To those of you who have gone through the college application process with your children, I would like to get some suggestions from you.
I have been given the task of creating two courses for our homeschool co-op. The first course in the sequence will be offered in the spring of junior year and will focus on looking at different careers, beginning the college search, etc. The second course will be offered in the fall of senior year and will focus on writing the college essay, filling out the application, searching for scholarships, etc. For each course, the students will attend 15 one hour classes.
I spent 5 years working in college admissions so I am thrilled to be teaching these classes next year. However, I am also incredibly nervous as parents will be paying me and I want to make sure they are getting their money's worth. Fifteen hours just seems like a lot to me as I feel like the material could be covered in just a few sessions and that anyone who has been through the process could teach it.
This is where all of you come in. What was some of the most valuable information you received when going through the process? What do you wish someone had told you early on that would have made things easier? Besides the college to which your child was applying, where did you turn to for scholarships that yielded any money? What can you add to my base of knowledge that will help me come up with 15 hours?
Thanks in advance.