-3477327\" class=\"gspb_text gspb_text-id-gsbp-3477327 \">College education can be a huge stepping stone for personal growth. Going directly from high school right into your career can be daunting, which makes college the perfect transition. When you earn a college degree, you separate yourself from other candidates and add credibility to your skills and experience. College courses can be more rigorous than high school curriculum, which can stimulate you mentally, and shape you as a hardworking, punctual and analytical. College gives you plenty of opportunities to get to know what you\u2019re interested in, what excites you and what might be the right career path for you. Workers with a college degrees generally earn more than those without.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>UC Schools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cal State Schools\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Get your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calstate.edu\/apply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">application<\/a> in by December 1 (10\/1 &#8211; 12\/1)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calstate.edu\/apply\/freshman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">First-year applicants<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calstate.edu\/apply\/freshman\/getting_into_the_csu\/Pages\/admission-requirements.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Admission Requirements<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calstate.edu\/apply\/Pages\/application-dates-deadlines.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dates and Deadline<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calstate.edu\/apply\/paying-for-college\/csu-costs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Costs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calstate.edu\/attend\/campuses\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Campuses<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/collegemoneymatters.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">College Money Matters<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Financial Aid<\/a> (FAFSA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-colleges\/rankings\/national-universities?_sort=rank&amp;_sortDirection=asc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National University Rankings<\/a> (USNews)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptschools.org\/apps\/news\/article\/2065891\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">First Year College Student<\/a> (Need to Know)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainscape.com\/academy\/college-tips-for-every-student\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tips for College Students<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"gspb_text-id-gsbp-d47fb77\" class=\"gspb_text gspb_text-id-gsbp-d47fb77 \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainscape.com\/academy\/college-tips-for-every-student\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><br>This page is still under construction.\u00a0 Please come back later.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"#gspb_heading-id-gsbp-5474602,#gspb_heading-id-gsbp-5474602 .gsap-g-line{text-align:center!important}#gspb_heading-id-gsbp-5474602{background-color:var(--wp--preset--color--palette-color-7, var(--theme-palette-color-7, #F7FAFD))}#gspb_image-id-gsbp-51ccbc8{text-align:center}#gspb_image-id-gsbp-51ccbc8 img{vertical-align:top;display:inline-block;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:100%;height:auto;border-style:solid;border-width:2px;border-color:var(--wp--preset--color--palette-color-8, var(--theme-palette-color-8, #ffffff))}","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-751","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanlangsj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanlangsj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanlangsj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanlangsj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanlangsj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=751"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanlangsj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1052,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanlangsj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/751\/revisions\/1052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanlangsj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}