Introductory Consultation

• Get acquainted
• Review student’s transcript and standardized test scores
• Advise on future course selection
• Discuss admissions timeline, including standardized test schedule
• Assess student’s sports and extra-curricular activities
• Recommend summer activities
• Clarify student’s educational goals

Continuous Counseling

• Introductory Consultation
• Provide on-going guidance and support to student and family throughout the college admission process
• Promote student’s self-advocacy and critical thinking skills
• Administer an interests and career assessment (optional)
• Discuss possible majors
• Recommend sources for researching schools
• Create an evolving list of possible colleges based on student’s academic, social and geographic preferences, along with cumulative GPA and standardized test scores
• Explore options for standardized test preparation

• Prepare for campus visits and interviews, including a mock interview
• Develop an activities list/resume
• Brainstorm essay topics and short-answer responses
• Critique essay and short-answer responses
• Consider options for personal and academic recommendation letters
• Finalize the college list, including reaches, targets, and favorables
• Review completed applications
• Assist in filing financial aid/scholarship forms
• Evaluate college acceptances and assist in final enrollment choice
• Continue contact through student’s first year of college