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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!

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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!
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*(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 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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How Much Are the Colleges Into You?

A top college can receive way more than 22,000 applications for 3,000 seats! Or even waaaay more! How can the school get through that in only a few months? Instead of one person reading an entire application, a committee can split parts of a application: one person reads the application, another the teacher recommendations, another looks over the grades and test scores, all supervised by someone familiar with the region in which an applicant lives, and hopefully familiar with that high school. It’s called “Committee-Based Evaluation”. Yeah, one person doesn’t get to entirely know a student, but they express support or defend that student for the part that they read.

Your dream college is not the one that puts you in debt for decades. It’s not be the school that doesn’t take applicants with your stats — but how do you know? You can start your college admissions journey on the right foot with our very affordable “Talking College Search” online web course! On-demand, unlimited access to 6 Topic Sections, 18 Lessons, 3 Hours and 1 Bonus Workbook covering everything from application to how to interpret acceptance and aid offers, with real-life experiences as examples — all for less than the price of one college application fee (didn’t know there were application fees? You really need to start with this course!).

You can do it yourself, but IT’S HARDER TO DO WITHOUT THIS COURSE! These lessons will point you in the right direction: 

  • 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.

You know yourself. Don’t let it be a guessing game; so much is at stake. Avoid the tricks and the embarrassing games that tv star moms play to get their children into colleges (where they’re not qualified). Avoid getting stuck with a college that your guidance counselor (who barely knows you) thinks you should go but isn’t a good match for who you are and what you want.

Enroll here: https://goodapples.teachable.com

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What Day Is It?

Okay PARENTS of HS Seniors, Juniors and even Sophomores — take a look at the school calendar. Depending on where you live and where you plan to go, it’s possible you might be able to tour some schools, or at least drive by or walk the campus grounds. Remember to keep notes so the schools don’t blend together… Don’t depend on your high schools to arrange trips this year; but even if there were to be trips, oftentimes demand may lead to the bus running out of seats, or restriction by grade. Regardless, there’s always virtual events and tours; check calendars for those dates as well.

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Your Guidance Counselor May Not Be Enough…

Guidance Counselors are preoccupied. Celebrity College Advisors are expensive! But you can start your college search journey on the right foot with our inexpensive “Talking College Search” online web course! 6 Topic Sections, 18 Lessons, 3 Hours and 1 Bonus Workbook all for less than the price of one college application fee (didn’t know there were application fees? You really need to start with this course.). Enroll here: https://goodapples.teachable.com

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