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The College Checklist Podcast: College Admissions, Financial Aid, Scholarships, Test Prep, and more...

Feb 1, 2021

If you listened to the last episode featuring just-graduated-high-school-Adam, be prepared to teleport 3 years into the future and meet almost-graduated-college-Adam!

He's the same focused, dedicated student he always has been and he's back to share a great deal of insight for other students who are getting ready to...


Feb 1, 2021

I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to work with Adam when he was a junior in high school.  Not only was he thoroughly committed to improving his ACT scores, he then leveraged those scores for some really impressive merit aid awards. 

He's a very focused young man who worked hard and reaped the rewards of his...


Jan 31, 2021

In my 13 years helping college-bound high school students, I've seen many students lose their way.

Sometimes they lose connection with what they want and why they started on the path to college. They had direction once, but - over time - it slipped away.

Or they realize that what they want from life is shifting, but...


Oct 22, 2020

If you're not hopeful about the future...

If your next steps feel forced...

If you feel your purpose lies on a different path than the one you're currently walking...

...then this episode is for you. 

And, if I'm honest, this episode is for me too. It's for high school me who was so lost and felt compelled to plod...


Oct 14, 2020

While this episode was recorded before the pandemic, the information is particularly relevant today as many students and their families scramble to make alternate college plans.

Over the years, no more so than now, I've heard many parents say, "We're just going to have her go to community college because she doesn't...