Inside information is now available in our Tri-Annual live, online courses. Join course creator and sought-out speaker, Jean Burk, three times a year: summer, fall, and winter for timely conversations to help keep your students on track on their journey to college. These 90-minute speeches are only available through pre-registration. Sessions will be divided into 9th/10th grade and 11th/12 grade although parents of any aged student are welcome to register and attend. Each course will come with detailed worksheets to help parents walk away with clear guidance to set up their students for success.
These courses are applicable to all school students: public, private, or homeschooled.
Specific information will be shared for each grade.
Summer Starters (July 10, 2023)
Grades 9/10
Academics
The GREAT Plan
Think ahead—must have classes
Obtaining pertinent lists
Front-loading made simple
Extra-curricular
Gain an edge—what no one else is doing
College Prep
Setting up specific accounts and profiles
Dedicated email registrations
Test Prep
What tests and when
Monthly practice—you’ll thank me later
Scholarship/Funding
Scholarship club
Personal
Defining your D4 and penning your P6
Parents Corner
Financials frenzy familiarity
The You Know What Talk—Money
Grades 11/12
Academics
Early college credit considerations
Extra-curricular
Perfect passion projects
Extra special extra curriculars
College Prep
Stand out essays start now
Application essentials
Perfect college list length
Motivation graphs and profiles
Test Prep
Scoring a successful skillset
Scholarship/Funding
The 411 of the EFC and NPC
Personal
Sort email habit
Parents Corner
What to micromanage
Memory building—days are long, but the years are short
Fall Fundamentals (September 11, 2023)
Grades 9/10
Academics
Study skills vs Studying hard
Extra-curricular
Beyond club enrollment
Little-known prestigious awards
College Prep
Choosing the best psychometric test
Secret application questions
Test Prep
The ONLY crucial test dates
Scholarship/Funding
Bases loaded for next year
Personal
Managing time not borrowing it
Smart goal setting
Parents Corner
Your best money weapon
Winter Workings (January 8, 2024)
Grades 11/12
Academics
Advanced class-yay or nay
Extra-curricular
Reordering the resume
College Prep
30 to 12 to 10 balanced college list
Must know colleges questions
Local— get a sense of school
Supplemental materials
Test Prep
Keeping in line, testing timeline
Scholarship/Funding
FAFSA mistakes to avoid
Personal
Implementing life-skills
Parents Corner
Up your lingo skills
Cutting one apron string at a time
Winter Workings (January 8, 2024)
Grades 9/10
Academics
Choosing the academic five
3-Step Transcript review
Extra-curricular
Portfolio purpose
Worthwhile and focused activities
College Prep
Career clarification tools
Test Prep
Honing test skills
Scholarship/Funding
Financial planning/strategies
Scholarship search secrets
Personal
Social media checkup
Revive brain cells
Parents Corner
3 Calculators to bookmark
Grades 11/12
Academics
Leverage from the subjects
May exams on notice
Triumphing despite a low GPA
Extra-curricular
Cleaning the laundry list
College Prep
Reckoning with letters of recommendations
Interest inventory
Test Prep
Testing sigh of relief
Scholarship/Funding
Net price vs sticker price
Deadline killers
Open or return financial aid packages
Personal
The three-calendar system
Circumventing senor-itis
Two extended “life after 12th” options
Digital curfews
Parents Corner
10 a day goes a long way
Forgotten forms to sign
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