College Plus

[studyhard]

My sister and I are using CollegePlus, and yes, we view it as a service to save us a lot of legwork and befuddlement. Sure, people can figure stuff out on their own, and many do. In my case, I am already up to my EARS in a million things, working, volunteering, etc., and didn't want the hassle and stress of figuring out exactly who/what/where/when/why/how associated with the degree. CollegePlus has made it very convenient for me. They helped me choose a major, plan my courses, advised me which courses to group together, recommended study resources for each course, etc. So pretty much all I've had to do so far (and granted I'm not enrolled yet, just getting my tests out of the way) is just study for the tests. I have a coach assigned to me that I can pester any time with questions and we have regular phone calls to assess progress and see what I need to do next.

So basically, it's someone to do your logistical thinking for you and save you time. In my case, time was actually more of a factor than money, so this option worked well for us. Maybe a college counselor would have done the exact same stuff for free....but we didn't know where to start to even find out about that. I didn't even learn about this forum until CollegePlus recommended it as a resource.