June 05, 2023

It’s Grad Season – Resources for Graduates and Their Families w/ Wendy Snyder

32 minutes

It’s graduation season, and so we spend the next segment of our show answering your questions about how best to support your kids in this next phase of their lives. We are joined by Wendy Snyder, a college and career counselor at the Oakland School of the Arts, where she monitors student progress and works closely in the college application process with students and families as they approach graduation. The resources mentioned by Wendy are listed below.

Resources for High School graduates:

Oakland Promise College Access Hub – contact them for help with financial aid and scholarships: https://oaklandpromise.org/resources/college-access-hub/

Girls Inc Alameda County – one on one support for college applications: https://girlsinc-alameda.org/programs/

Posse Bay Area, your school needs to get in touch with them in order to nominate you. And, you have to want to attend their partner schools (see in the link): https://www.possefoundation.org/sites/bay-area

College Track Oakland – one on one support for high school students who are first generation to attend college: https://collegetrack.org/communities/oakland-ca/

826 Valencia, In San Francisco – college readiness programs and also a Black Student initiative: https://826valencia.org/

Black College Expo – hosts events/college fairs all over the US and have scholarship money: thecollegeexpo.org

College Essay Guy Free Resources – free guidance on building a college list and writing essays. He also has courses that are “pay what you can”: https://www.collegeessayguy.com/college-essay-resources

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