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Five AmeriCorps alumni share career success in the field of higher education

College Forward

Over the past couple of months, we had insightful conversations with AmeriCorps alumni who recently served with College Possible and have since transitioned into roles within higher education. Former college access coach Jerry Jones served with College Possible Omaha during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Do My Test Scores Matter?

Great College Advice

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%). Definitely.

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Admissions Advice From a Freshman

Hope College Network

I also came from an average public school and didn’t have the same resources as my friends who went to college prep schools. Hope’s Office of Financial Aid starts sending financial aid packages to admitted students in early to mid-February, and the priority date for the FAFSA is March 1.

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How to Work with CBOs to Supercharge Your Recruiting Efforts

EAB

For those of you who haven't heard of College Greenlight, the simplest way to describe it is that we're a network of partners dedicated to supporting first generation, lower income and historically underserved students on their path to and through higher education. chuckle] 0:22:12.9 JW: And so I think there's that as one side.