College Counseling Services

College admission may seem scary, but it could be a fun thing if you look at it as a goal you can achieve by maxing out on academic and extracurricular opportunities during your high school career. Our college admissions counseling team meet with individual students one on one to evaluate their academic and activity achievements and then puts together a plan for them to use while creating a unique, competitive profile during their high school career. Since a different student has a different story, individual students need a different set of strategies to increase their chance getting into their first choice universities.

• Conduct a Private Student Evaluation to assess the student's academic history, extracurricular achievements, summer activities, awards, reputation, goals, etc.

• Meet 1:1 with the student (and parent) on a monthly basis and keep the student on track to stay/grow competitive

• Communicate with the student and parents constantly

• Refine coursework plans, testing schedules, and extracurricular activities

• Identify and recommend academic, extracurricular, and summer activities

• Facilitate or improve teacher/counselor relationships and select teachers for letters of recommendation

• Plan for college visits

• Research colleges and develop a balanced college list

• Help utilize college/career research tools to strategically prepare for the college application process

• Provide the student/family with a step-by-step approach of guidance

• Keep the student on task to complete all components of the college applications

• Create a narrative to develop a cohesive, compelling college application

• Brainstorm, draft, revise, and edit college essays (Common App personal statement, UC essays, supplemental essays, and financial aid/scholarship essays) to strengthen the applications - unlimited meetings/communication until completely finished!

• Advise on selecting teachers for letters of recommendation and help fill out the letter of recommendation request forms for teachers and counselor to write glowing letters of recommendation

• Review the applications for accuracy and effectiveness check

• Evaluate offers of admission as well as develop a strategy for waitlist and deferral decisions

• Prepare students for admissions interviews

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Included services may vary depending on the college counseling program you choose to enroll