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529 Plans vs Prepaid Tuition Plans, Summer Programs for Writers, Fordham Admissions

529 College Savings Plans

On the latest episode of Getting In: A College Coach Conversation, host Elizabeth Heaton continued our new series on summer opportunities for high school students. This installment was dedicated to opportunities for the high school writer. In addition, Beth invited guests to talk about the differences between 529 college savings and prepaid tuition plans, and to explore the admission process at Fordham University. Listen to the complete show on VoiceAmerica or wherever you get your podcasts.

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January 24, 2018by Kristine Sawicki
College Admissions Consulting

Overparenting Part 2: Enabling Your Child to Own Their College Admissions Process

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This is the second of a four-part series on the subject of overparenting, this post focusing on your part as a parent in the college admissions process.  Make sure to also check out our recently published  post on how to play an appropriate role in your middle schooler’s life , and stay tuned for upcoming posts on including your child in the college finance process and your role as a parent in the life of your college student.

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May 16, 2017by Zaragoza Guerra
College Admissions Consulting

Inside Admissions at the University of Pennsylvania; Plus, Finance and Admissions Listener Questions

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Admissions, Penn Style

Ever wonder how admission officers at the most selective universities read applications? In the latest episode of Getting In: A College Coach Conversation, host Elizabeth Heaton launched the second installment in the series looking at how admissions decisions are made at a variety of institutions. To help her discuss admissions at the University of Pennsylvania, Beth welcomed her former Penn colleague, College Coach expert Sai Somboon. Together they discussed how applications are read at Penn, helping listeners understand the process a bit better.

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April 20, 2017by Julia Jones
College Admissions Consulting

Do You Need Luck to Get Into College?

Do You Need Luck to Get Into College?

It’s that time of year again: people wearing green and raving about the luck of the Irish, as the celebration of St. Patrick makes everyone nostalgic for the leprechaun and his pot of gold.

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March 17, 2017by Elizabeth Heaton
College Admissions Consulting

A Day in the Life of a College Admissions Officer, Plus Financial Planning for Four Years of College

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The latest episode of Getting In: A College Coach Conversation focused on following a day in the life of a college admissions officer and financial planning for all four years of college.

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March 8, 2017by Julia Jones
College Admissions Consulting

Negotiating Scholarships & Spotlight on the University of California System

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On the latest episode of Getting In: A College Coach Conversation, guest host Sally Ganga turned her attention to California, with a double segment on the University of California system. She finished the show with a finance segment on the ever-popular topic of negotiating scholarship offers from colleges.

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March 2, 2017by College Coach
College Admissions Consulting

Parental Involvement in College Admissions and the National Merit Scholarship Competition

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On the latest episode of Getting In: A College Coach Conversation, long lost Beth Heaton was back in the host seat and began by helping parents strike the right level of involvement in their student’s college search process. The second half of the show was a double segment on all things National Merit Scholarship Competition.

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February 22, 2017by Tova Tolman
College Admissions Consulting

5 Reasons to Love the College Admissions Process

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I can vividly remember sitting at my desk in the fall of my senior year of high school and being so nervous I could barely breathe. I’d been on dozens of college tours, spoken with countless students, and interviewed endlessly. But I still hadn’t found “the one.” I hadn’t experienced that “eureka” moment. You know, the one where you’re walking around a campus and just know it’s where you’re going to spend your college years. Some of my friends had described it as a sunbeam of light falling straight down onto their head while listening to angels sing and birds chirp.

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February 14, 2017by Abigail Anderson
College Admissions Consulting

23 College Admissions Terms You Need to Know!

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Co-authored by Ian Fisher

With the passing of many admission deadlines, a whole class of students can put the college application process behind them. But due to the cyclical nature of college admission, a whole new class of juniors is also beginning to think about their college applications. If you’re in eleventh grade, you’ll be applying to college before 2017 is out! To help you understand everything that will be thrown at you over the next few months, we’ve prepared a glossary of common terms below. Study hard!

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January 10, 2017by Kristine Sawicki
College Admissions Consulting

Will doing a summer program at a college get me into that college?

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In admissions, there are rarely any in-the-know summer programs that, in and of themselves, will get an admissions officer to shout “Admit!” in committee. A summer program’s admissions impact is often more organic in nature: it might provide the foundation or connections for more challenging experiences down the road.

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December 29, 2016by Zaragoza Guerra
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