The College Prep Moderator Team will be hosting a financial aid session to understand the topics of financial aid, merit scholarships, loans, and more. Feel free to come with questions.

Happy October everyone! The College Prep Moderator Team is happy to announce that we are opening ❓ Office Hours for the entire month. These are essentially sessions where you can ask us anything. Please sign up if you have any questions you want answered or need any advice. For long essay review questions, please send a direct message to us by going to your moderator's account and hitting the Send Message button. Then, send us a link to your essay and we will let you know our thoughts if we are able!

Happy September everyone! The College Prep Moderator Team is happy to announce one of our most important series, The Cost of College. Let's talk about how we can get our money's worth! 💸 [The Cost of College](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17acVVDkfBpVlfbFHe04kHsquiRFu41O-6GNmGSrN4FA/edit?usp=sharing) - We will learn about what it costs to go to college, what is merit aid, how to apply to scholarships, and how FAFSA works. You will learn some good websites to find scholarships on and websites which will calculate the cost of college based on salary, living costs, etc.

The College Prep Moderator Team is excited to announce our August series: Write to Start! Now is the perfect time to begin writing your essays but where do you actually start? It is important to have a strong foundation before you start writing so that you can excel from start to finish. ✒️[ Starting the College Essay](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1C4dSqoo4ALv6TbvTIR_lyHvwj5rAzjVJRcQ69kX5u2I/edit?usp=sharing) You will learn what topics to write about, how to find inspiration, and how to motivate yourself to write your college essays. We will cover tips for both personal statements and supplemental essays.

The College Advice Moderator Team is excited to announce our newest series: College Crash Course! We will be covering almost every curriculum we have through July from the beginning to the end of the college process. Listed below are the types of sessions: 📝 [Planning for College](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1S6-7Uzhcep-WUA0JNFZYKd1hwGqW6iUMXZ5MAR1vmAs/edit?usp=sharing) | Early half of the 2nd week of July We will learn about what extracurriculars to take and how to find them, deciding which classes to take and when to take them (AP, honors, and IB), and how to study for and when to take the different standardized tests (SAT, AP, ACT). 🗺️ [What & Where](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1eSZJKPHVffDgfFTUtJTRj5o02kfcM5oQ1hi8AW29i7A/edit?usp=sharing) | Later half of the 2nd week of July Tips and tricks on picking colleges to apply to. We will be talking about what you should look for in a college and what things are green flags. This is for anyone who plans to apply to college. 📋 [All About the Application](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ExQvthQ11I8uA4wEqLvnFeNLhXmsM17HG29yJmNR7pA/edit?usp=sharing) | Early half of the 3rd week of July We will learn about the format of Common App, what is on the application, test scores (and if you should use them), what to write about, choosing colleges to apply for, and what admissions officers look for. We will walk you through the Common App website and show you some websites which are good for finding colleges. ✒️[ Starting the College Essay](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1C4dSqoo4ALv6TbvTIR_lyHvwj5rAzjVJRcQ69kX5u2I/edit?usp=sharing) | Later half of the 3rd week of July You will learn what topics to write about, how to find inspiration, and how to motivate yourself to write your college essays. We will cover tips for both personal statements and supplemental essays. 💸 [The Cost of College](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17acVVDkfBpVlfbFHe04kHsquiRFu41O-6GNmGSrN4FA/edit?usp=sharing) | Early half of the 4th week of July We will learn about what it costs to go to college, what is merit aid, how to apply to scholarships, and how FAFSA works. You will learn some good websites to find scholarships on and websites which will calculate the cost of college based on salary, living costs, etc. 💞 [The Power of Passion Projects](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fsTNr3HXDnh6KUVVxAcIapSAqVfudFaCJnoj1DlIx7g/edit?usp=sharing) | Later half of the 4th week of July We will be covering what passion projects are, how to start your own passion project, and multiple different examples of passion projects. 💼 [Career Readiness 101](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HTqvKTtAoD0Yj7S7qgE7l-LL0EduOUe8CALLYk5wQGY/edit?usp=sharing) | Early half of the 5th week of July We will learn about the most important skills for college: resumes, CVs, interviewing, and networking! Feel free to write a resume ahead of time and edit according to advice learned during the session. College is nothing if you can't get a job afterwards! 💭 [How?](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qx592yRgUqPioJ3pDEbdhO-A-iYYTO5n5uOEMS25Ups/edit?usp=sharing) | Later half of the 5th week of July Once you've gotten in, how do you prepare for college? Some tips on how to succeed, what to bring (packing list), and how to manage your time. This is for people heading into college this fall!

The College Advice Moderator team is excited to bring back All About the Application where we will be doing a deep dive into almost everything about the Common App! New to this series, wonderful College Advice Tutors will also be hosting Ask Me Anything's (AMAs) on their application and college experience. To Tutors: If you would like to host an AMA session, please DM Cindy to participate! 📝 All About the Application - We will learn about the format of Common App, what is on the application, test scores (and if you should use them), what to write about, choosing colleges to apply for, and what admissions officers look for. We will walk you through the Common App website and show you some websites which are good for finding colleges. ❓ Ask Me Anything - This is your chance to ask tutors how they ended up where they are. Look at the session descriptions below and mark your calendars for AMAs hosted by people in your field of interest.

These series will be centered around learning to multiply and factor quadratic expressions. We will follow the Khan Academy curriculum for the Algebra 1 [Quadratics unit](https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/x2f8bb11595b61c86:quadratics-multiplying-factoring) and aim to achieve mastery in each of the 9 skills. By the end of this series, you will be able to factor equations such as and expand expressions like !