179: Free Tools for Researching Colleges and Universities with Holly Ramsey
Holly Ramsey from Thoughtful Homeschooling shares a number of free tools for researching colleges and universities in this episode. All the tools she suggests during the interview are listed below, but you can request her full free guide here.
Know Yourself: Tools to explore interests and aptitudes
● Scoir: You Science assessment
● Dr. Steven Antonoff’s exploration surveys: self-survey for the college bound, college planning values assessment, audit of college success traits
Know the Schools: Tools to build a list
● Loper: new personalized list builder app
● College Essay Guy Guide: How to Choose a College
● College Matchpoint: monthly newsletter and blog with “Hidden Gems”
● Collegewise Runway: free senior year course
Know Your Budget and the Cost: Tools to evaluate financial fit
● Thoughtful Homeschooling:: “Best Free Tools to Find a Good School That Will Give You Money”
● Thoughtful Homeschooling: “How Good is that Scholarship?”
● Net Price Calculator
● Estimate any Student Federal Aid
● ROI of 4500 Colleges & Universities: Georgetown’s analysis
Know Your Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Concerns: Tools to refine a list
● College Equity Index: assesses campus climate & culture for BIPOC students
● Autism-Friendly Colleges: lists of schools adept at serving those with learning
differences.
● First Gen College Partners
Know the Social Fit: Tools to evaluate the feel of a campus
● Look up a school’s mission and values
● Read the student newspaper
● Campus Reel: student-driven virtual college students
● Niche: includes student reviews of the colleges & universities
To get your teen to start researching and preparing for college, sign them up for sponsor FundaFunda’s annual summer High School Challenge for homeschoolers in rising 9th – 12th grade. This contest gamifies the learning and offers gift card rewards – as well as an overall cash prize.
If you as a homeschool parent want to interact with other homeschool parents on these topics, join the Homeschooling College-bound Teens Facebook group run by FundaFunda – Holly is one of the many members there with wisdom to share!
You can find Holly at her website, Thoughtful Homeschooling, and on Facebook and Instagram.
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