College Applications

We get it! College applications are a huge deal and can be scary. But, don’t worry; our experienced team is here to work with you to help craft your best application.

The Stress-Free College Application Package: This is the package we most recommend to students and parents for a comprehensive college application program. We work with you to build the package that you want. Most packages include an initial college counseling session to assess the student and their goals. From there, we schedule multiple college essay writing workshops to assist students in writing their common application, UC application, and any other secondary application. We also help students stay on top of their application schedule, reminding students to send in their standardized scores, transcripts, letters of recommendation, and transcripts in on time!

College Counseling: A private college counseling session where we discuss your goals.

For seniors, we focus on which schools you want to target, and select appropriate reach, match and safe schools. Unlike other centers, we don’t just look at metrics. Instead we emphasize looking for schools that would be a good fit for you. In the end, we want you to be happy with the college you attend because we believe that students do best in an environment that feels supportive and where they can be happy pursuing their academic interests. We also help seniors explore possible majors of interest.

For juniors, we focus on evaluating existing standardized test scores (if available), AP test scores, and coming up with a plan to achieve your dream. At this stage, it is also critical to think about which teachers to ask for a letter of recommendation.

For sophomores and freshman, we emphasize planning out your high school career to best meet your interests and goals.

College Essay Writing Workshops: From the common app to the UC app to secondary apps often found with private universities, we’re here to help. We guide you through writing applications that show your best qualities and what makes you unique. These workshops are done individually and are scheduled as packages. We require at least two writing sessions per essay, because we realized that one session to block out an essay and one session to revise was the minimum for a student to get a draft of their application. We do recommend that students do at least three writing sessions per essay to get a truly polished work.

The initial writing session will be one hour to plan out the essays to write. From there, revision session will be 30 minutes each. We request that essays be written on google docs for easy sharing and editing. The student is expected to edit their essays in between sessions. The student will “turn in” the essay for editing the day before the session. The day of the session, the comments will be reviewed and discussed.