Great College Advice

JULY 25, 2023

The Importance of Your Transcript The number one most important element of your college application is your transcript. honors, college prep, remedial, Advanced Placement, etc.), The transcript is the record of your academic performance. It gives information about the rigor of your courses (e.g.,

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Great College Advice

JUNE 24, 2023

But that does not mean that a “B” in an honors course is the equivalent of an “A” in a regular college prep course. Generally, grades are weighted to give “extra credit” in the GPA for these tougher courses. For more on weighted vs. unweighted GPAs, see my post here ).

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College Forward

JANUARY 17, 2024

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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Great College Advice

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

while in college. As long you dually enroll in a college prep course and you get a C- or better, you get the college credit. Because states automatically require these courses to transfer, any PSEO course you take will reduce the number of credits you must complete (and pay for!)

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Great College Advice

JUNE 24, 2023

College Fit: Level of Academic Challenge High schools tend to offer various levels of a course (college prep, honors, AP) to provide various levels of academic challenge to different sorts of students. Some prefer to take courses that challenge them intellectually at the top of their game.

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 3, 2023

The college prep experts at Great College Advice have loads of experience in guiding students in this big decision. The path you choose has a huge impact on your academic life in high school, and can also affect your extracurricular life (not to mention the amount of sleep you get!). So it’s important to choose wisely.

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Hope College Network

OCTOBER 3, 2022

I also came from an average public school and didn’t have the same resources as my friends who went to college prep schools. I’m the oldest child, so nobody in my family had gone through the process since 1997. If this is you, you’re not alone!

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Hope College Network

OCTOBER 3, 2022

I also came from an average public school and didn’t have the same resources as my friends who went to college prep schools. I’m the oldest child, so nobody in my family had gone through the process since 1997. If this is you, you’re not alone!

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 23, 2023

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%).

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

JW: So there's things like the Philadelphia College Prep Roundtable in Philadelphia. In New York there's the College Access Consortium of New York, CACNY. We mentioned this before how important it is to not miss out on smaller orgs because you're staying in the national space. And there's a ton of places like this.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Further, racial wealth gaps affect families’ ability to pay for STEMM college (prep, extracurricular experiences, tuition and living expenses). Thus, creating conducive contexts will require structural changes.”

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