Sure, it sounds like the start of a bad joke, but the college application process is anything but funny when you're in the thick of it. Between financial aid forms and application portals, it's enough to make anyone want to hide under the covers until graduation.

In This No-Nonsense Hour, We'll Cover:

• FAFSA Facts & Hacks - The FAFSA isn't available to most families right now - but according to the Department of Education will be live for everyone by December 1st. Get the inside scoop on who needs to fill out this form, what documents you need, and how to be ready to pounce when it goes live. Because the early bird gets the financial aid worm!
  
  
• CSS Profile Clarified - Think FAFSA is enough? Plot twist: Many private colleges require the CSS Profile too! Learn whether your student needs it, how it differs from FAFSA, and why procrastinating on this form could cost you thousands. (Spoiler: our CSS Profile deep-dive webinar on October 29th will be your new best friend!)
  
  
• Common App Common Sense - From essay strategies to activity lists, we'll cut through the confusion and give you a realistic game plan for supporting your teen through this process. Without becoming their new least-favorite parent, of course.

No jazz hands or sugar coating here - just 60 minutes of clear, actionable advice from Matt Carpenter, Peg Keough, and Dan Bisig - experts  who've helped thousands of families navigate this journey.

P.S. Can't attend live? Register anyway - we'll send you the recording. (But the live Q&A is where the magic happens!)