Concierge College Advisor Marni Levin is back on the podcast for this second in the series on Back To School & Off To College. Marni is a virtual treasure trove of information to help students and parents navigate through the college prep and college admission processes.

Join us today as we discuss all the important things, steps, tasks in the junior and senior years of high school. There are no short cuts, but conversations like this one will definitely lessen your learning curve to be able to formulate a plan and work that plan.

In this episode we discuss:

• What is the most important year in high school regarding college admission
• What is the NUMBER 1 thing that colleges will be looking for in an applicant?
• What is the second and third things they look for?
• How important are AP classes and the AP exams to college admission?
• Does your AP score affect your college admission?
• Should my student take the ACT or the SAT?
• If my student's college choice is test optional, should they still take it?
• When should test prep start and should I get a tutor for my student?
• What is a good score on the ACT/SAT?
• When should we start visiting colleges?
• What are the steps to narrow down the list of colleges to consider?
• When should my student start to look for scholarship opportunities?
• What types of scholarships are available?
• What is the best thing students of Juniors in high school can to do to help?
• How important is mental health of my student surrounding the college search?
• What should my student do between junior and senior years?
• When should my student start filling out the common app?
• Should my student consider early action or early decision?
• How many schools should my student apply to?
• What if my student decides they want to take a gap year or not go at all?
• What are the 4 Ps that all parents should use going through their student's senior year?

This episode is JAM PACKED with great advice and action steps and I encourage you to get the TAKEAWAY cheat sheet to have something tangible to work from. You can get that HERE:

Takeaways from Marni: https://www.subscribepage.com/junior-senior-takeaways

And go to Marni's website https://www.collegemarni.com/ and contact her team about becoming part of College Marni Convos - a place where you can get information and ask questions. Remember, she offers a 1:1 60 min call so that she can become familiar with your student in order to be able to make good recommendations when you join.

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