College Greenlight


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Senior year of high school should be a time for mastery, exploration, and rigor. Colleges want academically inquisitive, passionate, and talented students. Here are some tips to guide seniors through their course selection for senior year.

Spring Into A Strong Senior Year Schedule



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Dozens of colleges offer free visits to their campuses this fall for diverse seniors. Here is the current list, which we update weekly. If you know any additions or changes, please let let us. In the meantime, let's help the class of 2015 visit awesome colleges this fall.

2014 Diversity College Weekends: Free Fall Visits for Rising Seniors



Welcome to the end of the school year. You deserve a great summer, yet we need to do so much to help our students get ready for college. Here are some tips--many of them are brand-new, including a new scholarship from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation and College Greenlight. Let us know if you need help brainstorming summer bootcamps or other college readiness ideas or plans.

June 2013 College Readiness Tips For College Access Advocates


Congratulations for making it this far. You most likely many good colleges options already or on the way, but if you really want to go to a waitlisted school, follow as many of these 10 tips as possible. Do not do this for a school you will not attend. Colleges often take kids off waitlists often who can afford to pay outright, have special connections, fulfill regional needs, or make a spectacular case. Remember, spots only open if the college has available spaces.

Ten Tips to Get Off A College Waitlist