College Admissions
The High School Plan (9th and 10th Grade)
High school is center stage when it comes to the college application process and is the critical time to help maximize a child’s potential for success with college admissions. This workshop educates parents on how to effectively plan their children’s high school academic program –including selecting the appropriate type and level of courses, participating in the right extracurricular and summer activities, and taking standardized tests. This workshop also provides a brief overview of the college admissions process including recommendations, essays and interviews. At the end of the workshop, parents will gain a good understanding of how to prepare their children in their early high school years in order to help them stand out during the increasingly competitive college admissions process.
Selecting the Right College (11th Grade)
With close to 4,000 options for college, the selection process can be very overwhelming. The goal of this workshop is to help families understand how to effectively narrow their options and ultimately select the right college for their children. College Coach guides families through this complex process by helping to identify their children’s strengths and interests and then matching those with the colleges that are the best fit. The informed and unbiased opinion of a child’s academics, activities and “extras” will help families to put together the strongest college list possible.
Preparing College Applications (12th Grade)
Competitiveness in college admissions is at an unprecedented high, and the college application is the critical bridge between the admissions officer and the hopeful applicant. This workshop examines the entire application process in detail and highlights the importance of “marketing” the student throughout. This workshop will educate families on how to successfully complete the application, write the essays, and everything in between. Families will learn how to effectively personalize the college application by developing a theme around their student. They will also learn valuable tricks to writing a thought-provoking and winning essay and more importantly, how to avoid some common essay pitfalls. The workshop concludes with a checklist to help families ensure that they are meeting all the application deadlines and putting their student on the road to admissions success.
