The college admissions process can be intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be! With admissions rates decreasing each year, it’s important to have a clear understanding of the process. In this session, Elisa and Stephanie will guide you through the key ingredients to successful college admissions and help you to understand how to navigate through painlessly. It’s never to early to get a jump start on understanding competitive college admissions! Parents and students in 8th grade and up are encouraged to attend.

A high GPA is not enough to guarantee acceptance into your top schools. Yes, grades are important, but academic rigor alongside passion, leadership, and drive are critical to help you stand out in your applications. In this session, Elisa and Stephanie will provide tangible steps and actions so that you are prepared to put your best application forward and stand out from other applicants.

Most colleges accept both the SAT and ACT. It’s your choice as to which one to take. So, which one is best suited for you and when should you take it? In this session, Elisa and Stephanie will outline the sections, question types, key strategies, and timing for both the SAT and ACT, comparing and contrasting to help you understand how they are similar and how they are different. By the end of the session, you will know how to determine which exam is best suited for you!

Strategy, strategy, strategy. Yes, you must have a solid foundation in math, reading comprehension, and writing skills to ace the SAT and ACT, but you must also understand key strategies to excel. Each test is unique, and mastering the testing language, timing, and question types coupled with your foundational knowledge is imperative to achieving high scores. In this session, Elisa and Stephanie will uncover the top 5 strategies to boost your SAT and ACT scores and show you how to implement these strategies on real test questions.

It may sound like alphabet soup to you, but obtaining the right knowledge about these important acronyms could make or break your student’s ability to gain acceptance to their dream college! Elisa and Stephanie will simplify what traditional education experts make overly complicated.

Every year, millions of dollars in financial aid go unclaimed because students and their parents don’t complete the FAFSA. In this session, Elisa and Stephanie will explain how federal aid works, the importance of the CSS Profile, and how to make Paying For College possible. In additional to federal aid, you will learn about other ways to pay for college, including scholarships, loans, and work study programs.

Earning scholarship awards is primarily about two things: motivation and discipline. In this powerful talk, Elisa and Stephanie will share their proven model for earning full-tuition scholarship awards. This session is not for the faint at heart, but for those that want to be challenged to take the steps required to begin earning top awards! And remember, it’s never too early or too late to begin learning about scholarship opportunities and requirements.

Are you prepared to tell your story? You are unique, you have what it takes, and colleges need to know!  In this session, Elisa and Stephanie will help you to kiss “writer’s block” goodbye and discuss how to approach your next college or scholarship essay with confidence! Your voice is worth being heard and essays are your opportunity to bring any boring application to life.

What is your passion? What legacy do you want to leave? Are you prepared to be your true self with confidence and conviction? In this session, Elisa and Stephanie will discuss the purpose of the college interview and what to do to prepare. They will emphasize what to do before, during, and after your interviews to present your best, true self. This session is not only applicable for the college interview, but also for internship and job shadow interviews.

Elisa and Stephanie love to encourage young people to develop their leadership by engaging in activities and interests that they are passionate about. They share their personal high school stories and how the decisions they made in high school have directly impacted the businesses that they both own and operate today. This session is ideal for students that need to wake up the leader inside and get engaged with their future.