Hourly Coaching

Pay as you go by the session

Refining the college list, essay and application coaching, navigating the financial aid process. Sessions are 50 minutes each.

Applying to College Package

for Juniors

Refine your college list, highlight questions for college visits, research schools, prepare for writing applications, brainstorm and discuss essay drafts.

Zoom sessions are used to guide students through the process of applying to college.

Junior year, we meet once a month to ensure students are on track with researching colleges, developing their list and preparing their academic and co-curricular profile. We discuss course selection for junior and senior year, criteria for selecting best fit colleges and how to conduct research to learn about schools. We analyze which will be the best fit ACT or SAT. We prepare for soliciting teacher recommendation letters.

The summer before senior year, we begin the college essay writing process, with sessions to refine the college list, provide feedback on essay drafts, set deadlines and project manage students to the finish line. Senior fall we meet weekly to ensure application essays are revised and ready in time for early and regular decision deadlines.

A synopsis of each consultation is provided by email. This includes IEC time editing essays, research on behalf of the student and email correspondence that takes more than 15 minutes to prepare.

Price depends upon start date

Application Essay

Writing Series 

This four session class meets once a week. (6 hours total per month).

Students will analyze successful essay examples, brainstorm and write their college essay draft and receive feedback on their writing. Students may either focus on their common app essay (650 words) or the four UC shorter essays (350 words each). If time allows, student will also begin outlining supplemental essays.

Virtual and in-person sessions offered monthly July-November

Meets weekly for 90 minutes/session for four weeks. Homework required.

Down to the Wire Application Review

Designed for seniors applying for early action or early decision— is your application coherent and effective? Does it highlight your strengths?

This is a strategic review of one complete draft of an application from transcript to essays.

This package includes a comprehensive review plus two coaching calls (at least three weeks prior to the deadline)— one to discuss the analysis and one session to review final edits.