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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 […]

What is Demonstrated Interest? Everyone knows college admissions officers scour students’ transcripts for rigorous classes and grades, while reading the multiple essays our students have spent hours and, sometimes, shed tears on. Students have filled out applications with information they didn’t even know about themselves so colleges and universities can discover what type of person […]

Without guidance, the world of college admissions and the process of applying to multiple universitiescan often feel like a labyrinthine challenge. Juggling deadlines, online university applications, andessays can be overwhelming to the most organized student. Enter The Common Application. Thanks totools like The Common Application, the application process has become more streamlined andaccessible for students […]

Is test prep a student’s favorite thing to do? No. Is it worth it? Absolutely. We know that test prep isn’t at the top of anyone’s most exciting things to do. Believe it or not, we getit. Just because our passion is college prep and we love spending our weekends helping studentsperform better on college […]

We hear this question a lot from students and their parents and our answer to this is, “That’s it! You’re done for and you’ll never get into college.”  Just kidding. Getting a bad grade is more common than students realize and it’s important not to let one grade bring down your confidence or future trajectory […]

What’s there to know about starting high school? Don’t you just show up?  Some students do. But in our experience, kicking off your high school career armed with a little knowledge and a game plan makes for a much better – and more successful – high school experience. We hear from our students that high […]

Part of our work as college advisors is to know about the many college and university options available for our students across the country and even internationally. We travel to tour college campuses throughout the year and maintain relationships with admissions offices that we’ve built over time. Our goal is to be as informed as […]