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The process of applying for college is enough to make just about anyones head truly spin.  If you decide to wait until the last moment, you will likely regret it.  Tasks that would have seemed easy all of a sudden seem complex, hard and puzzling when you have little time.  Further, the less time you have to prepare, the more stress you will feel, and the poorer your decisions may ultimately be.  The question you need to keep in mind is, How do I keep from waiting until the last moment to apply to college?

Organization is a big deal in college admissions process.  This is why some people turn to college counseling services and look for college admissions assistance.  Before you worry about how to survive college, first make sure that you get there!  You can reduce your stress level by thinking ahead.  You might even have to take some drastic steps in order to make sure that you begin prepping early to meet your deadlines.

Motivation is important, and one helpful tip for getting motivated isnt to focus on the work at hand when it comes to applying to different colleges and universities.  Instead focus on the fact that the more colleges and universities that you apply to the more options you will have.  This could lead to far better results.  By applying to many colleges and universities and doing so early, you may have a better time and more fun than you otherwise would have experienced.  Focus on the potential fun that you might have in the future by investing the time to get your applications in.

If you are still unmotivated, realize that not everyone has the opportunity to go to college.  In the United States, only about half of students apply (and of that half less than twenty percent eventually graduate!).  Going to college and graduating is still a significant accomplishment.  Only a few decades ago, the graduation rate for college was less than ten percent!

Now if all of that isnt enough to get you properly motivated, then you might have to consider other options, such as having your friends or family, yes, bug you.  If your parents know your deadlines and you tell them that they must help you make sure that you meet those deadlines, then odds are you will meet more of your deadlines than you otherwise would have.  Of course, it is important that you realize that you wont be able to rely on your parents in this fashion forever.

Considering the importance of getting into college and meeting your deadlines, it is in your best interest to work to stay on target.  It is necessary to understand that you will have no choice but to make temporary sacrifices so that you can get all of your college applications in on time.  Dont let all the hard work you put into the college admissions process be for nothing simply because you forgot something as basic as a deadline.

This article provides an overview of online criminal justice certificate programs. Law related careers such as criminal justice are some of highly regarded professions and there are many people would like to undertake studies that will help them achieve certification is such fields.

Successful completion of criminal justice certification programs can lead to careers in agencies dealing with law enforcement and homeland security. Apart from public service, graduates can also choose to work in the private sector as private investigators, detectives or in law firms. Those who are already working in such fields can advance their careers and improve their efficiency at delivering services to those they serve by enrolling for certification courses in criminal justice. There are different levels of certification for criminal justice studies. You can choose to enroll for certificate, associate, bachelors, masters and doctorate degree programs in criminal justice as per your current qualifications.

Selected Online Criminal Justice Certificate Programs

Strayer University – Campus and

• Undergraduate Certificate in Information Systems – Homeland Security and Information Systems
• Undergraduate Certificate in Information Systems – Homeland Security and Information Systems

Post University

• Legal Nurse Consulting Certificate
• Paralegal (Legal Studies) Certificate
• Forensic Accounting Certificate

Benedictine University

• Disaster Management Certificate

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

• Certificate in Applied Forensic Psychology

Eastern Kentucky University

• Certificate in Emergency Management
• Certificate in Ergonomics
• Certificate in Fire & Emergency Services
• Certificate in Homeland Security
• Certificate in Occupational Safety

Northcentral University – Graduate

• Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Business – Criminal Justice
• Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Business – Homeland Security: Leadership and Policy

• Certificate of Learning Juvenile Justice

Kaplan University

• Legal Nurse Consulting Certificate
• Legal Nurse Consulting Certificate – Accelerated

Criminal Justice Education and Training

Depending on the level at which you study for the criminal justice certificate, there will be a number of different career opportunities available to you. Probation officers and other specialists in correctional treatment, National Security Management and also Crime Scene Technicians are just some of the areas where criminal justice certification will get you a career.

Success in criminal certification programs requires dedication and hard work as do most other studies. There is however greater demand for excellence in this particular area of study as working in any of these fields involves sensitive matters. Most universities require a GPA of 2.0 or higher for admission into degree programs. It also requires patience as well as someone who possesses very good interpersonal skills. You will also need to be brave and fair as your work will often lead you to situations where you have to deal with suspected or known criminals.

Careers with Online Certification or Online Endorsement

Criminal justice courses are designed to build capacity and knowledge in offering services that are meant deal with illegal activities. Studies cover areas such as forensics, counseling, adult and juvenile law and much more. The detail and scope covered will differ according to the level of study. Certificate and diploma programs will cover more subjects while the doctorate studies will have greater specialization in areas such as psychology or sociology.

Expected Salary and Projected Career Growth

Upon successful completion of study, graduates should not have a difficult time in finding placement with law enforcement agencies, correction services or legal offices. Those who opt to join the police can expect to earn about $55,000 a year. FBI agents on the other hand can expect to start off at about $60,000 per year.

