For Counselors - What's Zinch

Welcome Counselors!

Thank you for taking the time to visit Zinch and for everything you do for your students. Here at Zinch, we help students find scholarships, pay for college and make informed decisions about where to apply and how to get in.

We know how important you are to your students and strive to make your job easier. If you ever have any questions or need anything from Zinch, whether it be information for a college night, help for an individual student or ideas for ways to improve your experience on Zinch, I encourage you to contact me directly.

Thanks again and I look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,

Rob Wellington

Director of High School Outreach

rob@zinch.com

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Free Resources

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Counselor FAQs

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question mark What is Zinch?

Zinch is a free service that allows high school students to present
themselves to college admission officers - as real people and more
than just as SAT/ACT test score.

Importantly, college admission officers want this information. More
than 800 colleges and universities work with Zinch to identify students
who might be right for their schools. Zinch FAQ's go

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Resources you can download now

College Selection

Choosing the Right - Not
Just the "Best" - Colleges
Go go

How Kids Really
Choose a School
The Daily Beast

The Best Kept Secret in
College Admission
The Daily Beast

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Getting In

How to Really Improve
Your Admission Chances
Go go

10 Costly Mistakes in
College Admission
Forbes.com

The 10 Dumbest Mistakes
Applicants Always Make
Forbes.com

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Paying for College

Paying for college When
You Haven't Saved Enough
Forbes.com

Financial Aid 101 Go go

Early Decision:
College Admission's
Secret Handshake
Forbes.com

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Even More

Parents: Don't Blow Your
Kid's Chances of College
Admission Forbes.com

Reduce the Stress Go go

When You Should be
a Helicopter Mom
Admission More.com

The Technology
Revolution Changing
College Admissions
Forbes.com