Help your child choose the optimal challenging course load to demonstrate rigor while maintaining strong grades.

Help your child identify the extracurricular activities they are most passionate about and that will maximize their admissions odds. This will include in-school, out-of-school, summer, and employment activities.

Help your student stand out by developing a “hook” or “brand” around which to build a narrative. We will work with the student and family to identify the student’s passions and talents. Based on this, we will work with the student to develop a layered story to make him stand out. This will include in-school, out-of-school, summer and employment activities.

Help teach your child how to build connections with professors, admissions staff, and community leaders who can eventually write compelling recommendation letters.

Develop a standardized testing calendar. Help your child maximize his scores while minimizing his anxiety. Recommend tutors, courses,, etc.

Help your child develop a college list that includes safeties, targets, and reaches. We will advise on college visits. We will help determine how to approach the application cycle (early decision, early action, regular decision). We will formulate a calendar to reduce stress and to ensure no deadlines are missed. 

We will provide guidance on the entire application. We will help create and develop the activities section in the Common App. We will guide you on how to obtain recommendations letters.

We will help brainstorm ideas, develop and refine the personal statement essay as well as supplemental essays until they are ready for submission.

We will help prepare you for the college interviews using mock interviews and sample questions and answers.