Why enroll full-time in college courses? More financial aid, faster graduation time, earlier start to your career, less stress, and more connections.
Feeling overwhelmed in college with courses, clubs, organizations, internships, and social networks? Here are five tips to manage your time effectively!
Here are four tips for how to network and make connections during college as a first-generation student from a first-generation college student.
Here are six tips from a college student are on how to help build comfortability and a vulnerable space with your support system so you can best use them as a resource during your college journey.
Wave-Maker Elaine Fernandez shares seven introductory tips to make sure your LinkedIn profile displays your personal brand in a good light.
As the first term of the school year comes to an end, we’d like to to share about the experiences of some of our Wave-Makers in college as they navigate their college journey! These Wave-Makes, who graduated from Pittsburg High School in the Bay Area, share how they feel about coming back to their campuses along with what they’re beyond excited about for the rest of this academic year.
Graduating from college is one of life’s greatest triumphs. With that diploma in hand, graduates are ready to start the next chapter of their lives knowing they have what it takes to succeed. But for high school students with limited financial resources, who are the first in their family to go to college, simply applying to college can be a process filled with systemic barriers. As we pilot our new AI college advisor at Making Waves Foundation, we hope we can help remove those barriers.
Growing its mission to expand educational opportunity, Making Waves Foundation is piloting an AI college advising technology to support more students. Developed to supplement the shortage of dedicated college advisors in public schools, this resource uses artificial intelligence and automation to deliver college access content directly to students and families.
At Making Waves Foundation, we have a new recipe for impact: the Wave-Maker Success Framework. Based on insights from students and the expertise that our coaches have been implementing for years, this framework consolidates our tried-and-true college success program and coaching resources in a way that establishes an entry point for students and a measurable plan for their college and career success.
“It is an absolutely amazing feeling to know that I have made history,” shared Leajé Morris, the first Making Waves Academy alumni to graduate from UC Berkeley School of Law and the first in her family to become a lawyer. “It is truly unreal and is an absolute blessing. I would not be here without God, my mother, my Making Waves family, and the discipline that I have maintained throughout this process,” she shared. “It is very gratifying to know that I can inspire other young students of color, especially those who come from a similar background as I do.”
As you are exploring colleges and working on applications this college application season, it’s never too early to start thinking about and preparing for what’s coming your way. Here are four tips and resources to help high school students and families figure out the college process. It can be complicated – and we are here to support you!
First-generation college graduate and Wave-Maker Alison Paxtor shares all about what she learned as a first-gen college graduate to help students at the beginning or during their higher education journeys.
