Start Here: Welcome to CCA!
📘 Pre-Work: Get Ready for CCA!
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[Assignment] Take the 2025 CCA: Confirm & Connect Survey - we want to get to know you!
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[Assignment] Join the CCA 2025 Slack Community
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Planning Your Courses for College Success
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[Video] College admissions begins and ends with your transcript (8:15)
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[Video] Do you have the right curriculum and rigor for top colleges? (10:39)
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[Video] Follow these rules for EFFECTIVE studying this school year (4:09)
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[Video] How to use a Google calendar for academic and leadership success (28:08)
Post-CCA Session Recordings
Day 1: Colleges are Not Alike: Steps to Selecting One That is Strategic for You
Day 2: College Knowledge 101
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College Spotlight: Brown University (67:23)
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Financial Aid 101 by Isabel Carlton, Washington University in St. Louis (25:53)
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Overview of the College Application and Process by Ana Saul-Sykes, Brown University (53:38)
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How to Write an Effective College Essay? by Savannah Miller, Johns Hopkins University (52:17)
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All You Need to Know about Extracurricular Activities for College Admissions By Kate Heekin, Williams College (25:19)
Day 3: Understanding the College Admissions & Application Evaluation Process
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Opening Remarks Juliet Murawski, Director of Higher Education at the Delaware Department of Education (16:33)
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Workshop: Understanding the Mind of the College Admissions Officer Tatiana Poladko, TeenSHARP (36:14)
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Panel with high school seniors about the college preparation and application process (55:03)
Day 4: Determining Your Readiness for the College Application Process & Learning Strategies to Get Ready
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Workshop: What Does It Mean to be College Ready? (65:15)
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Academic Excellence: Shristi Mapchan, University of Pennsylvania ‘25 (13:34)
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Intellectual Vitality: Caelin Foley, Bryn Mawr College ‘25 (51:23)
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Volunteering: Melisa Velasquez-Zunun, Swarthmore College ‘29 (10:57)
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Relationships with teachers: Olaide Olatunbosun, Washington & Lee University ‘26
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Leadership: Alina de Zoya, Washington & Lee University ‘25 (27:05)
