College Bound Essentials (Grades 8-10)

Scheduled Events :

Saturday, Nov. 16th, 2024 (Zoom)

Saturday, Mar. 15th, 2025 (In-person)

Saturday Sep. 6th, 2025 (Zoom)

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

ZOOM  EDITION - The comfort of your own home!  We will send you the link a few days before the event.

IN PERSON - TBD. Typically they are at a venue in Lake Wylie SC, just south of Charlotte NC



Can't make the Date?

If you can't  attend our planned events you can purchase the ON-DEMAND version from our library of workshop recordings.

 $75

Alan Hartley

Scholarship Gold Consulting

704.608.1808

alan.scholarshipgold@gmail.com

As the name implies, this workshop is an essential session for any college-bound student who wants to get the best admission opportunities and secure the highest scholarships possible.  The workshop is geared to (rising) freshmen and sophomores who want a deep dive into what to do, when, and how best to do it, in order to bring some sanity and confidence to an otherwise stressful process.

Students attending this session will receive a comprehensive full-color College Bound Essentials Workbook to guide them through all aspects of college preparation. (Normally, the book is sold separately for $25, but it's included in this workshop).  Just be sure to provide your mailing address when prompted so we know where to send it.

People who register a week or more before the event will receive their book in time for the class. Later registrants will receive their book after the event, which is fine since we give you handout notes to follow along.  You will also get the recorded version of the workshop afterward.

What will we learn? This class will give students and parents valuable information on making decisions throughout high school, resulting in maximum admission offers and scholarship money. (Ms. Hartley's children have received extremely affordable educations at Dartmouth, Duke, Yale, Michigan State, and Honors College of Charleston.)

Specifically, the class will:

• Explain the importance of standing out in high school without burning out.
• Teach students how to get full-ride offers to over 200 schools with just one test.
• How to build a transcript that will result in the best admission offers
• How and when Ivy leagues and other top schools are less expensive than a state school
• Teach them how to find their best college fits- public vs private, faith-based vs secular, etc.
• Cover basic interview skills.
• Teach students how to tour and evaluate a college as it relates to the student's interests.
• Identify the best and least expensive ways to increase SAT and ACT scores.
• Encourage students to take "ownership" of this next stage in their lives, to be proactive, organized, and serious about this decision, and to help them strategize a game plan to get their best results!
  

Fee - This 3-hour workshop fee, including the College Bound Essentials book and workshop notes, is only $95. At least one parent is encouraged to sit in with their child.