Customized Service Blocks:
Purchase a pre-paid block of time to be used for any college service that you need (Except for list development). The choice is yours! Possibilities include:
- Mock Interview
- Resumé editing
- Essay Brainstorming
- Essay Editing
- Application review
- Academic/testing advice
Early College Planning - Freshman or Early Sophomore Year
- Review of academic record
- Advice on course selection
- Recommendations on extracurricular involvement and summer activities
- Discussion about how to make high school a successful endeavor
- Preliminary discussion on financial aid
- Development of a “Next Steps” plan
College Matching - January of Junior Year to October of Senior Year
- Review of academic accomplishments
- Advice on course selection
- Recommendations for extracurricular involvement
- Testing recommendations (SAT or ACT: when and what to take, is prep necessary?)
- In-depth interview on college preferences of both student and parents
- Discussion of Learning Differences and how colleges provide LD services
- Access to career assessments and surveys of related majors
- Refinement of social and academic comfort zones
- Advice on making successful college visits
- Preparation of a selected list of up to 12 colleges that is uniquely matched to the student
- Up to 20 hours of consultant time includes consultation sessions, research, analysis and communications
The College Scholarship Workshop
75-minute session teaches students how to locate and successfully apply for local and regional scholarships.
Comprehensive Package: Matching, Application and Essay Editing
Includes all services in #4 College Matching above, PLUS:
- Action Plan with organizational timeline
- Advice on summer camps or courses (research and list creation at hourly rates)
- Essay Brainstorming
- Students can apply to up to 10 colleges using any two of the following: Common App, Coalition App, Univ. of California App
- Editing of up to four supplemental essays (additional essays edited at hourly rates)
- Editing of the activities resumé
- Review of Applications
- Development of interviewing skills
- Financial Aid strategizing and understanding the “Net Price”
- Help with making the final selection when decision letters are received
- When and how to make financial aid appeals
- Assistance setting up services for students with learning differences
- Up to 43 hours of consultant time includes consultation sessions, research, analysis, editing and communications
Transfers:
Whether it's the academic offerings, the social scene or a change in family finances, sometimes transfers are a fact of life. The process can be very similar to our Comprehensive Program or more goal directed as we learn from the past. Either way, avoiding more problems in the future is essential, and College Match Guru can help.
- Review of academic accomplishments
- Advice on course selection and changes in majors
- Discussion of the transfer process and the likelihood that courses will transfer
- In-depth interview on revised college preferences
- Access to career assessments and surveys of related majors
- Review of social and academic comfort zones
- Preparation of a selected list of colleges that is uniquely matched to the student
- Advice on making successful college visits
- Essay Brainstorming sessions, as needed
- Editing of both common application essays
- Editing of up to three supplemental essays
- Review of Applications
Next SAT Test Date:
05/03/25
Next ACT Test Date:
04/05/25
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