Student Diagnostics

• Suite of aptitude, vocational, and characteristics surveys, including Myers-Briggs analysis, to help students explore early career planning.

• Interviews with student to establish rapport early on in the process.

• Completed diagnostic profile of student to establish long-term communication patterns with students.

• Completed intake survey of student’s academic profile.

Course Planning

• Personalized course planning beginning as early as Freshman year.

• Assistance helping students balance fulfilling course requirements, exploring their interests, and assembling a competitive transcript.

• Analysis of best course of action in each semester in planning AP and Honors coursework.

Resume Management

• Professionally-formatted resume template to be updated throughout their high school career.

• Oversight of student’s accomplishments, awards, and extracurriculars to successfully document student’s activities.

• Personalized extracurricular planning for volunteering, social and service clubs, sports, and other initiatives.

College List Building

• Assistance in crafting balanced list of colleges with healthy mixture of admissions selectivity, social settings, and financial contexts.

• Guidance in choosing in-state vs. out-of-state schools and understanding advantages of both public and private institutions.

• Oversight in making the most of college visits and campus tours, including how to supplement the visit with independent research.

Standardized Testing Plan

• Diagnostic testing for ACT and Digital SAT and/or personalized analysis of first ACT or SAT score report.

• Assistance navigating test-optional vs. test-flexible policies in college admissions.

• Personalized testing plan for ACT and/or Digital SAT, including timeline management and score prediction.

College Admissions Overview

• Consultation on the relevant factors involved in college admissions and personalized strategy for student’s success.

• Overview of steps and timeline for college applications in student’s Junior year.

• Strategies for success in planning application components, from the Common App Personal Statement to supplemental essays for each school and additional school-specific application requirements.

College Application Guidance

• Application guidance and oversight for each school on the student’s Common App and assistance with managing deadlines.

• Navigation of letters of recommendation requests, including who to ask and how to ensure strong letters of support.

• Interview preparation and email tutorials for college student success beginning with application questions.

Applications Essay Writing

• Oversight of all aspects of college admissions composition, from the Common App personal statement to school-specific supplemental essays.

• Tutorials in prompt analysis and avoiding cliches via concrete, compelling narrtives.

• Guidelines for scholarship essays that augment material from the personal statement and supplemental essays.

• Assistance in every step of the composition process, from brainstorming to draft revision and through copy-editing.