If you’ve ever watched The Breakfast Club, Bad Teacher, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, or Election and thought, “Yep, that was my high school,” sit tight, this episode is for you!!

I was the quintessential rah rah gal: cheerleader, student body president, dating the triple athlete who was the ASB vice president. Yep, I was THAT girl. I loved high school. HOWEVER, when I think back to all the teachers and administrators who knew me, nobody, I mean nobody, talked to me about college.

Public schools get a bad rap. I know.

And honestly, it is for good reason. Yes, they are under-resourced and under staffed. I get it. And yet, I don’t. Because if the goal is to help students get more students to apply to college, become eligible, apply to college and be admitted, this can be done. It is not an insurmountable task. Where there is a will, there is a way. And in my opinion, helping students achieve their dreams is the reward.

Today I share the lessons from my elite private school days and how Lynwood Unified implemented one strategy to yield 70 college acceptances for their seniors in just 6 days.

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Best Selling Author. TEDx Speaker. College Admission Expert. Football Enthusiast.

Dr. Cynthia Colón is the Amazon Best Selling author of Be Committed! Get Admitted., and the Spanish version, Con Determinación. ¡Logra la admisión! She is the national host of Destination YOUniversity podcast and founder of College Essay Bootcamp and Dream College Academy. “Cyndie” grew up with 14 Tíos and Tías with advice on everything except how to get admitted to college. Cynthia's immigrant mother had the courage to ask for help and changed the trajectory of her life. Because of Lydia (Mom), Cynthia is an alumna of USC, Columbia University, and UCLA. Dr. Colón is on a mission to help more public school students get private school service to access top 100 colleges. Dr. Colón delivered her first TEDx Talk, “College Admissions Is NOT Fair,” in Los Angeles in 2023. She  has been featured on KTLA, ABC, NBC, FOX 5, KCAL, WGN, WPIX.

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