Ep. 330 | How To Build A Target List

<p>In this week&#39;s podcast, I review one of the most challenging (but important) parts of the college admissions process.</p><p><em><strong>Building a target list of colleges</strong></em></p><p>This entails narrowing down a list of 4,000+ colleges to a manageable list of 10-14 colleges that meet all of your child&#39;s preferences, such as:<br></p><ul><li>big school, small school, medium school</li><li>location</li><li>urban, suburban, rural</li><li>majors</li><li>selectivity</li><li>residential life</li><li>et cetera</li></ul><p>The list of 10-14 target colleges also needs to reflect an appropriate mix of reach, match, and likely schools.<br>In today&#39;s episode, I zero-in on one strategy that may help unlock colleges that might be hiding from consideration.</p><p><strong>Follow us:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://prepwellacademy.com/">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Enroll in PrepWell Academy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></li><li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/prepwell_academy/">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/PrepWellAcademy">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></li></ul><ol><li>Follow me on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/prepwell_academy/">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PrepWellAcademy">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></li><li>Give us a review</li><li>Share this episode with a friend</li><li>Join our mailing list (by opting in on the homepage or in this article)</li><li><a href="https://prepwellacademy.com/">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Enroll⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> your 9th or 10th grader in the program</li></ol><p>PrepWell Academy&#39;s Founder, <a href="https://prepwellacademy.com/Phil-Black">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Phil Black⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><strong>,</strong> has spent a lifetime cracking the code on the world&#39;s most competitive programs: Yale University, Harvard Business School, Navy SEALs, Goldman Sachs, Entrepreneurship, Shark Tank (2X), etc.</p>