The College Bound Channel includes invaluable resources to support your student and family through the entire process. These are just some of the topics covered:
Starting College Preparation
- The ideal high school timeline for a college bound student
- Setting the right foundation before a student enters high school
- Developing reading skills
- Family reading ideas
- Learn how to study
Preparing for College in High School
- Recommended high school teachers
- Recommended high school classes
- Advanced placement (AP) classes
- Dual-credit classes
- The importance of high school grades
- High school semester exams
- Why a high school class rank has lost value
- Why most colleges do not use a student’s weighted grade point average
- High school guidance counselors
Applying for College
- College application essays
- Letters of recommendation
- Resume portfolios
- PSAT
- ACT superscore
- ACT goal setting
- After school activities
- Learning disabilities
- The “optional” trap
- The six-year path
- Beware of college consultants
Financial Aid
- FAFSA
- Federal Loan Programs
- Federal Work Study Program
- How to find scholarships
- What does “stacking” scholarships mean?
- Preparing to negotiate scholarship offers
- When to negotiate scholarship offers
- How to negotiate scholarship offers
- How to compare financial aid packages
- How to set a realistic budget for college
College Visits
- The advantage of early college visits
- How to dress on a college visit
- How to prepare for a college visit
- Questions to ask on a college visit
- College tours: group versus individual visits
- Maximize your time when colleges visit your high school
- College fairs
Choosing a College
- Setting parameters in your college search
- Warnings to consider when beginning your college search
- How to subjectively compare schools
- How to objectively compare schools
- Making the final decision on where to go to college
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Undergrad Advice
- First semester of college
- College advisors
- Recommended majors
- Recommended college courses
- Recommended college professors
- Living arrangements
- Summer school advantages
- Homesick hints
- Financial lesson – graduate on time
- Ready for life?
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