When Jenny Rosenberger’s high school junior wanted to start looking at colleges in 2020, she didn’t even know where to begin.
Not only were they at home in Newark, Delaware, in the middle of a global pandemic that put many college-related activities on hold, but Rosenberger said: “I had no previous experience with the college application process. I went to community college after high school and then started working … before I finished my studies.”
They needed help.
That’s when the senior vice president for Bank of America remembered seeing a new employee benefit launched in early 2020 for a “college coach.” With nothing to lose, Rosenberger gave it a try.
The service helped her daughter, Kaydria Boyer, narrow down her list of schools to consider, refine her essays, meet deadlines, and complete financial aid and other scholarship forms to pay for college. The result? Nearly every school Boyer applied to accepted her.
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“She even got multiple scholarships we didn’t even know we could get,” Rosenberger said.
Isn’t college coaching what school counselors do?
Yes, school college counselors guide families through the admissions process, but they’re often overwhelmed.
The national student-to-counselor ratio dropped to 385-to-1 in the 2022-23 academic year, the first time since 1986 it’s has dropped below 400-to-1, but it’s still above the 250-to-1 recommended ratio, said the American School Counselor…
