• Assessment of academic record
• Evaluation of interests, skills, and abilities
• Review of student’s criteria for college choices
• Preparation for college fairs, visits, and interviews
• Advice about cost/value, private/public, geography, and other factors
• Two or more sets of recommendations of colleges that match student’s criteria        
• Developing tentative – then final – list of colleges for submitting application
• Review and comments on essays
• Review of other facets of applications
• Advice about cost and merit aid (when appropriate)
• Counseling around other issues in post-application period
• Review of college acceptances and aid offers

Targeted Service:

Students and parents define “the needs.”  We offer the “specific solution.” The time frame for these services is typically four to six weeks.

Sample needs are as follows:

• The List: it is too short…too competitive…too uninspiring.  We provide appropriate recommendations for amplifying and diversifying the list.
• Essays: topics…content…tone…revisions…final products.  We provide expert advice with all the necessary ingredients that lead to fine writing.
• Cost/Aid: the list excludes lower-cost choices…or misses universities with generous merit- and need-based aid programs…or thorny questions about eligibility arise.  We provide assistance in thinking about cost, value, and aid.
• Change of Focus: criteria have evolved…new thinking and a second opinion are needed.  We provide a different perspective.