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The 5-Day College Admission and Financial Aid Quick Start Challenge

Don't know where to start? This is THE place to learn exactly how admission and financial aid works in the most efficient way possible!

Here's what I'll cover:

• All the many secret factors that colleges consider when deciding whether or not to admit a student
• The very best strategies your student can use to position themselves strategically for successful college admissions
• ALL the hidden factors you should consider in selecting a college list
• How financial aid works and how to accurately assess your costs
• All the important pieces of the various college applications and best practices for completing them
• The very best tips I have up my sleeve for exceptional college essays

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The Secrets to Great Financial Aid Course

The only advice you'll ever need for securing the maximum amount of both need-based financial aid and academic (merit-based) scholarships.

• How to find the most generous colleges
• The best ways to boost your student's chances for maximum aid
• What specific steps you can take to lower your college costs, including tax and grandparent strategies
• Best practices for completing the FAFSA, CSS Profile, merit aid applications, and non-custodial parent forms
• The best resources for accurately assessing and reducing your college costs
• Why the Expected Family Contribution and other financial aid formulas are so important and The differences between private and institutional scholarships
• How to appeal your financial aid awards to get more aid
• Investment Strategies for Families with College-Bound Students
• The Benefits and Appropriate Uses of Qualified Tuition Plans like 529s

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The Exceptional College Essays Lab

Think your student only has to write a couple college essays? Think again. I've edited at least 10 thousand college essays in the past 15 years. If you want to know Every. Single. Thing I know about college essays that get results, this course is for you:

• The many different kinds of essay questions that colleges will ask
• My specific criteria and formulas for writing each type of college essay
• Real life examples of my clients' essays that work and that don't
• Rules of grammar, syntax, and punctuation that your student MUST know
• Detailed roadmaps for organizing the content of your college essays
• Overused essay topics that colleges are tired of reading
• ALL of the kinds of essay mistakes I see and why they hurt your student's chances
• The very best sources of great college essay samples
• A dissection of the hardest essay questions and how to answer them
• Printable essay deadline planning and organization tools

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The High School Student Success Lab

Want to know how to set your high school student up to be the best college candidate possible? This is the ultimate guide to classroom and homework habits, standardized testing, extracurricular activities, and planning for careers and college majors.

• How to set your student's college goals, priorities, and subject-specific study habits
• The very best methods for preparing for the SAT, ACTs, and AP tests
• The best nation-wide online SAT and ACT test prep providers
• Detailed differences between the SAT and ACT and why they matter
• Questions to ask before you pay for test prep
• How to plan the high school curriculum that will impress colleges the most
• How to ensure your student has great teacher letters of recommendation
• How to deal with academic competition, stress, and anxiety Which extracurriculars impress colleges and which are a waste of time
• How the Law of Diminishing Return applies to extracurricular activities
• How to determine the best college majors and careers for your student

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The Perfect College Selection Lab

A college education represents a huge investment these days. The list of colleges your student chooses to apply to will absolutely determine whether you get a return on this investment. I see so many mistakes in this area that I want to teach you the RIGHT strategies for developing an optimum college list.

• The many different types of colleges and universities and why they matter - co-op education schools, HBCUs, polytechs, Catholic and evangelical schools, arts conservatories, schools with honors programs - you name it!
• The best choices for students by majors
• The key statistics for each college that you MUST look at in choosing a college list
• Where to find the best statistics on each school
• The key data points and analytics that each source provides
• Why things like impacted majors, experiential learning, core curricula and academic calendar structures matter for return on investment
• The Benefits and drawbacks of various admission policies and deadlines
• Where to find unbiased college descriptions and interviews with current students

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The Application Advanced Planning Lab

There are so many moving pieces in a college application and several different kinds of applications to worry about. They are complex, and I see common errors that hurt admissions chances but can be easily avoided with the right guidance

• How to write stand out extracurricular descriptions
• How to handle SAT, ACT, IB, and AP test score reporting
• The hidden merit aid questions you need to understand
• The special application deadlines you do NOT want to miss
• How to handle additional high school transcripts, college-level coursework
• How to deal with mistakes after you've submitted the applications
• How to handle special service academy and visual and performing arts requirements
• Where to add visual submission materials like student websites and social media curations

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The Complete College Solution Academy

There is nothing - and I mean NOTHING - about college admissions and financial aid that I don't cover here. This is the Full Monty; you get the contents of ALL the other courses....and more, including special bonus lessons and resources, a Q and A vault containing all the questions other members ask me, access to my private Academy Facebook community, and live Q and As with me each and every month you are an academy member. And like I said, you get EVERY lesson and resource from:

• The Secrets to Great Financial Aid Course
• The Exceptional College Essays Lab
• The High School Student Success Lab
• The Perfect College Selection Lab
• The Application Advanced Planning Lab