by foundationscc | Dec 24, 2022 | admission, College planning, expertise
Your dream school e-mails and directs you to your student portal. An admission decision awaits. Nervously, you navigate to the decision letter. Deferred. What does that even mean, anyway? And what should you do? First, the good news: being deferred isn’t the same...
by foundationscc | Sep 9, 2022 | admission, College planning, college visits, expertise
As college application season enters full swing, families should be having serious conversations about what applicant pool their child plans to apply to. It matters to students’ admission chances and financial aid opportunities. First, let’s cover the four basic...
by foundationscc | Mar 11, 2022 | College planning, expertise, financial aid
For many middle class families, paying for college is a real struggle. Although we try to prepare families to brace themselves for what the FAFSA says they should be able to pay, it’s still a shock for most families we work with, particularly those with net family...
by foundationscc | May 4, 2021 | admission, College planning, expertise
It was the start of a relaxing evening when a panicked series of texts came in from one of our students. A parent from their school had approached them at a school event and offered unsolicited advice about scheduling, college admissions, and what colleges want to...
