Parents’ Night
The two-hour jumpstart for college admissions
Parent groups and high schools have found Kennedy Consulting's Parents’ Night to be a great way to jumpstart a school’s college counseling program. Families, faculty, and administrators come together for an in-depth presentation on college and admissions, richly illustrated with real life examples, after which Mike Kennedy answers the groups most pressing questions.
The Presentation Covers
How the admissions process works –– and how to make it work for you
How the “business” of college admissions effects what colleges want and what families must do
What matters at top state schools, how private school admission differs
How financial aid works and how to negotiate better deals
Where the scholarships are and how to qualify
The role of standardized test, grades, and course selection
How AP loopholes can work for or against you
Generating successful essays and compelling recommendations
Activities and experiences that colleges do and don't value
How to make the different types of admission work for you (Early action, early decision, rolling, etc.)
How the choice of a major can impact admission
How the wait list works and how to get off it
The value of alumni ties
How race and gender can help or hurt– and what to do about it
The pitfalls of recruitment mailings and summer sessions
Finding the right fit for your situation
Dangers of the rumor mill, alumni interviews, and college guides
Common myths and misconceptions about the process
How students and high schools can support each other during the process
I learned more from Mike Kennedy in an hour than I have from anyone else in that amount of time.
Parents’ Night Participant
Participants leave the presentation energized and informed. With 2000 colleges out there, families have more options than they realize. Mike not only discusses the strategies that matter at well-known schools, but alerts families that there are hidden gems worth exploring. This presentation empowers families and helps take the anxiety out of the process.
Parents’ Nights are an extremely cost-effective option that can be made even more accessible when schools participate in joint presentations. Kennedy Consulting Group is happy to work with groups of independent schools, public school districts, or PTAs and Parent Foundations to organize multi-school Parents’ Nights.
Please contact us for more information.
“Our family has engaged the Kennedy Consulting Group on multiple occasions with great success and we recommend him highly. Mike has been very helpful in educating families on the”business” of higher education and the related drivers of admissions decisions. Also, providing guidance for maximizing the educational, experiential, and financial aspects of those decisions as they may affect a family.”