Our Top 10 College Application Month Tips

Posted December 2, 2015 | By Cooke Foundation Staff

Last month, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation celebrated National College Application Month by posting The Comprehensive Guide to Crush #CollegeAppMonth on our blog and sharing daily tips on social media. We were so encouraged by the amount of positive engagement from college-bound students, supportive counselors, and access organizations that we want to ensure the most noteworthy nuggets are easy to find!

These are the top ten tips that resonated most with our followers on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter:

Try these 7 search tools for finding #scholarships: https://t.co/E0ktgD4S0o #CollegeAppMonth #collegechat pic.twitter.com/HuIDFrfeE1

— Jack Kent Cooke Fnd (@TheJKCF) November 23, 2015

Resources and tips on #collegetransfer for #comm_college students: https://t.co/dswSaPxSWN #CollegeAppMonth pic.twitter.com/Z5tsGX39IT

— Jack Kent Cooke Fnd (@TheJKCF) November 19, 2015

#CommunityCollege students, this one’s for you! More #CollegeAppMonth tips: https://t.co/DFuzLWcn9X #comm_college pic.twitter.com/aRPyKGFFzq

— Jack Kent Cooke Fnd (@TheJKCF) November 15, 2015

Here’s our daily tip for #CollegeAppMonth! Find more information and resources in our comprehensive guide for #HighSchool and #CommunityCollege students on our blog (blog.jkcf.org). Community college students can also find some invaluable information about transferring to a 4-year school at the link in our bio. The $40k/yr Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship application period is open for less than a month, so start your application today! #JKCF #College #Undergrad #Transfer #Scholarship #Tips #ThinkBig #WorkHard #Achieve #ReachHigher #BetterMakeRoom #TipTuesday

A photo posted by Jack Kent Cooke Foundation (@thejkcf) on Nov 17, 2015 at 5:13pm PST

#CollegeAppMonth is almost over! Catch up on all our #college #admissions tips: https://t.co/1ImpCPGrx8 pic.twitter.com/b5F09P1LCs

— Jack Kent Cooke Fnd (@TheJKCF) November 29, 2015

Our #CollegeAppMonth Guide is full of #tips for writing your application essays: https://t.co/NzjCTKSIvz #scchat pic.twitter.com/T9Z4sww53F

— Jack Kent Cooke Fnd (@TheJKCF) November 27, 2015

It’s Tip Tuesday! Remember to show gratitude to your supportive teachers, especially if they are writing you a letter of recommendation. This printable worksheet can help your request: http://bit.ly/1P6Z7kX

Posted by The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation on Tuesday, November 24, 2015

We’re tweeting daily tips from our #CollegeAppMonth guide! Find more here: https://t.co/13FJbNVuov #collegefit pic.twitter.com/yaoy0vHvuX

— Jack Kent Cooke Fnd (@TheJKCF) November 12, 2015

Here’s the #CollegeAppMonth tip of the day! More in our guide: https://t.co/9Uv0KydrM3 #finaid #collegeadmissions pic.twitter.com/90PJlBKQzv

— Jack Kent Cooke Fnd (@TheJKCF) November 13, 2015

5 Tips for #FirstGen Hopefuls to Discuss College Plans with Their Families: https://t.co/YeUyo4ccRF #CollegeAppMonth pic.twitter.com/2A4Js68ZjT

— Jack Kent Cooke Fnd (@TheJKCF) November 16, 2015