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College Admissions Workshop: Finding Your Fit

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8 sessions

About

This College Admissions Workshop on Finding Your Fit is a virtual 4-week workshop designed to provide you with structure and support to build your college list.

In this workshop, you will:
  • Learn how to evaluate colleges across key factors like academics, campus life, location, and cost to find your best matches
  • Use online tools and resources to research schools thoroughly, looking beyond rankings to discover what makes each unique
  • Create a balanced list of reach, target, and safety schools that align with your academic profile and preferences
  • Develop strategies for exploring colleges through virtual tours, campus visits, and conversations with students and staff

Tutored by

Ali E 🇺🇸

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Dear All, I have been providing pro-bono college counseling services to students who aspire to go to college since 2012. I received training on college counseling from best institutions including Harvard. I worked with best college counselors for a long time. I provide numerous workshops and presentations on any topics you can imagine on college counseling. I am passionate in learning and sharing my enthusiasm of learning. I'll be happy to share my 2 cents and learn from you along the way. Practical simple solutions that will help you navigate your journey of high school and higher education.

What you'll do

Research colleges and develop a balanced list that matches your goals

Craft and polish authentic essays that showcase your unique story

Master the application process with structured guidance and feedback

Stay motivated with structured time to work on all components of your application

✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY

Please do not miss more than one session over the four weeks, as that will negatively affect your learning and may also take up a spot from another learner who could have attended every session.

If you reach two unexcused absences, your tutor may remove you from this series.

Note from Schoolhouse: This series has sessions with required attendance. If you need to miss a required session, submit an absence using the "Submit Excused Absence" button on the series page. Multiple unexcused absences may lead to a suspension of your Schoolhouse account.

SESSION 1

9

Feb

SESSION 1

Finding Your Fit

REQUIRED

Finding Your Fit

Sun 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTCFeb 9, 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTC

This session focuses on demystifying the college essay! You'll learn the opportunities the college essay presents and identify common pitfalls as well as how to avoid them.
SESSION 2

13

Feb

SESSION 2

Finding Your Fit

REQUIRED

Finding Your Fit

Thu 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTCFeb 13, 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTC

This session focuses on exploring the prompts and telling your story! You'll learn what prompts are available and brainstorm what you'll want to share about yourself with readers.
SESSION 3

16

Feb

SESSION 3

Finding Your Fit

REQUIRED

Finding Your Fit

Sun 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTCFeb 16, 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTC

This session focuses on developing your essay ideas! You'll learn strategies for generating essay content and identify which prompt you'll want to pursue.
SESSION 4

20

Feb

SESSION 4

Finding Your Fit

REQUIRED

Finding Your Fit

Thu 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTCFeb 20, 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTC

This session focuses on writing your first draft! You'll learn about the potential forms your essay can take and turn free writing from previous sessions into a draft.
SESSION 5

23

Feb

SESSION 5

Finding Your Fit

REQUIRED

Finding Your Fit

Sun 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTCFeb 23, 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTC

This session focuses on reviewing & revising your essay! You'll learn strategies for reviewing your own writing and how to engage others in reviewing their writing.
SESSION 6

27

Feb

SESSION 6

Finding Your Fit

REQUIRED

Finding Your Fit

Thu 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTCFeb 27, 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTC

This session focuses on polishing and proofreading your essay! You'll learn strategies for making sentence and word-level improvements as well as how to scan your essays for errors.
SESSION 7

2

Mar

SESSION 7

Finding Your Fit

REQUIRED

Finding Your Fit

Sun 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTCMar 2, 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTC

This session focuses on supplement essay questions and research! You'll learn about the role of supplements, the categories of questions you'll encounter, and how to research them.
SESSION 8

6

Mar

SESSION 8

Finding Your Fit

REQUIRED

Finding Your Fit

Thu 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTCMar 6, 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTC

This session focuses on supplemental essay drafts! You'll use the strategies for brainstorming and drafting learned previously in the workshop and apply them to your supplemental questions.

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Feb 9 - Mar 6

4 weeks

75 mins

/ session

Next session on February 9, 2025

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1:00AM

Thursdays

1:00AM

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