Power College Preparation

By Robert Folk

Boost your college application with solid strategies for college admission success!


The ultimate go-to guide for students and their families when approaching the college application process.
Power College Preparation provides strategies to get you noticed and improve your profile for your favorite college choice.

No other guide provides practical advice and true-life stories of perseverance and grit and academic success!

Power College Preparation has 21 Chapters of specific and vital information to enable the reader to successfully embark on one of life's most momentous journeys: the pursuit of higher education.
Each of the chapters guide you through the process of preparing, planning, and yes, the critically important step of financing your college experience.

Power College Preparation is useful and necessary as these steps are, the author does not leave you at the door of your new dorm room, The objectives of the book are grander than that. Power College Preparation guides you as a "lifelong learner."

Recommendations from the book are to view things from a deeper broader perspective, that build habits useful in your post college career. Power College Preparation recommends that you associate with like-minded people and make them part of your network.

Also, the book features advice from administrators, educators, and educational specialists that provide practical information to get noticed by college recruiters from around the world.
Inside Power College Preparation you will find:

• Strategies to bolster your college application to make a lasting impression
• Resources to assist families in finding grants and scholarships to reduce the cost of your education
• Guidance for scholarships for veterans, students with disabilities, and first-generation college students
• Preparation for standardized testing and college entrance examinations
• Advice on personality and career assessment tools
• Resource for veterans and students with disabilities for scholarships 

Power College Preparation will help students and their families with the resources needed to make a successful transistion to college and to better understand themselves to make better decisions toward success. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: 2connect2college, Inc.
• Release date: Oct 21, 2022
• ISBN: 9798985566222

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Power College Preparation:

How to Prepare for Life

and College Admission

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2Connect2College, Inc.

Power College Preparation:

How to Prepare for Life and College Admission

© Copyright 2022 by 2Connect2College, Inc.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the publisher.

Published by 2Connect2College, Inc.

Edited by Robert Folk

Cover Design by Marcia Bond

Layout by Thelma Austin/Praise Press

Proofreading by Jade Smith

ISBN: 979-8-9855662-1-5

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Printed in the United States of America

First Edition 2022

Power College Preparation:

How to Prepare for Life and College Admission

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

SECTION 1

Preparing

Chapter 1 Improve your habit of reading to learn

Chapter 2 Take challenging classes

Chapter 3 Understand your learning style

Chapter 4 Become your own advocate

Planning

Chapter 5 Develop your plan

Chapter 6 Meet with guidance counselors

Chapter 7 Consider dual enrollment

Chapter 8 Attend a college tour or college fair

SECTION 2

Financing

Chapter 9 Grants, loans, scholarships, work study

Chapter 10 Federal Aid Form for Student Assistance (FAFSA)

Chapter 11 Find financial resources in your

community, region, and national

Chapter 12 Prepare for the scholarship interview

and understand quality soft skills

SECTION 3

Building

Chapter 13 Prepare well for standardized tests

Chapter 14 Explore volunteer opportunities

Chapter 15 Research career options 

Chapter 16 Participate in extracurricular activities

Refining

Chapter 17 Associate with like-minded students,

create a study team, develop your network

Chapter 18 Develop your personal statement 

Chapter 19 Develop your elevator speech 

Chapter 20 Create your digital portfolio

Chapter 21 Search for internships

2Connect2College’s Final Thoughts 

APPENDIX

FOREWORD

By C. R. Gibbs

In Power College Preparation, veteran educator and community advocate Robert Folk sets forth specific, vital information to enable the reader to successfully embark on one of life's most momentous journeys: the pursuit of higher education. In three sections, divided into 21 easy-to-read chapters, he guides you through the processes of preparing, planning, and, yes, the critically important step of financing your college experience.

But, as useful and as necessary as these steps are, the author does not leave you at the door of your new dorm room. The author’s objectives for you are far grander than that.

For some students, graduation day is the day they close their textbooks for the final time. Once they have their sheepskin (degree) in hand, some consider the largest part of their learning over. Mr. Folk strongly disagrees with that attitude. In more than one place in the book, he stresses life-long learning.

In this part of your life, indeed, even before you leave college, he wants you to refine your skills and personal vision. He shows you how to view things with a broader, deeper perspective and to build habits useful in your post college career. For example, he recommends that you associate with like-minded, positive people and make them part of your network.

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While in college, take the initiative to develop everything from a personal statement, to hunting for internships, to crafting a digital portfolio. But don't worry, he will explain everything as you read the book.

Power College Preparation will be valuable to you long after you have graduated from high school and college. You could call it your roadmap to success.

Enjoy the journey.

C. R. Gibbs

Historian, Author, Lecturer

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

2Connect2College, Inc. seeks to provide useful information and guide youth to becoming better human beings to make the world a better place.

We thank all our partners and investors who inspired us to publish Power College Preparation: How to Prepare for Life and College Admission.

The following persons and organizations provided continued support and assistance: Connie Folk, Carolyn (Young) Folk, Clifton Rogers, Dr. James Wilson, Professor Margaret G. Lee, Joseph L. Wilson, Dr. Marco Clark, The Academy for Future Journalists, The Washington Informer, Norfolk Journal and Guide, Darrell Jeffries, Robert Folk Sr., Tony Glaros, Reginald Glenn, Yvonne Hollis, James Sherod, Howard Fleming, Anthony Brown, Tracy Smith, and Chrystal Jones.

Dr. Marco Clark is a leader who has always supported 2Connect2College. As a visionary, he seeks to give voice to the next generation of journalists. His heart-felt determination to be the parent that some of his students never had, and his vision for the Richard Wright Public Charter School for Journalism and Media Arts will bear beautiful fruit for years to come.

Dr. James Wilson is a professional educator and community advocate and motivator. With his wit, knowledge, and kindness, he has provided jewels of wisdom to inspire and change the lives of others for decades. He is a tireless advocate for young people and a champion of opportunities for the less fortunate in the Washington, D.C. educational community. He reminds us that iron sharpens iron, and you must face your challenges with strength, courage, and determination. He believes in bringing out the best in all of us and making everyone around him better. He motivates all to walk tall.

Professor Margaret G. Lee is a retired English and linguistics educator at Hampton University. She provided lessons and instruction that inspired young minds at Hampton. She guided her students to grow into great human beings. She continues to be a constant source of strength and encouragement for vulnerable young minds that need a helping hand and an encouraging ear.

Mr. C. R. Gibbs is a phenomenal historian. His brilliance, insight, and care are conveyed in his books and storytelling. Through his stories about the accomplishments of individuals who otherwise might go unnoticed, he provide the foundation to build young leaders and educate the world.

Ms. Shirley May Washington was the queen of our household during my youth. She became the matriarch