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"You can't parachute into this terrain"- Stephen Covey, author- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

A common and costly mistake of student-families pursuing college is to wait until the end to play the game. In football terms, it's analogous to that of jumping in at the 2-minute warning to play the last two minutes.

People too often think they can avoid the process and still get their desired outcomes; that's believing they can parachute in to their preferred college without doing what it takes to get there. It just doesn't work that way and as Stephen Covey states- "You can't..."  

For those who wait until the end, believing essential grades will land them into their dream college with a maximum scholarship, their outcome will be met with disappointment, predictable as it is. Their default strategy will cost them admission acceptances and scholarship awards, often resulting in students attending the wrong college, studying the wrong major, and with parents overpaying for college in tens of thousands of dollars.   

Not the case for CollegeLogic students and parents. CollegeLogic families are involved early and manage the process from a position of strength, creating unique advantages for themselves along the way.

To see how we do it, click here- CollegeLogic 

While on the site, download our free eBook- 10 Steps to Saving $50,000 on College Costs. 

Be on the lookout this weekend for our Memorial Day Weekend special series- How to Write a Top Quality and Interesting College Application Essay.

Awesome news! Our new book is getting great reviews and readership, click here- The Inside Secrets to Playing College Sports, What Every Mom and Dad Must Know

Hans
Founder CollegeLogic
Office # 203.470.3704

"Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn."- Hans

That's just one of our many CollegeLogic motto's that holds great truth and reality when it comes to the college process.

The college process represents a learning curve that many parents want to learn on their own, suffering consequences and undesired outcomes for that ambition. Over the years, we have learned it. And our goal is for you to be the winner!

How might you ask? Without a system and order, things turn to chaos. We have the system and we have the order. Here are our first four steps in the process. Follow these steps and leave the learning curve to others.

Step # 1- build a college list matching the student's qualifications and interests, while matching the parents interests and needs

Step # 2- create a personal marketing package, complete with an introductory email, student-profile sheet, and short video

Step # 3- send  the marketing package off to the admissions office, being sure to include the person that is assigned to your geographical location

Step # 4- plan to visit colleges, meet the key decision-makers, and build value in you.

This gets things started in an orderly system designed for college success. To learn more, come visit www.mycollegelogic.com

Hans, Founder and CEO of CollegeLogic

Thousands of college-hopeful sports careers come to an end prematurely due to the common mistakes made by athletes and their parents each year. It doesn't have to be your story though. Here are five pitfalls to avoid.

#1- Hoping that the high school or club coach will get your athlete recruited. While they can be helpful, it is not their job to do. Sure, that would make things easy, but the job is yours, not theirs. It’s your college career hanging in the balance, not theirs.
 
# 2- Waiting to get started, being indecisive, and neglecting to take action. It's the default strategy that will put you behind in the process, leaving much to chance. While others are creating advantages, those who wait compromise opportunity.
 
# 3- Falsely believing that money spent on travel sports will lead to your college recruiting. While expensive sporting events and club teams may add experience and lifetime memories, they offer no automatic recruiting benefit unless you create it.
 
# 4- Unwilling to connect with head coaches in a meaningful way. “I sent an email to the coach and he didn’t respond.” It takes a lot more than just an email or two to go from prospect to recruit. It takes persistence and diligence to get the coach’s interest and attention. 
 
# 5- Chasing the sport rather than working the process. Finding a real opportunity for playing college sports begins with being proactive in identifying the right colleges and having a strategy for admissions and athletic recruiting. It’s a dual-path process.
 
One day for everyone, high school will come to an end and with it, many aspiring athletic careers.  

It’s up to you to bridge the gap between the definitive ending of high school sports and the definitive beginning of a college sports opportunity.

CollegeLogic families are involved early and knowledgeable throughout the process, creating advantages for themselves.

To see how we do it, click here- CollegeLogic 
While on the site, download our free eBook- 10 Steps to Saving $50,000 on College Costs. 

Awesome news! Our new book is getting great reviews and readership, click here- The Inside Secrets to Playing College Sports, What Every Mom and Dad Must Know

Hans
Founder CollegeLogic
Office # 203.470.3704

BREAKING NEWS!!!

State Universities are in greater demand, have higher admission standards, and are harder to get into than ever before. Why? Because, they generally represent a good value education in comparison to private colleges.

State Universities typically have substantial opportunity for research, study abroad, internships, and graduate studies while offering a vast range of undergraduate studies and interdisciplinary degree programs.  

State Universities typically cost less than half that of private colleges.
 
Here is a ranking of America's top State Universities-

College affordability and success does not arrive by accident, rather, it arrives by the careful execution of a precise plan.

To see how we do it, click here- CollegeLogic 
While on the site, download our free eBook- 10 Steps to Saving $50,000 on College Costs. 

Awesome news! Our new book is getting great reviews and readership, click here- The Inside Secrets to Playing College Sports, What Every Mom and Dad Must Know

Hans
Founder CollegeLogic
Office # 203.470.3704

Did you know that the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission used more energy in the first two miles after lift-off than the following 500,000 miles of travel?

The lift-off, taking the first step...getting started is the biggest challenge facing parents of college-bound students. Why? Because-

1. It's always easier to wait for another day...a day that doesn't show up on the calendar to tell you it's time to start
2. Parents don't know what to do or when to do it...why would they?
3. Parents want to believe the high school will take care of it for them...just easier if it were to work that way, but it doesn't

All reasons that lead down the beaten path of waiting, hoping, and wishing; often resulting in undesired outcomes such as missing out on preferred acceptances, overpaying for college, not playing college sports, not graduating college on time, and much more. It's all too predictable.

We don't subscribe to that theory. Rather, we believe in taking a systematic approach to getting college right. It starts with taking the first step, which is building a college list; then taking the next step, which is creating a personal marketing package; and it goes on from there with each step taken in prescribed order.

No matter the circumstances, getting college right is far from being automatic; and getting it wrong is far from being an accident.

Taking ownership of your situation, getting started, and being knowledgeable are all choices of yours. But it's much harder work to get involved, plan ahead, and learn how to create your own advantages. That's why it's the biggest challenge facing parents of college-bound students.

You notice we're not directing this towards the students. Why not? Because college success often falls on the shoulders of the parents. Enough said! 

College success is predictable. It does not arrive by accident.

To see how we do it, click here- CollegeLogic 

While on the site, download our free eBook- 10 Steps to Saving $50,000 on College Costs. 

Awesome news! Our new book is getting great reviews and readership, click here- The Inside Secrets to Playing College Sports, What Every Mom and Dad Must Know

Hans
Founder CollegeLogic
Office # 203.470.3704