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Finding my groove in my first leadership role

College Forward

But at College Possible, I was the one who reached out to the students, not anyone else. I was responsible for setting up meetings with students and making sure they were not falling behind on their college prep milestones. But I quickly learned that I needed to take more initiative in building our connection.

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Admissions Advice From a Current Freshman

Hope College Network

I also came from an average public school and didn’t have the same resources as my friends who went to college prep schools. Hope’s Office of Financial Aid starts sending financial aid packages to admitted students in early February, and the priority date for the FAFSA is March 1.

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Do My Test Scores Matter?

Great College Advice

Based on an annual survey by the National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC), only 45.7% of colleges and universities view scores on the standardized tests to be of “considerable importance”. Bear in mindMore colleges and universities cite grades in college prep courses (73.2%). Definitely.

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Admissions Advice From a Freshman

Hope College Network

I also came from an average public school and didn’t have the same resources as my friends who went to college prep schools. Hope’s Office of Financial Aid starts sending financial aid packages to admitted students in early to mid-February, and the priority date for the FAFSA is March 1.

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Five AmeriCorps alumni share career success in the field of higher education

College Forward

During COVID, Aubrey did some soul-searching and discovered that she wanted to pursue a career in higher education, which led her to join College Possible as a coach. Serving with College Possible was a great opportunity for Aubrey to see what the journey to college looked like from a different perspective.

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How to Work with CBOs to Supercharge Your Recruiting Efforts

EAB

Usually CBOs, we know our students, we know which schools they wanna go to, we know which schools can offer them the kinds of financial aid they need. And then those profiles are anonymized and are reviewed by colleges and universities. JW: So there's things like the Philadelphia College Prep Roundtable in Philadelphia.