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Junior year is one of the most important times in preparing for the college application and scholarship process. As the countdown to senior year begins, strategic planning can transform the looming college application process into a stress-free experience. If you’re reading this in January, you’re just six months away from when college applications become available […]

The FAFSA Simplification Act required a significant redesign of the FAFSA form for the 2024-2025 application. The updates pushed back the FAFSA timeline for this year’s senior families from the typical October 1st application open date to late December. Even now, in January 2024, the FAFSA remains in a soft launch. The FAFSA website currently […]

‘Tis the season for list making. We all know the big guy is making a list and checking it twice. Santa knows the importance of list-making… and so do we at Class 101. Making a list is a great way to kick off your college search journey. A college list helps students identify and put […]

In the blink of an eye, the middle school years transition into the next chapter of academic adventure – high school. As parents and middle school students prepare for this pivotal leap, there’s a collective recognition that the bridge from middle school to high school is a critical one. In our business, we talk to […]

Glad you asked. A college resume is similar to the professional resumes adults use. Although most high school students have yet to hold professional jobs before graduating, if they have followed our advice, they have accrued service hours, extracurricular achievements, and maybe an internship or two. The college resume is the perfect place to highlight […]

You may know that the SAT will go completely digital in March 2024. After all, the PSAT made the complete switch and ditched paper and pencils this fall of 2023. The SAT has undergone several changes throughout its history, but along with going digital, the College Board (the organization responsible for the SAT) is making […]

The FAFSA  The FAFSA stands for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. This federal form is often intimidating to families who have never completed it because it is the sole form determining government financial aid eligibility for the 17 million or so students in colleges and universities in the United States. The results of […]

College can be expensive. With rising tuition costs, even families with healthy college savings arelooking to reduce the cost of a college degree. Our goal is always to work within a family’s budget andto help families pay less for college. After helping thousands of families pay less for college (and oftenpay nothing for college!), we […]

We have been fortunate to work with an exemplary student at our Class 101 Carmel, IN location. She ishard working, ambitious, and leads by example. Lucky for us, she agreed to be an intern at Class 101 thissemester, and even luckier for us, she wrote a blog sharing about her experience going through thecollege prep […]