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Parents: Transform Your Teen's College Admissions Journey

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Greatly reduce the stress and overwhelm of the College Admissions Process

Don't know where to start? Don't know how to help? Overwhelmed by all the details? (VERY) Concerned about the costs of college and possible debt? YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

Three Pillars of a Great College Admissions Process

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Conversations

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The College Search

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Covering the Costs

Parents, during the college admissions process, your job is GUIDANCE and GUARDRAILS using these three keys- Conversations, The College Search, and Covering the Costs- to help your teen find great fit colleges.

Imagine tools at your fingertips and a roadmap to establish a less stressful and ultimately successful college admissions decision for your teen, and for your family.*

The biggest benefits of The College Bound Foundations (CBF) Course and other materials from Uncommon College Guide are in knowing where and how to start, how to help your teen create a list of great fit colleges, and what to strategize and prioritize EARLY and throughout the process to cover the costs.

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You are an engaged parent who wants nothing more than to see your kid go off to a great college, but are overwhelmed with how dang complicated the college admissions process is, along with the very real dangers of your teen accumulating life changing college debt.

Compound that problem with the typical angst and uncommunicative nature of teens, adding to the feelings of overwhelm and helplessness for both of you. Here at Uncommon College Guide, all free and paid resources focus on these fundamentals:

  • The importance of including the three pillars of Conversations, The College Search, and Covering the Costs, at the beginning, middle, and end of the college admissions process.
  • Great fit colleges are great fits academically, culturally, AND financially. You can't (= shouldn't) wait until the end to figure out how to make the finances work.
  • Success is not just getting into a college, though surely an accomplishment, but getting into, and graduating from a college in 3-5 years with a degree, job lined up in a chosen field, and low to no college debt. That last part is simply life changing.
  • In almost all cases parents are the best guides for their teens through the college admissions process.

In addition to the free download, Top 20 College Admissions Process Mistakes, available below, the Resources page, linked HERE, contains additional information and downloads, including a post about the recent release of the 2024-25 FAFSA, a freebie of the month, timelines, and a 5-part essay writing series to share with your teen. 

Parents, knowledge is power.

You CAN avoid these scenarios...

Like my co-worker, Greg...

A caring and engaged family man, a conversation with him several years ago led to my digging deep into the college admissions process and ultimately creating this course. His three kids either owed or anticipated owing between $50-80k of college debt upon graduation. EACH.

Or a friend, Mishelle...

Like so many parents, Mishelle's philosophy about college admissions was "my kid will figure it out". But when the kid "figured it out", the family then struggled to figure out how to pay for that "dream" school. My heart sank when I received a call from Mishelle asking where to find the best parent loans. Avoid parent loans if at all possible.

Or a family member, Lisa...

Lisa and her husband are in their early 60's and three years ago finally paid off the parent loans they took out to support their oldest child attending a college 15 years ago. One that their daughter did NOT graduate from.

I have changed the names and identifying details of these parents, but the stories are true, and unfortunately not isolated incidents. Trusting your teen to make good decisions is one thing, and a good thing. But we wouldn't send a teenager off to buy a house, or even a new car, by themselves, so don't disengage during this critical time. Don't hover or micromanage either. Find the balance. That balance is the strength of the information and products from Uncommon College Guide.

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Top 20 College Admissions Process Mistakes

Parents, eliminate these mistakes and transform your teen's college admissions process.

This list is a great place to start to reduce the stress and overwhelm. 

A note of encouragement...

If we want our teen to own the outcome of their college admissions process, we must encourage and support them owning the process. In almost all cases, a parent is the most appropriate and best guide. It's not easy, but through commitment and consistent action your teen will find a list of great fit colleges- great fit academically, culturally, AND financially.


In that spirit, the products and services you will find here at Uncommon College Guide will help you and your teen establish a strong foundation for working through the college admissions process as a TEAM, even if neither of you know where to start and are overwhelmed at the prospect.

You got this!

Margie


*DISCLAIMER: Please note that I can not and am not guaranteeing results or any specific financial gain by utilizing the paid and free resources available through Uncommon College Guide. While I am confident you and your teen will achieve results much greater than the cost of the course if you choose to enroll, or by using the free information available on this site, your results depend on your individual actions and circumstances.

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