Description:
Featured in The New York Times, Forbes, and The Harvard Education Magazine, The Guide covers the entire college application and financial aid process.
Sent to over 63,000 public educators each year and written by recent Harvard grads and top admissions counselors from around the US, the guide covers:
- writing winning essays,
- preparing for the ACT and SAT
- building a strong list of extracurriculars
- finding scholarships
- the difference between merit and need based aid
- activity sheets
- formatting your resume
- and much more
This text's #1 goal is to help you attend and afford college by putting your best foot forward-whether that be applying to a local technical college or the Ivy League.
This is the resource we wish we had when applying to university. All proceeds are donated back to Fair Opportunity Project to provide students with free resources.
About the Author
Fair Opportunity Project is a nonprofit started by Luke Heine and Cole Scanlon to help students attend and afford college from all backgrounds. Sending free college resources to 63,000 public educators each year and featured in Forbes, The New York Times, and The Harvard Education Magazine, Fair Opp continues to work with counselors around the US to help students attend and afford college.
Presently Fair Opportunity Project has over 50 volunteer mentors, is working to increase FAFSA application in Wisconsin via a $476,00 grant, and is continuously updating their resources to make sure that students from all backgrounds have a shot at attending and affording college.
Brief description: Luke Heine is a Finnish-American cross-functional exec, exited founder, full stack engineer, ML patent holder, YC & Harvard alum, and occasional angel investor. He created and led the biggest social network for TikTok celebs at time of acquisition, along with leading a team building +25 consumer facing products. He won Forbes 30u30, is a mentor at Harvard Business School, and runs a nonprofit sending free college application advice to almost every public high school in the US (63,000 public educators). He was former chair of Harvard's Lab for Entrepreneurship and Development, an author with Emerald Publishing, and presently volunteers with the State of Minnesota. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, New America, CrunchBase, and TechCrunch.
Review Quotes:
"I was accepted to Stanford regular decision...I don't think I would be where I am without folks like you and the existence of organizations like the Fair Opportunity Project. Thank you!" - Iris F., High School Senior
"Fair Opportunity Project gets to the heart of one of the most pervasive inequities in our education system: college access." - Katherine K. Merseth, Senior Lecturer at Harvard University
"I was a high school counselor for 12 years. This is an amazing tool! Thank you! " - Robin P., High School Counselor
"I've been a high school counselor for 15 years and I am passionate about college counseling. This resource is the best one stop guide for everything you need to explore your college options" -Lora N., High School Counselor
The Guide is AMAZING!!!!!!! I applaud your work and your attention to detail and how you have thought of the admissions process truly from the eyes of a teenager! I will be sharing this resource with all of my students!" - Janet C., High School Counselor