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Conquering College Admissions: Your Blueprint for Success
Start Here: Welcome to CCA!
What to Expect from the Conquering College Admissions Boot Camp
📘 Pre-Work: Get Ready for CCA!
[Assignment] Take the 2025 CCA: Confirm & Connect Survey - we want to get to know you!
[Assignment] Join the CCA 2025 Slack Community
Planning Your Courses for College Success
[Video] College admissions begins and ends with your transcript (8:15)
[Video] Do you have the right curriculum and rigor for top colleges? (10:39)
[Video] Follow these rules for EFFECTIVE studying this school year (4:09)
[Video] How to use a Google calendar for academic and leadership success (28:08)
Post-CCA Session Recordings
Parent Workshop (5.7) (116:24)
Allegheny Info Session (5.8) (55:54)
Day 1: Colleges are Not Alike: Steps to Selecting One That is Strategic for You
Opening Remarks and Orientation Governor Matthew Meyer, State of Delaware (17:25)
Workshop: All Colleges Are Not Alike (34:01)
Panel with college students: How to select colleges to apply to? (56:32)
Day 2: College Knowledge 101
College Spotlight: Brown University (67:23)
Financial Aid 101 by Isabel Carlton, Washington University in St. Louis (25:53)
Overview of the College Application and Process by Ana Saul-Sykes, Brown University (53:38)
How to Write an Effective College Essay? by Savannah Miller, Johns Hopkins University (52:17)
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
Opening Remarks Juliet Murawski, Director of Higher Education at the Delaware Department of Education (16:33)
Workshop: Understanding the Mind of the College Admissions Officer Tatiana Poladko, TeenSHARP (36:14)
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
Workshop: What Does It Mean to be College Ready? (65:15)
Academic Excellence: Shristi Mapchan, University of Pennsylvania ‘25 (13:34)
Intellectual Vitality: Caelin Foley, Bryn Mawr College ‘25 (51:23)
Volunteering: Melisa Velasquez-Zunun, Swarthmore College ‘29 (10:57)
Relationships with teachers: Olaide Olatunbosun, Washington & Lee University ‘26
Leadership: Alina de Zoya, Washington & Lee University ‘25 (27:05)
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Panel with high school seniors about the college preparation and application process
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