Demonstrated Need; 3+2 Engineering Programs; Supplemental Essays
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Gap Year Options; Athletic Recruits; Project Management Tips
Getting In: A College Coach Conversation
Wanting a break before starting college or looking for something interesting to do before applying? Rebecca Barr of Education First will join this week’s podcast to discuss gap year options through Education First. Listen Now
Demonstrating Interest; RD Results; Parent Financing Options
Getting In: A College Coach Conversation
COVID, COVID, COVID. Are you as tired of it as we are? As you know, COVID has impacted a number of things about the admissions process, especially visiting colleges. Listen Now
Financial Aid Appeals; Finding the Best Program; One Student's Transfer Story
Getting In: A College Coach Conversation
In a world in which everything seems to have changed overnight, what you have available to pay for college may have shifted drastically over the last few weeks. Listen Now
Common App Changes, Readying Kids Financially, Wayfinding Academy
Getting In: A College Coach Conversation
Michelle Jones, founder of Wayfinding Academy, joins this weeks show to offer her thoughts on how Wayfinding is approaching college from a different perspective. Listen Now
Service Work; Transitioning to College
Getting In: A College Coach Conversation
In the second in our Kindness Matters series, we’ll tackle the question of service work: what qualifies, why students might want to do it, and whether or not it’s truly important in the admissions process. Listen Now
Financial Aid Appeals; Demonstrated Interest; Contacting Colleges
Getting In: A College Coach Conversation
It is financial aid award season, and we’re here to guide you through it. First up is how to appeal a financial aid award, from determining whether or not you have grounds for an appeal to how to approach the appeals process. Listen Now
To Disclose or Not Disclose; When to Press Submit; Student Loans
Getting In: A College Coach Conversation
One of the most frequent questions we get involves disclosing challenges that students have faced while going through high schools. Listen Now
LinkedIn; Community College Financial Aid; Common App Account
Getting In: A College Coach Conversation
We often think of social media as a negative element of the college process, but what if there was a way to use it to your advantage? Listen Now
Encore: Things to Know About the 2017-2018 Common Application; Office Hours
Getting In: A College Coach Conversation
The new Common Application was released on August 1, and we’ve got information you need to know about this new version. Listen Now
Standing Out: Major; Lehigh and Lafayette Essays; the CSS Profile
Getting In: A College Coach Conversation
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been going through the different ways in which students can stand out in competitive college applicant pools. Listen Now
Things to Know About the 2017-2018 Common Application; Office Hours
Getting In: A College Coach Conversation
The new Common Application was released on August 1, and we’ve got information you need to know about this new version. Listen Now
Inside the MIT and Caltech Admissions Offices, Paying for College with a Summer Job and College Admissions for Students on the Spectrum
Getting In: A College Coach Conversation
In our ongoing series taking you inside the admissions processes at a variety of schools, College Coach educator and former MIT and Caltech admissions officer Zaragoza Guerra will take us through the differences in those two schools’ application evaluations. Listen Now
The Ivy League Admissions Interview, Comparing Financial Aid Offers: Women's Leadership and Mentoring Programs
Getting In: A College Coach Conversation
Preparing for your interview at an Ivy or similarly selective institution and wondering what it’s all about? We’ll share information on why these are offered, what to expect, and the role your interview will likely play in the review process at these schools. Listen Now
School's Out Application Workshop, How Much is Too Much to Borrow to Pay for College, and Office Hours Addressing Listeners' College Admissions Questions
Getting In: A College Coach Conversation
Join us for segment two in our ongoing summer program, School’s Out Application Workshop. We’ll follow up on last week’s homework and talk a bit about getting started with putting together a college list. Listen Now
Did You Know that the UC System Welcomes Community College Students? Also, Paying for College Expenses Out of Pocket and Listener Questions
Getting In: A College Coach Conversation
Thousands of students hope to study in the University of California system but either don’t have the money for four years of study or don’t have the grades and test scores to get in right out of college. Listen Now
The College Visit: What Questions Should I Be Asking?
Getting In: A College Coach Conversation
College visits can be an incredibly valuable part of the college process—or they can be a big waste of time and money. Listen Now
You Didn't Get In Early: Now What?
Getting In: A College Coach Conversation
So you sent in a few early applications and figured you were done. Now you've gotten the results and they're not good: no acceptances and mostly denials. Listen Now
Presenting Extracurricular Activities for Maximum Application Impact
Getting In: A College Coach Conversation
It's hard to read any account of the college admissions process these days without hearing Listen Now
Congrats on Getting In! Now About That Transition to College...
Getting In: A College Coach Conversation
While applying to college can be long and arduous and figuring out the financial piece is often just as challenging Listen Now
Admission to the Ivy League: Cracking the Code
Getting In: A College Coach Conversation
Do you or your child aspire to the Ivy League or similarly highly selective colleges? Don't miss this episode of Getting In, when former Yale Listen Now
Waitlisted: The New Rejection Letter?
Getting In: A College Coach Conversation
Wondering what it means to be waitlisted and, more importantly, what the likelihood is that your application will actually Listen Now
