(Offered fall session)

This workshop will help families (with students grade 9-12) understand and successfully manage the college planning processes, so they can confidently find, be admitted to, and afford one or more "good fit" colleges.  Topics include:  high school preparation, recognizing and using "leverage," designing a plan for college, deadlines, ACT test preparation, SAT/PSAT, admissions and financial aid strategies, scholarship searches, and adjusting to college.  The workshop presenter, Frank Bernier, PhD, has over 30 years of experience as a high school college planning advisor, and as a college and medical school director of admissions and financial aid.  He received Michigan State University's prestigious Crystal Apple Award for his "innovative and outstanding contributions to the field of education."  Students are welcome to attend this workshop with their parents.