Services
My Approach
Student Centered & Strengths Based: Understand a student’s academic and personal strengths, interests, preferences, and goals.
Expertise, Data, and Insight: Build a balanced list of college/program options, places where the student can thrive academically, socially, physically, and emotionally.
Empowering: Support students as they research their list, visit campuses/programs virtually and in-person, and take ownership in determining their final best-fit options.
Authenticity: Guide students in writing their unique personal and supplemental statements.
Empathetic Guidance: Be an encouraging, knowledgeable, and calm presence along the way.
Services
College Advising for 9th-12th graders & Transfers
4-year colleges / 2-year colleges / transfers.
Balanced, highly personalized college list based on evaluation of the student’s academic record, extracurricular involvement, personal preferences, interests, and goals, and other important considerations, such as affordability.
Academic course advising and extracurricular/summer opportunities.
Standardized testing recommendations.
Overview timelines with goals and deadlines.
College essay brainstorming and coaching.
Help navigating the variety of application requirements and reviewing prior to submission.
Guidance on all aspects of the college application and decision-making process.
Personal Essay Coaching
Start-to-finish guidance for writers and non-writers.
Brainstorming, fine tuning the narrative, copy editing, and proofreading of personal and supplemental statements.
Students own the process and their authentic work.
Post-Secondary Planning
Gap Year Planning.
Special Needs Planning.
Career and Major Exploration
Values, strengths, aptitudes, and personality assessments to discover career/major matches.
Resume creation/evaluation.
Job-seeking and networking skills.
Interview preparation.
Resources / tools to further job search and self knowledge.