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Become Your Own College Admissions Expert — A DIY Bootcamp for Parents

Course Overview

Navigating scholarships, internships, and college applications is essential to reduce costs and strengthen your child’s resume. This interactive, virtual bootcamp provides parents with hands-on tools and guidance, including a Common App walkthrough, resume-building sessions, and personalized resources to support the entire application process.

Parents will receive live feedback and practical tools to support their child effectively such as:

  • Application Tracker: A customizable tool to monitor application deadlines, statuses, and eligibility requirements
  • Sample Resume: Professionally crafted template to help students highlight their skills and accomplishments
  • Extracurricular Tracker: Tool to organize and track extracurricular activities
  • Step-by-Step Common App Guide: Detailed instructions to ensure accurate and complete submissions

Course Outline

Tentative Outline: 

Time

Topic

Who It’s For

Details

5 mins

Welcome & Course Overview

Parents & Students

Introduction to bootcamp goals, tools, and session structure.

10 mins

The Application Landscape

Parents

Key deadlines, application types, and common misconceptions.

45 mins

Resume & Extracurricular Overview + Student Work Time

Both (First 10 mins Parents + Students; then Students only)

First 10 minutes: Overview of resume and extracurricular tracker tools for parents and students. Then parents may take a break or observe while students draft resumes and organize activities using provided templates and trackers.

20 mins

Common App Walkthrough

Parents

Detailed step-by-step guide through the Common App platform with Q&A.

20 mins

Student Work Time – Practice Common App Sections

Students

Students work on drafting key Common App entries (personal info, activities, education) with examples. Parents may take a break or observe.

15 mins

Creating Your Application Timeline

Parents

Using the Application Tracker to manage deadlines and application tasks effectively.

10 mins

Parent & Student Work Time – Build Your Timeline

Both

Collaboratively customize the tracker for your student's schools and deadlines.

10 mins

Final Q&A & Next Steps

Parents & Students

Recap, resources, questions, and details on accessing the session recording.

Additional Information

Webinar login details will be emailed to all registered participants prior to the session. A recording of the session will also be made available to participants afterward.

Prerequisites

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Section Schedule
Aug 22, 2026
Delivery Options
Live Online  
Course Fees
Registration fee non-credit $199.00
Reading List / Textbook

Section Notes

9am-12pm

Webinar login details will be emailed to all registered participants prior to the session. A recording of the session will also be made available to participants afterward.

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