Pathways to College Admission Tailored Just For You

Expert Guidance All The Way to the College Gates

From constructing the baseline college list, to navigating application timelines, you will encounter many critical junctures and decision-points along the path to your dream college that can each have a game-changing impact on where you ultimately end up. We step in to give you the best advice, every step along the way, to help you make decisions that are evidence-based and sound—so that you can ultimately gain admission to the school that’s just right for you.

Early decision or early action? What about restrictive early action? Deferral or waitlist? How do you think correctly about these high-impact choices, and how can you play your cards to your best advantage? How can you prioritize and fit in test prep, essays, and completing all of your applications alongside all your other academic, extracurricular, and family obligations? We are here to help you craft a winning plan and ensure that the process runs smoothly all the way to the college gates.

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Finding the College of Perfect Fit

A college list. Sounds simple, right? However, many considerations go into narrowing down your options to those 8–15 schools where you see yourself thriving. Geography, specialty majors, test scores, campus culture—these are just some of the considerations that go into your college list—and they are all important pieces of the puzzle. We will help you think through the key elements that make up your ideal college environment and identify matches where we think you will truly flourish. Through a combination of data-driven and qualitative analyses, we will ultimately help you craft a list that we guarantee you’ll be excited about. As test scores and grades constantly reshuffle the playing cards in your deck, we will help you reformulate your college list along with your changing circumstances.

We are also a critical resource in our students’ exploration of their future colleges. Even if you do not get the chance to visit every school on your list, we will be your best resource in your research, showing you ways to unearth insightful and valuable information that can play into your decision process. Off on a school tour? We will give you the best advice on how to maximize your experience to get the information you need and also perhaps even a boost to your admissions chances. 

Drafting Essays that Tell the Story of You

Essays can easily—and very quickly—become an applicant’s worst nightmare. Without careful organization, applying to 15 different schools often results in needing to plan and write 30+ different essays. We can help you build the winning image, and will help you create key themes that can enable you to cut through the essays efficiently. The key to producing a set of successful college essays involves organization, taking the right perspective, and a scrupulous eye to grammar and style. Admission officers are people too, and the essays are your one shot at communicating who you are, person-to-person.

Senior year fall is the time to try and distill all of your high school achievements into a few pages of black and white letters on paper. Consider the fact that whatever makes it into your application will be all the admission officer will know about you! What’s more, keep in mind the sheer volume of essays these officers will have to read in a typical workday. How can you be memorable under these circumstances? We will show you how to stand out in a crowd—in the best way—and earn your admission through allowing your passion to shine on paper.

Coming Ahead with Financial Aid Packages

Careful strategizing, diligent test prep, and a set of stellar college essays can mean the difference between graduating completely debt-free and being saddled with $200,000 in debt at the start of your adult life. While finances may not be a top priority for you at this stage, carrying your college debt into your adult life can be a pain, hampering your quality of life and opportunities. We’re here to make sure that doesn’t happen, and that the transition from college to adult life remains as exciting and empowering as it should be. 

We’ll help you target the colleges that are most willing—and capable—of directing funds your way, and we’ll stay by your side as you navigate competing admission and financial aid offers so that you come out on top with the money you need to fund your college years.

Lightening the Load of Application Management

Common App, Coalition App, UC, ApplyTexas, and many more—the completion of college applications can very quickly become a convoluted and messy process. Imagine filling out your activities and grades from every class you have ever taken since middle school not once, not twice, but maybe 15 times. Did we mention that you cannot make a single error or typo? We know, it can all get overwhelming, fast. 

Always here to help, our experienced advisors can assist in the process by streamlining the number of applications you’ll have to complete, and minimizing redundancies. With our time-tested systems and extreme attention to detail, we will catch any errors so that every page looks exactly as you intended when it hits the discerning eye of the admission officer.

Our Admissions services include:

• SAT & ACT test preparation

• Test anxiety management & training 

• Target schools consulting 

• Common Application & supplementary essays design & editing 

• Leadership & extracurricular activities advising 

• Ivy League & top tech schools college advising (early contact recommended)

• Athletic recruiting assistance & management 

• Art portfolio & auditions advising 

• Scholarships search & management

• FAFSA / CSS / financial aid forms service 

• Common Application / Coalition Application forms service 

• Mock college interviews 

• Deferral & waitlist letter design & editing 

• Collegiate skills workshop (includes computer shortcuts, writing research papers)

• Career skills workshop (includes networking, interviewing skills)

• Resume workshop