Boot camp is not just for military enlistees or out-of-control teens in need of structure and order. Now high school guidance counselors charged with helping students prepare for, and gain acceptance into college can attend boot camp.

“180 counselors from high schools in Illinois, Missouri and elsewhere gathered at a “boot camp” at Elmhurst College last week. At the Academy for College Admission Counseling, which continues this week, they swapped stories ranging from dealing with intense parents to cracking the Ivy League and figuring out financial aid.”

At the boot camp, high school counselors learned how to handle pushy parents, underachieving students and college admissions counselors. Read more about the boot camp at Chicago-Sun Times. ‘Boot camp’ helps college counselors cope