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


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 towards a future she wasn't genuinely excited about.

I've been there. I know how it feels. And I have a simple Blue Sky way we can completely transform the college conversation and get excited about the future again.


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About Lauren Gaggioli

After graduating from New York University with her B.F.A. in Theater, Lauren moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. To make time for auditions during the day, she called upon her academic roots from her high school days and began tutoring the ACT and SAT.

She quickly fell in love - not with the exams, but with the feeling that she was helping students put their feet on a firm path towards a big, bright future.

(Ok, maybe she fell a little bit in love with the exams too. Her dad didn't nickname her #2 Pencil Nerd for nothing.)

After 7 years working as an in-home tutor with a large test prep firm and then in her own independent tutoring company, Lauren distilled her experiences into the 4 different ACT & SAT prep programs that are now available through her company, Higher Scores Test Prep.

Lauren's love of teaching and compassion for what students are facing in today's complex, competitive college admissions landscape allows her to bring a little bit of calm to her corner of the college admissions process.

She is thrilled to be announcing her brand new program - My Big Why Life - in this very episode!


Resources Mentioned

If you're feeling lost or hopeless about the future, I would be so honored to work with you to help you discover your Big Why and come up with a game plan for you to live in that purpose.

Head to BigWhyLife.com to learn more about how we can work together.