Category: Applying to College

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Scholarship Spotlight: Questbridge National College Match Program

LATE SEPTEMBER deadline for the special Questbridge National College Match program where students can apply for free to the nation’s best colleges and be considered for early admission and a full four-year scholarship!

QUALIFICATIONS: any high school senior with strong writing skills, regardless of citizenship, in the top performing 5% of their high school in the US, with mostly A’s in Honors Level/advanced classes, 1260+ SAT or 27+ ACT (if taken), with a family income of less than $65,000 a year.

Previous year, 1,600 seniors were admitted early decision with all tuition, room, board, books and travel expenses covered — a completely full ride! Another 800 or so who didn’t make it in the early stage were admitted Regular Decision and received financial aid through the program. Start your application NOW, find two teachers from junior year to write recommendations, and answer everything thoroughly and thoughtfully!

https://www.questbridge.org/high-school-students/national-college-match/who-should-apply

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Don’t Eat Off Other People’s Plates; Then Don’t Apply to Other People’s Schools!

You are not a carbon copy of your friends and your college list should not be a copy, either!

Your friend has their academic stats and strengths — and you have your own. Your cousin loved their extracurriculars and you enjoy completely different activities. Your father’s co–worker’s son is a country campus mouse and you are a city campus mouse. All these comparisons to say that you CANNOT and SHOULD NOT apply to certain colleges just because other people do.

How would you react to a parent exclaiming, “My daughter wants to change her college choice based on what her friends think of it!”

1) Who cares what her friends think? They have only 17 years’ experience in the world as she does and don’t know any more about anything than she does. But one thing she does know more than they do is about herself.

2) No matter her choice, those “friends” will be dispersed throughout the country. They won’t be holding her hands to all her classes and—

3) They won’t be paying her bills. How lucky for her that best fit and less debt coincide!

4) She doesn’t have to wait until she’s immersed her new life as a college freshman to mute and unfriend those critics; no time like the present!

5) Only SHE can live her life. She should not select a school based on what others think.

You need to find colleges that are best fits for you.

EVERY STUDENT’S COLLEGE SEARCH IS NOT ALIKE… But you’ll find your way with our “Talking College Search” online course. Get UNLIMITED 24/7 access to all the lessons in the webinar course that will help you put together a list of colleges that will accept you and won’t be a surprise to your bank account. Learn all aspects of the application process. It’s like having your own consultant to see anytime you want on your computer or smart phone.

Don’t follow someone else’s path; do your own college search journey right! Enroll here: https://goodapples.teachable.com

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Hindsight is NOW for College Admissions

INDSIGHT IS NOW: Gain knowledge to get through your college application process with less pain! ALL LESSONS INCLUDED in our “Talking College Search” online course plus a downloadable Workbook!

https://goodapples.teachable.com/p/talking-college-search

Learn how to find the schools that match you academically AND financially. When the acceptance letters come in, you should not be surprised that a college is unaffordable; you should not wish you applied to other schools that want you so much they’d make it ea$ier for you to choose them.

You CAN find out what your odds are BEFORE sending in applications.

At a cost less than one college application fee*, you can have unlimited access to 6 Topic Sections, 18 Lessons, 3 Hours and 1 Bonus Workbook covering the entire college application process. Learn what your school counselor may not have time to tell you. Watch at YOUR convenience!
ENROLL NOW: https://goodapples.teachable.com

*(didn’t know there were application fees? You really need to start with this course!)

Learn about #collegeadmissions with this webinar! Enroll Now!
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Our College Search Course is LIVE! Enroll Now!

Learn all aspects of the college admissions process with the “Talking College Search” online web course.

College admissions time! But how do you figure out how to apply to college? Drag your tired self to information sessions after a long day at school and work?

Pay to meet with high priced consultants to the stars who don’t know their clients and try to turn the students into something they’re not and could never be?

The time and energy and money can be spent much better by learning how to apply to college through our “Talking College Search” ONLINE course.

On-demand, unlimited access to 6 Topic Sections, 18 Lessons and with real-life experiences as examples:

  • how to create a list of colleges,
  • how to approach the essays,
  • how to find the schools more likely to accept you,
  • how to find the schools that are the best deals,
  • how to interpret acceptance and financial aid reward letters.

Take this Course to:

AVOID SURPRISES: learn how to take control and be prepared for the outcomes.

AVOID AGGRAVATION: learn about pitfalls so all goes smoothly!

KEEP FOCUSED: learn about all the deadlines, the forms, and the steps to take.

KEEP IT REAL: learn your advantages and your limits. That includes financial limits.

AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT: the end goal is to get into the college that is the best fit.

Bonus Workbook is included and contains worksheets, reference charts and definitions!

Buy for less than the price of one college application (you did know that there are application fees? If not… then you really need this course.

Go to goodapples.teachable.com. Do your college search journey right!

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How Would You React: Student’s Impulsive Decision?

Four parents have extremely shocked expressions on their faces.

OMG! How would you react?

“Without our knowing, our daughter said yes to her ‘Dream’ college that will charge us $50k a year after scholarships. Meanwhile she had a full-ride offer to another school!”

Well, maybe you’ll yell first. Next, sit down together. The school of her dreams gave her grants and scholarships and brought down the cost for the parents to $50,000 a year. Another college offered enough grants and scholarships that cover the entire cost of tuition, room and board. There would be no cost to the parents, no loans after graduation.

This is certainly an example of a family not communicating. Or maybe both student and parents were pie-in-the-sky when applying, and, upon seeing the acceptance and financial aid reward letters, only the parents came back down to the ground. Hard.

This is why taking our “Talking College Search” online course before making a college list would’ve saved this logistical headache of having to back out. This course helps get into a realistic mindset. Learn from 6 Topic Sections, 18 Lessons, 3 Hours — all for less than the price of one application fee. Enroll now!

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Take Advantage of This College Tour Option!

If there are too many schools to see, try to take advantage of the offer of the high school’s organized trips. Counselors and teachers will escort students on bus trips to several schools, either a long day trip or one or two nights. If parents don’t have time or a way to do the trips themselves, the student should go with their classmates. If the high school doesn’t have plans, get the PTA to petition to organize some trips. Also consider paying more than the cost of the trip as a contribution towards a ticket for a classmate whose family can’t afford the full price. The reward is seeing a child go on the trip, find their best fit college and go on to have a career that brings in a higher income. They’ll pay it forward when it’s their turn…

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College Applying: Life on the Edge…

Who waited until the next to last day to submit the final applications? Hoped the internet demons didn’t cut your connection while sending? Go ahead and torture parents! Geez. Still, for those who don’t live in New York City, this college application process is easier than getting into a good New York City public high school. I mean, there is a gurantee students with great grades and scores will get into a good college. But NYC high schools? The odds are worse; not as many desirable high schools around for them. Regardless, parents are still probably wiped and just coming out of it emotionally. You’d think parents had to write the essays themselves! Now, they just have to hope the FAFSA and CSS angels are in their favor…

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Applying to College and Your Mom’s Meniscus…

True Story: It was 5:50am. It was still dark. The mom came into living room to watch the morning news. Tripped over the accordion file full of mid-west, west, and deep south college junk mail (college mail brochures categorized by region/state, put into separate accordion files and have never thrown out since sophomore year). The mom flailed around like a surfer in order not to fall, and wrenched her upper and lower back, knee, hip. Didn’t fall, broke no furniture nor herself, but oy, was she sore.

“I’m okay,” she said out loud, and realized that no one else was awake. She sighed and limped into the kitchen.

High schoolers start to receive college mail and emails as early as sophomore year if they take practice PSATs then. Did you keep them all or throw them away? Seniors/Parents: it’s December and the time to purge the college paraphernalia looms…

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Still Filling Out Applications? Get Our Last Minute College App Checklist!

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Down the stretch to meet final College Application Deadlines? The final submission dates loom. Make sure the college applications are complete. Take our “Dotting the I’s and Crossing the T’s” Mini-Course! This is for anyone who doesn’t have time to take our full-length “Talking College Search” course but still wants to make sure the process is complete. Also includes the 45-minute Bonus Lesson, “Acceptance & Rejection”, which lays out the options and next steps in plain talk after the letters come in. You’ll have 24/7 access to this course, so you can watch it anytime ( but do not wait for the last hour!)

This mini-course is for anyone who has a day remaining but still wants to make sure the process is good-and-done!

Enroll here now: https://goodapples.teachable.com/p/dotted-is-crossed-ts

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Take Our Last Minute Checklist Mini–Course!

The final deadline looms. Make sure the college applications are complete. Before hitting “send”, take our “Dotting the I’s and Crossing the T’s” Mini-Course. This is from our full-length “Talking College Search” course and is for anyone who has a day remaining but still wants to make sure the process is good and done. Also includes the 45-minute Bonus Lesson, “Acceptance & Rejection”, which lays out the options and next steps in plain talk after the letters come in.

https://goodapples.teachable.com/p/dotted-is-crossed-ts

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