Our Services

BUNDLED SERVICES – Our comprehensive package of bundled services takes you through the college admission and financial aid search and application process from start to finish.

PRICES FOR BUNDLED SERVICES – $3,000 for those who begin as juniors; $2500 for those who start in the fall of their senior year. The services you receive are similar in both cases, but if you become our client in your junior year you will receive more total hours of assistance with your investigation of colleges and career options. This extra guidance will help you form a clearer picture of you professional goals and career preferences, and can lead to a sounder choice of colleges to which you will apply.

Bundled services include the following types of guidance, activities, and help:

• Initial Conference re: student’s academic background, interests, life goals, and feelings about college; advice on early action/early decision

• Testing for career interest and career suitability

• Developing a college list – We start by putting together a tentative list of six colleges, based on the strengths and preferences you express in the intitial conference; then we point you towards the resources you’ll need to extend, modify, or deepen that list for yourself.

• Helping you stay on track – we provide the timelines and trackers you will need to organize and display your college and financial aid search results, and then check in regularly to make sure you use them!

• Test preparation counseling – SAT or ACT: six hours on the basic tips and strategies for either test. More extensive coaching is available as a separate service.

• Helping you build a portfolio of skills, activities, and accomplishments – this can be a yearlong process, as you assume more leadership roles in activities or polish skills and talents.

• Resume preparation assistance – we help you sum up your interests and achievements in a single page.

• Guidance on completing the college admission application – including a final proof for clarity, completeness, and spelling

• Essay help – for both admission essays and SAT/ACT timed essays

• Interview preparation tips and role playing exercises, if interviews are needed

• Explaining the basics of financial aid and assist with filling out forms

• Helping families to evaluate and compare financial aid packages

• Acting as advocates for our students, where unusual or changed circumstances need to be explained to admission officers

SEPARATE SERVICES – For those who wish to augment the package of bundled services or to use only certain distinct types of assistance, we provide the services listed below at a rate of $75 per hour, with a three-hour minimum.

• Essay help: we review your writing samples and practice essays to do more than just polish your organizational and grammar skills. We teach you to look into yourself and discover the key experiences that light up essay readers’ minds.

• Career interest and career suitability testing: done both online and in person, including a conference to interpret the results.

• Test preparation – intensive, one on one sessions focus on any of the SAT or ACT sub-tests (SAT Math, Critical Reading, Writing; ACT English, Math, etc.) or on the entire test. (At least twelve hours are recommended if preparing for all parts of either test.)

• Arranging college visits – help with creating a productive, sensible travel schedule; setting up interview appointments with admissions officers, helping to prepare a list of the most important questions to ask, etc.

• Interview preparation tips and role playing exercises

• Explaining the basics of financial aid and assist with filling out forms

• Evaluating and comparing financial aid packages