Start Your Future College Planning with CARA


Hello Reader,

Do you have a rising high school freshman, sophomore or junior in your life? In other words you have someone in your life who would be in grade 9, 10, or 11 by September of this year? Or are you someone who fits this description? If so please read on. If not, please forward this to somebody who fits the above description.

I encourage you use CARA in your college planning. The College Admission Readiness Audit (CARA) is a detailed assessment and report that will help prepare your family for the college admission cycle. It starts with a detailed questionnaire that assesses your student's preparedness for applying to college. This is followed by a detailed assessment result and an hour-long call to go over the results. Bottom line, you get recommendations on what to be doing now, to set your prospective college student up for success when it comes time to apply to colleges.

The assessment will cover the main areas of our CFF College Fully Funded® framework: college list, academic record, extra-curricular and leadership record, and more. Wouldn't it be nice to start preparing 1, 2, and 3 years ahead of time and avoid the last-minute scramble and panic?

Summer is the best time to take advantage of CARA so that your prospective college student goes into the new school year in the fall with a clearly mapped out plan. Are you ready for CARA? If so, sign up here. If you have questions, please feel free to reach out. I can't wait to work with your family on this.

Looking forward to hearing from you. To college fully funded,

Dr. Faith Okpotor

Founder and CFF Head Coach

National Center for Higher Education Access

Award-winning academic and tenured professor

P.S. Here are the ways to work with us.

  1. CFF College Fully Funded®, a 3-month intensive and comprehensive college admissions coaching program followed by a 7-month application support membership to help prospective undergraduate students find, apply, and get accepted at U.S. colleges/universities that will provide them full funding. Registration for the next cohort is underway.
  2. GradSchool Fully Funded, a self-paced graduate school admissions coaching program and annual membership that helps prospective master's and PhD students find, apply, and secure admission with full funding into U.S. graduate programs. You can enroll at anytime. If you are interested in joining a small 2025 cohort of GFF, click here.
  3. 1-on-1 consultation service for prospective graduate students, those interested in living and working in the United States, and people with other higher education consultation needs.
  4. The College Admission Readiness Audit (CARA) for high school freshers, sophomores and juniors. Receive a college admission readiness assessment and a personalized hour long 1-on-1 session to review your assessment results and receive recommendations on what to focus on to prepare for a successful college admission cycle. Email us to learn more.

Dr. Faith Okpotor

I am a college professor and the creator CFF College Fully Funded™ and GradSchool Fully Funded. We help ambitious students, find, apply, and get into U.S. colleges/universities and graduate programs with full funding in order to avoid debt. Please use the links in the Links tab to learn more about me, our programs, or to connect. You can also read a few samples of previous editions of my twice monthly newsletter via the Posts link. If you would like to receive the newsletter on all things college admissions and funding, please subscribe below. To email me: collegefullyfunded@gmail.com .

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