WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS
College Quest Advising presents
Workshops and Seminars
in communities, businesses, homes, and schools to assist students in grades 9-12 with their college application process.
CQA Workshops and Seminars are offered around the New England community only.
Presenter: Renée Serrano is an Independent Educational Consultant specializing
in the college admissions process.
Workshops and Seminars: locations, dates and times are regularly posted and updated.
To register for any of these workshops or seminars,
please email Renée Serrano at collegequestadvising@gmail.com.
HOST CQA IN YOUR COMMUNITY
Consider having CQA Workshops/Seminars
presented for employees at corporations/business offices, students and parents at school, and families at clubs/organizations and community events. Email Renée for details (collegequestadvising@gmail.com)
HOST CQA IN YOUR HOME
If you have five or more students/parents
interested in participating in a Workshop
or Seminar, consider hosting CQA
in your home. Email Renée for details. (collegequestadvising@gmail.com)
CQA WORKSHOPS
LOCATIONS, DATES AND TIMES WILL BE UPDATED SOON
CQA WORKSHOPS
Dates and times are updated frequently.
All workshops are free to students and their families.
Transition to College
Mastering the Steps for a
Seamless Transition to College
Making the transition from high school to college is an enormous
change in a student’s life. Most freshmen college students are not
well prepared to handle the stresses of being on their own for the
first time in their lives: living in a new place--with a stranger
(new roommate), homesickness, heightened academic responsibilities
and coping with dangerous activities such as binge drinking/drugs,
and sexual experimentation. This workshop holds an open discussion
about these stressors and more. It will engage students to talk openly
about the issues, learn ways to positively assimilate and understand
the dangers and how to respond to peer pressure.
Participation: High School graduates headed to college
Duration: One-night commitment (1.5 hours)
Cost: Free
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Funding your College Education
Understanding the Financial Aid Process
and the Search for Scholarships
Now that you are in, how do you pay? Financial Aid? Should you apply for it and if so, how? We will answer these questions and more as you grasp the understanding of the Financial Aid process, how to find and complete the FAFSA and the reasons why you should apply for Financial Aid. There are thousands of scholarships available each year that are unknown to many college-bound students. How do you find them? This workshop will show you the numerous ways to discover and earn scholarships to help pay for your college tuition.
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Athletes Academy
Student Athlete College Recruitment
Do you have what it takes to play a sport in college? This workshop will highlight the steps needed for collegiate athletic recruitment. Many companies charge a hefty fee to assist students for this purpose, however, with some basic education; your destiny is in your control. We will discuss the overall recruitment process, what college coaches are looking for and how you can score a chance at being recruited.
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Understanding the College Application Process
The Top Ten Things You Should Know
About Your College Quest
The college application process can be confusing and complicated. This workshop will summarize the Top Ten Steps to help make your college application process comprehensible and successful. We will discuss college fit, obtaining the proper supplemental material, the importance of college essays and more.
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The Early College Quest
College Planning for Freshmen
and Sophomore Students
As much as freshmen and sophomore high school students should be allowed to enjoy, and explore their new environments in high school, what they do during those years can and will formulate their future college options. This workshop will engage in a discussion that will help these young students on how to use their academic and social interests to enhance their choices for college, but more importantly, to help them find their future career direction.
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Parent College Quest Academy
The Parent’s Role in the College Search Process
The parental role in the college application process is a difficult one. Not only do parents have to be supportive, but they also have to be open-minded, knowledgeable and often invisible as their children navigate the overwhelming process of their college journey. This workshop will cover topics on how to be supportive, yet behind the scenes for the process. Parents will learn how to release the reigns of their child’s dependence, to enable them to move onward and upward to the incredible journey that awaits them.
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CQA SEMINARS
C.A.P.S.: College Applications Process Seminar
C.A.P.S. is a series that provides students and families with the tools and guidance
necessary to conquer the complicated and competitive college application process.
With meetings geared toward identifying target schools, writing a unique essay to
understanding the financial aid process and more, the comprehensive C.A.P.S.
program prepares college-bound students for success.
Participants: Rising senior high school students
Duration: Four sessions, two hours each
Cost: $1500
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CQA Senior Quest College Boot Camp
Build your best-fit college list and complete a thoughtful personal essay.
The Senior Quest College Boot Camp will help senior students through the
process of college applications by creating a best-fit college list, completing
college applications and producing a thoughtful essay; students will be ready
to submit their college applications after this seminar.
Participants: Rising senior high school students
Duration: Three sessions, two hours each
Cost: $1000
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CQA College Quest Essay Boot Camp
Complete a thoughtful personal essay.
The College Quest Essay Boot Camp will help senior students brainstorm
for a great topic, determine how best to highlight their strengths and talents,
outline, write and finalize their college application essay.
Participants: Rising senior high school students
Duration: Two sessions, two hours each
Cost: $650
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