Continuing with studies will position you for career growth as well as higher pay. It is expected that job opportunities in criminal justice and related fields will grow by about 10% between 2008 and 2018. This should be good news to anyone considering a criminal justice certificate program and the best thing you can do is get started immediately.

Busy night: Im going to check out Kenmore Wests rivalry game at Kenmore East at 7 p.m., well get your #preptalkscores updates via Twitter, and afterwards — probably around 9:30 or 9:45 p.m. — Ill hold the weekiy live chat.

Note: No video chat this week as PrepTalkTV partner Lauren Mariacher was called in early to take care of some other duties.

While Ill have updates from Ken West-East, tweets to the hashtag#preptalkscoreswill also automatically show up in the live blog below. So if you are a game tonightand youre updating via Twitter, be sure to include that hashtag. Ill have periodic tweets updating the game at , but most of my play-by-play updating will come in the live blog.

Check out tonights full schedule on our scoreboard page, where you can check back throughout the night for updated box scores and highlights.

<a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=b800cb8fb2" _mce_href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=b800cb8fb2" >Live chat Feb. 15, starting with Kenmore West-Kenmore East</a>

I promise Ill get to your question or comment in the chat — but please be patient. It can get busy fielding all of the questions and I can only answer one at a time. And PLEASE dont enter your question/comment multiple times — that only makes things more hectic.

Our previous winter chats: Feb. 1 (football signing day),Jan. 25 (pre-Canisius-Joes),Jan. 18(2012 video debut),Jan. 11(2012 debut/Aquinas-Kearney viewing),Dec. 14(from the MMA-ECIC Challenge), All-WNY football talk (Dec. 7w/video); our first wasNov. 30(live from the Pastor-Cooper Showcase tipoff).

Our chats of the 2011 fall season:Nov. 16,Nov. 9,Nov. 2,Oct. 26,Oct. 19,Oct. 12,Oct. 5,Sept. 28,Sept. 21 (our video chat debut),Sept. 14,Sept. 7and ourpreseason chat (Aug. 31),which also includes links to all of of the chats from 2010-11.

As always, if you have a question but you wont be able to make the chat, post one in the comments section here, email me, Tweet it or post it on Facebook and Ill do my best to address it.

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Longtime journalist Geneva Overholser, now director of the Annenberg School of Journalism at the University of Southern California, will deliver the 44th Hays Press-Enterprise Lecture on Monday, Feb. 13, at 7:30 p.m. in University Theatre. Her topic is: “Better Days to Come: Seeing the promise in journalism’s upheaval.”

“For traditionalists, this is a terrifying moment,” Overholser said. “Familiar institutions are shaken to the core, and the future is unknowable. But remember this: Journalism as we have known it has been far from perfect. Among the exciting new developments in the emerging landscape, there is great promise for a more inclusive, more engaged democracy.”

Overholser is the first journalist invited to return as the Hays lecturer, having spoken previously in 1992 when she was editor of the Des Moines Register.

“An astonishing amount of change has occurred in the journalism world in 20 years, and I will be drawing on that as I return to this important podium,” she said.

Overholser was editor of the Des Moines Register from 1988 to 1995 and led the paper to a Pulitzer Prize for public service. While there she also was named Editor of the Year by the National Press Foundation and “The Best in the Business” by American Journalism Review.

She has served as ombudsman of The Washington Post, editorial board member of the New York Times, and the Curtis B. Hurley Chair in Public Affairs Reporting for the Missouri School of Journalism. She is on the boards of the Knight Fellowships at Stanford University, Center for Public Integrity, Committee of Concerned Journalists, Academy of American Poets and examiner.com. She served on the Pulitzer Prize Board and was an officer of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. She is a fellow of the Society of Professional Journalists and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She also held a Nieman fellowship at Harvard.

The lecture series has long been a distinguished forum to address issues in journalism and the media, said Nels Jensen, editor and vice president/news of The Press-Enterprise. “When Geneva gave the Hays lecture 20 years ago, she spoke about the need for news organizations to fulfill our watchdog roles and develop a thick skin to criticism and public opinion. She was sure right about that,” he said. “So it will be interesting to see how she views journalism for the next 20 years.”

The Press-Enterprise Lecture Series was begun in 1966 by Howard H (Tim) Hays, then editor of The Press-Enterprise, in cooperation with UCR. Upon the sale of the newspaper in 1997 to Belo Corp., his son, Tom Hays, endowed the lecture and the Hays name was added to the title in honor of Tim Hays. Belo Corp. and A.H. Belo Corp. have also contributed to the furtherance of the Lecture Series.

Previous lecturers have included columnists James Reston and George F. Will, NBC board vice chairman Richard Salant, Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, CNN President Tom Johnson, and Karen House, retired publisher of the Wall Street Journal.