In the world of college admissions, nothing may be more frustrating than the waitlist offer. “Thanks so much for applying. I know you were expecting an answer, but we need you to wait for yours just a little bit longer than everyone else.” On this episode of Getting In: A College Coach Conversation, we’ll offer some perspective by reviewing the waitlist trends we saw last year and offering suggestions for how to approach your own waitlist status.

With the April 15^th tax filing deadline right around the corner, you want to make sure that you’re taking advantage of every tax benefit you can get. And if you’re a parent paying for college, you may be eligible to claim an education tax break (or, potentially, multiple breaks, depending upon how many kids you have, how you’re paying for college, and a number of other factors). Check out the breakdown of the most common college tax breaks on the Edmit blog.

There are over 4,000 colleges and universities in the U.S. And while the media tends to focus on just a handful of schools, we at College Coach encourage students to think outside the box during their college selection process and explore a wide range of colleges. As such, we are highlighting a new college each week in our School Spotlight series. Check out the college below, along with the other posts in our series, and you may just stumble upon your dream school!

School Spotlight: St. John’s College
Annapolis, MD & Santa Fe, NM

There is a scholarship (or many scholarships) out there for everyone. Every student has some skill, interest, experience, or characteristic that may make them an attractive candidate for one scholarship or another. And while we often refer to scholarships as “free money,” scholarships don’t actually come for free. It takes work to thoughtfully consider your strengths and research the scholarships that might be most appropriate for you. While the effort that goes into finding and winning scholarships may be akin to a part-time job, we at College Coach want to make your job a little easier. This on-going scholarship series highlights a new scholarship each week. Check out the below, along with the other posts in the series, and you may discover a funding resource that will make covering that college bill a little (or a lot!) easier.

This is a unique scholarship opportunity that the College Board is introducing. There are six simple steps that you have to follow for your chance of winning this scholarship. The College Board is committing to helping students make college possible and they are investing $25 million over 5 years to fund these scholarships. Don’t delay: the class of 2020 will be the first class to win these scholarships.

Scholarship: College Board Opportunity Scholarships

Devastated about not getting into your dream school? There’s no doubt this is a tough time, but you can’t abandon college just because your top choice didn’t come through. Tune in for tips on choosing the best colleges from those eager to welcome you to campus.

The college decision can be a stressful one. It feels like your life hangs in the balance, and if you don’t attend the “right” school, you’re setting yourself up for a lifetime of failure.

Plenty of research has shown, however, that this is simply not the case.

There are over 4,000 colleges and universities in the U.S. And while the media tends to focus on just a handful of schools, we at College Coach encourage students to think outside the box during their college selection process and explore a wide range of colleges. As such, we are highlighting a new college each week in our School Spotlight series. Check out the college below, along with the other posts in our series, and you may just stumble upon your dream school!

School Spotlight: Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI

There is a scholarship (or many scholarships) out there for everyone. Every student has some skill, interest, experience, or characteristic that may make them an attractive candidate for one scholarship or another. And while we often refer to scholarships as “free money,” scholarships don’t actually come for free. It takes work to thoughtfully consider your strengths and research the scholarships that might be most appropriate for you. While the effort that goes into finding and winning scholarships may be akin to a part-time job, we at College Coach want to make your job a little easier. This on-going scholarship series highlights a new scholarship each week. Check out the below, along with the other posts in the series, and you may discover a funding resource that will make covering that college bill a little (or a lot!) easier.

This brand new scholarship opportunity for students interested in pursuing careers in early childhood education is close to our hearts here at Bright Horizons College Coach. Every child deserves a strong educational foundation, and this opportunity supports the creative and hardworking individuals—future teachers—who are the architects of that solid foundation.

Scholarship: Bright Futures Scholarship

With spring now officially underway, we have to ask: high school juniors, do you know who will be writing letters of recommendation for your college application? If not, let this video serve as your official notice that it’s time to start figuring that out. Teachers—especially the popular ones—get very busy with recommendations once the fall gets underway, and you don’t want to be last on a teacher’s priority list (or, worse, not on her list at all because you waited too long to ask). How then can you decide what teachers to ask for letters of recommendation? Find out in the latest installment of our video series, We Can Explain.

We interrupted our regularly scheduled programming to focus an entire episode of Getting In: A College Coach Conversation on the scandal rocking the admissions world involving wealthy parents, corrupt coaches and standardized test proctors, and a villain for the ages in the form of Rick Singer.