Helpful Resources for College Applications

When the time comes to start writing college applications and selecting which colleges to apply for, many students can easily become stressed out, nervous, and confused. Fortunately there are many resources that can help many students formulate these important college applications. 

For those who do not want to pay huge sums of money for independent education consultants, there are free options that are effective in helping to strategize in working on college applications. Organizations such as College Possible are free and extremely useful because peer mentors are provided in order to help formulate college applications. Due to the fact that this is an after-school program, it is that much more effective in helping high school students. Unfortunately, College Possible is mostly concentrated in major metro areas throughout states such as Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Wisconsin. 

If an afterschool program and curriculum doesn’t seem like the most ideal form of help for a student, they can always look to online resources. The Common App is one of the newer forms of college application assistance. This program emerged during the Covid-19 Pandemic and was crucial in supporting students during this time. They provide live chatbots and meetings with admissions counselors in order to help high schoolers with the college admission process. In the eyes of a student, this is a very effective resource because it is very easily accessible and they are able to receive high-level help from people who are experienced and knowledgeable about the application process. 

Coalition for College is yet another helpful resource for the college application process. This organization has the goal of connecting students with the resources and information necessary in order to take the next step of their journey in the right direction. What is truly amazing about Coalition for College is that they focus on the underprivileged students who are most often overlooked in terms of help for formulating college applications.