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The Guide: A College Admissions and Financial Aid Guide For All Students
Free from the Fair Opportunity Project
The Fair Opportunity Project is a nonprofit organization started by students and for students. The FOP provides some of the best and most up-to-date college application resources, scaled to reach everywhere and for everyone. They aim to forever change who gets what information. This organization has unleashed college-going know how upon the world - for free! The co-founders were profiled on Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2017 for their work.
Begin with FOP's video modules and then download your own copy of The Guide, a comprehensive book on all things college.
Modules
- GETTING STARTED
- MAKING THE MOST OF HIGH SCHOOL
- FINDING THE RIGHT COLLEGES
- STANDARDIZED TESTS
- COMPLETING THE COLLEGE APPLICATION
- WRITING COLLEGE ESSAYS
- AFFORDING COLLEGE
- POST SUBMISSION
You may download The Guide in English, Spanish or Chinese. You can see from the Table of Contents below that The Guide is comprehensive and anticipates your questions and directs you to next steps.
Section I: The College Application
Chapter 1: College Application Timeline
Chapter 2: Starting Your College Search
Chapter 3: Standardized Tests
Chapter 4: Creating a College List
Chapter 5: Organizing the College Application
Chapter 6: Letters of Recommendation
Chapter 7: The Application
Chapter 8: The College Essay
Chapter 9: Optional Interview
Chapter 10: Update Letter
Chapter 11: Post SubmissionSection II: Affording College
Chapter 12: Financial Aid
Chapter 13: ScholarshipsSection III: Before College Applications
Chapter 14: Timeline Before College Applications
Chapter 15: Picking High School Courses
Chapter 16: Taking Initiative and Starting Projects
Chapter 17: Summer ExperiencesSection IV: Essays that Worked: From Common App to Supplements
Chapter 18: Experience Essays
Chapter 19: Reflection Essays
Chapter 20: Strict Prompt Essays
Chapter 21: Short ResponseSection V: Feedback and Additional Tools