The quest for higher education is one that many parents and students spend thousands of hours thinking about and planning for. For many families, the planning begins long before the baby is born! Once it has been decided whether both parents will work outside of the home or one will stay at home with the baby, the next step begins. Some begin searching for the perfect “specialized” day care center while others work to create an ideal home to grow a happy, healthy, and smart baby – with mom (or dad) as the day care provider. Some play music to the baby in vitro, while others read the works of classic authors aloud. Once the newborn arrives, the anxious parents spend even more hours debating which school “little Johnnie” or “little Jackie” will attend for pre-school and grade school. Should they choose a public school or private school? What about class size? The debates go on and on!

By the time a college-bound teen has reached the first year of High School, the parents have spent hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars in the pursuit of the perfect education for their child. If all goes well, that (now teenaged) child will struggle through a minimum of 4 years of high school, attending challenging classes so that they will be competitive when it’s time to apply to the colleges of their choice. Whatever the outcome, as the old saying goes, “if you fail to plan, you plan to fail”. Planning a child’s path to higher education can be very tricky to say the least! The college planning process has its own schedule and own set of rules which must be followed carefully. With the A+ College Prep Planner—The Ultimate College Admissions Planning Guide for High School Students, you have everything clearly within your sights – years before you need them. If you follow the course, your student will be well prepared to apply for a spot in the freshman college class.