Volunteer College Coach Application 2025-2026

  • Volunteer College Coach Application 2025-2026

  • We appreciate your interest in helping ScholarMatch students achieve their higher education dreams!

    Thank you in advance for completing our volunteer application which includes you answering four short answer questions, and telling us a bit about yourself (education, demographics, and industry/work experience).

    Our team will carefully review each application submitted and invite selected candidates to begin our training process.

    Due to the selective nature of our recruitment process, we are unable to move forward with every request to volunteer. We appreciate your understanding and hope to work with you.

    Please contact volunteer@scholarmatch.org with any questions about this application.

    Please do not submit a new coach application if you've previously volunteered with us. Please send an email to volunteer@scholarmatch.org with the dates of your volunteer service, and we will follow up with the next steps.

    With gratitude,

    ScholarMatch

    Note: ScholarMatch will not share information provided on this form without your permission.

    Note: ScholarMatch will not share information provided on this form without your permission.


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  • What is your current time zone?*
  • We know we've asked for your mailing address already, but choosing one of these options helps us sort out which volunteer opportunities you're eligible for. Thanks!*
  • California-based coaches should complete the Live Scan fingerprinting process in order to be matched with students located in California. However, if you would prefer not to do Live Scan, you have the option to receive a background check through our online provider, Checkr, and you will be matched with students outside of California.*
  • Date of Birth*
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  • If you volunteered with us in the past, please let us know the program year below.*

  • In addition to our matched program, we are piloting a small virtual drop-in program for the Class of 2025 designed to serve students who cannot commit to our year-long program. Students will be able to drop in to 90-minute sessions on Zoom for support at various stages in the application process (e.g. essay review, financial aid review). 

  • Would you also be interested in volunteering for the virtual drop-in program?.*
  • If you feel comfortable, please share your gender identity.*
  • If you feel comfortable, please share your ethnicity. Select all that apply.*
  • If you feel comfortable, please share your pronouns below. What gender pronouns do you use?*
  • Do you belong to any of the communities listed below?*

  • Which College(s) did you attend? 


    Please select the college(s) attended below.

    These lists are alphabetized from A-L, M-S, T-Z.

    If your school is not listed here select "not listed", feel free to let us know below in the optional: Any Other Notes section.

    If you did not attend a college listed in the section select "N/A".

    If you have a graduate degree(s) from any institution, please include those schools here as well as your undergraduate alma mater!

    Hint: If you need to select multiple colleges from one of the lists, for PC users, hold Ctrl and select colleges for multi-select, For Mac users hold Command and select colleges for multi-select.

     

  • What career fields do you have experience in?*
  • Please share who referred you or where you heard about us:*
  • If you rated your college access and admissions knowledge 4 or 5 out of 5 above we would be happy to consider waiving our content training and just asking you to complete our program-specific training.*
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  • Do you belong to any professional organizations?*

  • Optional:

    Only answer this question if it applies to you.

    Are you currently completing a college counseling certificate program at any of these colleges but not limited to and will need to complete your practicum hours?

    UCLA Extension Program
    UC Berkeley Extension Program
    UC Irvine Extension Program

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