Ashley is a rising senior at The University of Notre Dame, and she has embraced every opportunity!

College Choice Foundation was recently featured by This Is Alabama sponsored by Medical Properties Trust to raise awareness for their impactful work in assisting motivated students find their best college fit and graduate from college without borrowing a lot of money.

Kylan Benson (Harvard University) is featured in the 10 Years of Leonard D. Schaeffer Fellows in Government Service video. “These kids are very very bright. And what is critically important, they are given real jobs. This isn’t sorting mail in the basement.” Leonard D. Shaeffer. Watch the video here to learn how this prestigious fellowship impacted Kylan.

Lots to Buzz About! Birmingham native, Michael Hemphill, is bringing his television show BUZZ back to his hometown to highlight and help FIVE area nonprofits, INCLUDING College Choice Foundation.

“I was born and raised in Birmingham and had never lived anywhere else until I decided to attend Notre Dame for college,” she said. “I often encountered mixed reactions that left me wondering, ‘Is this really how people see Alabama?’”

College Choice Foundation supports students to apply to, enroll in and graduate from best-fit colleges. To learn more about Bryanna Fears and her journey to Tulane University, watch the segment.

Check out College Choice Foundation’s annual fundraiser and celebration, 9th Annual Wild West Roundup, supporting high-achieving students navigate college admissions, and buy tickets for the 10th Annual Wild West Roundup 10th Anniversary!

According to his mentor, Carl J. Thomas, MPA, retired college admissions director and current board member of the College Choice Foundation, Dillard is among the top one percent of students he has evaluated.

After “much thought and prayer,” Dillard made his official decision regarding his post-secondary destination on April 29. And he’ll be taking his from Birmingham to Boston, where he’ll attend Harvard University!

Josephine Lowery, Executive Director and co-founder of College Choice Foundation, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from The University of the South (Sewanee) (cum laude), as well as from The University of Georgia School of Law (cum laude). In her spare time, Lowery enjoys spending time with her husband and four children, running, cycling, traveling, walking her dogs, boating, reading, and watching movies.

While achieving has always come naturally to him – “I like to be the best at what I do,” he says – he didn’t plan to apply to Ivy League colleges. Former Ramsay students who chose Ivy League schools helped convince him that he should do so. “You never know what’s for you until you try,” he says, “so I chose to visit these schools and give them a fair shake.”

He ended up being accepted to four of them.

Josephine Lowery, who grew up in a low-income family with a single mother, was selected as one of 20 Women Who Shape the State in 2020 for her efforts with College Choice Foundation.

“We believe that all students can find their best college fit without incurring significant debt if they receive the right guidance and support,” said Josephine Lowery, CCF executive director and co-founder. “The fact that we are receiving this grant from the Alabama Power Foundation is the biggest blessing for our foundation. It will allow us to go from helping 33 students last year to 90 students this year.”

Josephine, a retired real estate attorney, knew exactly the kind of kid Mark wanted to help. She had been one herself. “My mom was an alcoholic, and we were on free lunch and food stamps. All I ever knew that I could do to escape that environment was to do well in school.”