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The 2023-24 College Application Season is almost in the books. It is a good time to step back and reflect for the benefit of the next set of high school seniors and parents.

And who better to help us than the College Counselors who guided the current graduating seniors through the college process. I talked to over half-dozen High School College Counselors from across the US to put together this episode.

Check Out: The College Application Workbooks for Juniors and Seniors

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introducing The Look Back Episode []
• FAFSA Impact []
• No of Selective Colleges is Growing []
• Fashioning College Lists - Deliberately []
• About Majors []
• Standardized Testing []
• Advice for Rising Seniors []

Our Guests:

• Sean Kennedy of Ravenscroft High School
• Bill Hancock of Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School
• Jodi Foxx of Charlotte Christian
• Sandra Foy of Seattle Prep
• Colleen Koppes of Dowling Catholic High School
• Tom Stepkoski of Westhill High School, and
• Shveta Bagade, Private Counselor.

Memorable (& Prescient) Quote: “I think the FAFSA, the opening of the application period being delayed to December[2023] is really a kind of sleeping giant…”, Sean Kennedy of Ravenscroft School, June 2023.

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