• Are you a junior or senior attending high school in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, or Vermont?
• Is your high school a member of NEACAC, the New England Association of College Admission Counseling? (Ask your school counselor if you’re not sure!)
• Would you like the chance to earn $1,000 for college?

“I want to become a doctor! What do I need to do?”

This is one of the most common questions I hear from students and their families. There is a lot of information and myths about the pre-med path, and it can be challenging to figure out what is important to consider when researching colleges.

On the latest episode of Getting In: A College Coach Conversation, Sally Ganga and guests discuss how many AP classes should you take, financial aid questions for admitted students to ask, and tips for your college visits during upcoming spring breaks.

• Are you engaged in daily struggles with your tween or teen about their use of screens?
• Do you feel out of control when it comes to the online content your middle schooler is consuming?
• Are you conflicted about other people’s screen rules when your child is on playdates?

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: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

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.

The Heinlein Foundation exists to honor the good works of sci-fi author Robert Heinlein (Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers, etc.). One of three scholarships the foundation awards each year, the Virginia Heinlein Memorial Scholarship rewards women looking to study science in college.

Scholarship: Virginia Heinlein Memorial Scholarship

If you wouldn’t pay full price for a car or a house, why do you think you need to pay full price for college? While many colleges may not want to let you in on this little secret, their price is often negotiable. If you’ve been offered a scholarship by a college, that offer is a good sign that they really want you to enroll. Use this insight to your advantage, and try to negotiate an increase in your scholarship offer. How, though, should you approach this negotiation? Find out from former Boston University and Tufts University financial aid officer, Shannon Vasconcelos, in her new article on scholarship negotiation on the Edmit blog.

On the latest episode of Getting In: A College Coach Conversation, host Beth Heaton discusses the increasingly popular dual enrollment option offered by many community colleges and takes on an array of listener questions.

Guest Post by FindCourses.co.uk

What you want to do after college is an important decision, and chances are, it’ll impact on which college you choose to go to in the first place. In fact, future earning potential is often the reason students choose their degree in the first place, factoring important points like average salaries, forecasted earnings, and promotion opportunities into their schema before taking that all-important step into furthering their education.

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Thanks to this data visualization from findcourses.co.uk, we know which 100 universities produce the wealthiest graduates around the world, as featured in the Forbes list of billionaires.

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: Washington College
Chestertown, MD