Comprehensive Package Details

Comprehensive Counseling Package Details

Freshman comprehensive counseling package

Our most effective package.  These 8 sessions are spread out over 3 years to guide you through your college decision-making process in timely and manageable steps starting from freshman year. A College Life Planning Advisor will take your student through 8 sessions, as well as unlimited phone and email conversations that will help in the college admissions process. See details below:

Part 1: Freshman-Sophomore Year
Starting Point: You and Your College Search 

  • Self-assessments; identifying your needs and wants for colleges that fit you best plus Strengths Finder assessment
  • Clearing up myths on college rankings and admissions
  • Why researching college campuses is vitally important to finding colleges right for you
  • How to research and select colleges
  • The importance of college visits and how to plan your campus tours
  • PSAT and SAT or ACT testing considerations: timing, prepping, and re-testing
  • Receive personalized feedback on Sophmore-Senior year course selections, CSU/UC eligibility, admission testing etc.
  • Receive personalized recommendations on colleges campuses to research and visit
  • Review of student extra curricular activities
  • Ideas for improving student resume and profile
  • Determining course selection
  • Working with your high school guidance counselor
  • Career development and research
  • Extra curricular activities development and brainstorming
  • Start planning college visitations for all four years
  • Find and plan for awards, events, special recognitions; start helping your student stand out
  • Financial planning advice and help for college financing
  • Start developing a scholarship strategy
  • Calendaring Freshman-Sophomore tasks

Part 2: Junior-Senior Year
Organizing Your Application Information & Finalizing Your List

  • Discussions on college visit assignments; students learn from CLP advisors experiences and many other student experiences
  • Introduction to different applications and deadlines:  CSU, UC, and private colleges
  • Discussion of the ultimate goal:  having options come spring of senior year
  • Categorizing your college apply list into safety, target, and reach colleges
  • Working towards finalizing your apply list
  • Organizing your application information and beginning applications
  • SAT or ACT test prep guidance
  • Calendaring Junior-Senior year tasks
  • What to expect on college applications
  • The details on applications:  CSU, UC, Common Application including review of the college application components
  • Focus on student activities: what to include and how best to detail
  • Receive review and detailed feedback on paper application assignments
  • Guidance in writing unique and effective essays
  • Focus on UC and Common Application guidelines, but CLP advisors will personalize to students college selections
  • Discussion of how and why admissions essays differ from typical high school essays
  • Stressing the importance of the individual student voice, character and passion
  • Practice essay brainstorming exercises on topics and content development
  • Walk out with a first rough draft completed and ready for initial detailed feedback- feedback provided within 1 week
  • College visitation planning
  • Detailed questions to ask potential colleges
  • Review and check up semi-anually transcripts, extra curricular activites, and awards/recognitions

Plus 2 Individual Essay Review Sessions in mid October and mid November

  • Working one on one with students
  • 30-minute sessions
  • Guiding your content, structure, and student voice
  • Goal of a more effective and impactful essay within your overall application package

Also includes:

  • Ongoing communications via email and phone as needed.  Students and parents can contact us with questions and issues as they arise.  This continues through the research process, developing the apply list, completing applications, writing essays, and making final decisions.
  • Parent Information Night:  The goal of the evening is to present an overview of our course, to review deadlines, key resources, financial aid introduction, and tips for helping your students.  Q&A time is provided and is an extremely valuable portion of the evening.
  • Student and Parent Assignments:  The goal is to guide you both through this decision-making journey in timely and manageable steps.

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Buy Now: $1495
Yearly Payments of $598
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