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College Admissions, This is the Biggest Mistake Made

Posted by Hans Hanson

College is not a prize to be won, rather, it is a match to be made.

It's "College Admissions" season.

Welcome to our College Admission & Application summer series where we will focus on key topics for winning admissions and earning scholarships.

We begin by identifying the biggest mistake made by the student's and their families-

Families proceed with submitting applications without having a plan, strategy, or qualified college list from which to work, leaving too much to random chance.

Families too often leave college applications to a random selection based on name, rankings, family, or Naviance. That's not how a match is made.

You make a match by-

Working from a college list matching the student's qualifications, interests, and needs.
Visiting the right colleges, meeting the key people.
Evaluating colleges for a realistic opportunity.
Having a plan to submit "early" applications for winning preferred acceptances.
Forming a strategy that results in having quality options and leverage.
Choosing a college that delivers on all stated goals of the family.

Mom and Dad, these are not things you can just wait for your child, school counselor, or travel team coach to do for you. Getting this right is your job, not anyone else.

We're not talking about buying a color television here, rather, we're talking about your child's college and future.

We discuss this and much more on our educational webinars. Join us on my next webinar coming up shortly.

Webinar - 50 Minutes Can Save $50,000

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Hans

CollegeLogic, GetCollegeRight
Office # 203.470.3704

Knock Down That Wall

Posted by Hans Hanson

The secret to playing college sports is to connect with coaches in a meaningful way beyond casual emails and camp invites.

You have a talented athlete who aspires to play college sports. Their #1 challenge and your #1 frustration will be in trying to connect with college coaches. In fact, athlete-families see a 50' high concrete wall as a barrier to the coach. If you don't knock that down, then it will crush your dreams.

Why does it exist in the first place? There are three reasons-

Athletes are intimidated by college coaches, so they shy away from them.
Parents don't know how to go about it.
College coaches are more elusive than ever.

Knocking down the wall requires you to overcome each of those reasons.

Athletes need to realize that their best path to becoming a college athlete is to build meaningful relationships with college coaches. They must be willing to be diligent in their outreach.

Parents need to realize that their role as a facilitator is enhanced by having knowledge of the process, not sitting on the sidelines and watching. They must be willing to learn.

Coaches are not going to change their approach. So athlete-families need to be proactively involved and engaged with a strategic plan. Athletes need to build value in themselves to substantiate further interest of a coach.

We discuss this and much more on our educational webinars. Join us on the next

Webinar - 50 Minutes Can Save $50,000

And please follow us on Facebook Live. I'll see you there!

Hans

CollegeLogic, GetCollegeRight
Office # 203.470.3704

The Key to Meeting College Coaches

Posted by Hans Hanson

The key to turning a 15-minute coach meeting into 60 minutes is having the right questions to ask.

You have plans to visit colleges and meet coaches. What do you want out of the meetings? To build value in the athlete? To find out if there is a real opportunity? To learn exactly what the coach's situation is? Yes, all of it...of course!

How will YOU do that? We do that by asking all the right questions. It builds value. It sheds light on the opportunity. And it provides valuable insight into the coach's situation.

We have a script of 50 Questions to Ask a College Coach. Not that your child will ask all the questions, but you can pick and choose the ones which apply best. Here are a few of the most important questions that you must ask-

- What is your 5-year plan?
- How many scholarships do you have available for the team?
- How many do you have available for my recruiting class?
- For which positions do you plan to offer a scholarship?
- What can I do to qualify for a scholarship?
- What is your timeline for making offers?
- How can you help me with admissions and costs?

Without having the right questions to ask will likely bring an abrupt end to the meeting. You will leave without having built enough value to substantiate further attention of the coach.

Having the right questions to ask will draw the coach's interest, demonstrating good organization of the athlete, while gaining important insight into the specific situation of the coach.

We discuss this and much more on our educational webinars. Join us on my next webinar coming right up-

Webinar - 50 Minutes Can Save $50,000

And please follow us on Facebook Live. I'll see you there!

Hans

CollegeLogic, GetCollegeRight
Office # 203.470.3704

The Single Most Important Thing You Can Do...

Posted by Hans Hanson

College recruiting made-simple runs through well-planned evaluations.

What's an "evaluation"? Evaluations are by coaches who are known by the athlete in advance of an event; who will specifically evaluate the athlete and provide a private feedback session within 72 hours of the event.

Well-planned evaluations will increase the athlete's likelihood of being recruited by 20 times! And they work for all NCAA sports and all levels of play.

Well-planned evaluations have replaced random-exposure. Planning for evaluations requires an advanced effort to connect with a coach in a meaningful way, thus motivating the coach to do an evaluation. Pursuing random exposure is much simpler, though far less effective.

Planned evaluations work. Chasing exposure does not. Planning evaluations is the # 1 thing you can do to boost your recruiting opportunity.

We discuss this and much more on our educational webinars. Join us for my next webinar coming right up-

Webinar - 50 Minutes Can Save $50,000

And please follow us on Facebook Live. I'll see you there!

Hans

CollegeLogic, GetCollegeRight
Office # 203.470.3704

Test-Optional, good for you or good for the college?

Posted by Hans Hanson

"Why does a college go test-optional?"

Rumor has it that colleges don't value SAT's any longer as an indicator of college success. I would say that is a fallacy, a false belief, a feel-good response for parents of "poor test-takers." From a college standpoint, going test-optional has nothing to do with the value of SAT scores, but rather, it is purely a sound business decision, here's why-

A test-optional policy drives a substantial increase in the number of applicants. An increase in applicants serves two fabulous business purposes of the college.

1) A rise in the number of applicants results in a lower "acceptance-rate", which is a big deal to the college. A lower acceptance rate makes the college appear to be more selective, which in turn allows them to increase their tuition.

2) A rise in the number of applicants drives up the revenues of the Admission Office. For example, an increase of 5,000 applicants at $70 per application fee = $350,000 of application income. This is a very big deal in the Admission Office.

Make no mistake about it, the college is serving its own business interests with this policy, and it works well for them. They are not trying to be nice to you.

Join us for much more on this and other important college matters on my next webinar coming right up-

50 Minutes Can Save $50,000

And please follow us on Facebook Live. I'll see you there!

Hans

CollegeLogic, GetCollegeRight
Office # 203.470.3704