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Upcoming Webinars:
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3 Steps to SAT/ACT Success: With Test Optional and dSAT Updates
September 10, 2025 at 6pm AKST
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Find out about what all has changed with the new fully-digital SAT (or dSAT)
Get the latest updates on evolving test-optional policies
Learn our 3 Steps to SAT/ACT Success, including how to craft your SAT/ACT strategy and timeline to maximize your competitiveness for college admissions and scholarships
9th & 10th Graders College Admissions Checklist
September 17, 2025 at 6pm AKST
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As a 9th or 10th grader, what should you be doing this fall to set yourself up for college admissions success? During our live webinar we will walk through the following fall semester priorities for freshmen and sophomores:
Learn how to set a target GPA based on your eventual college admissions and scholarship goals. Discuss how to excel academically by building study skills and time management habits.
Learn how to choose coursework and prepare for advanced coursework in 11th/12th grade
Learn how your extracurricular activities factor into college admissions and how to optimize your extracurriculars to discover your interests build your profile
Get a preview on when and how to prepare for the PSAT and SAT/ACT. (For sophomores, determine whether you should prepare for the PSAT next summer to potentially qualify for National Merit recognition and scholarships)
Begin building a preliminary college list, which will drive all of your academic, testing, and extracurricular priorities for the remainder of high school
11th & 12th Graders College Admissions Checklist
September 24, 2025 at 6pm AKST
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As an 11th or 12th grader, what should you be doing this fall to set yourself up for college admissions success? During our live webinar we will walk through the following fall semester priorities for juniors and seniors:
Develop your SAT/ACT testing strategy and learn whether test-optional policies affect you. (And for juniors, learn how the PSAT and National Merit recognition/scholarships work.)
Create and finalize your college list, which drives all of your academic, testing, and application priorities
For seniors, finalize essays and applications
Identify and plan for financial aid and scholarships
Maximize your GPA
Optimize your extracurriculars to develop your interests and build your college admissions profile
Building Your College List: A Five-Step Process
October 1, 2025 at 6pm AKST
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Developing a working college list is a critical step in the college admissions process for rising 11th graders and rising 12th graders. During this webinar we will walk through our five-step process for students to build their strategic college list, including:
Identifying colleges of best fit: Based on your competitiveness as an applicant and individual preferences/requirements (field of study, geographic, desired selectiveness, financial, etc.)
Optimizing your applicant profile based on your college list: Strategies for planning standardized testing, extracurriculars, letters of recommendation, and essays
Navigating application types/deadlines: How to choose whether to apply early action/early decision
Focusing your college admissions priorities: A timeline of tasks for current sophomore and juniors from now until college application deadlines
The latest changes in college admissions (including test-optional policies)