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My College Counseling: Services
Freshmen / Sophomore Year
Recommended for students as they are starting their high school or have just finished their freshmen year.
The early and continued guidance throughout high school years provides an excellent head start and plan for students considering highly competitive colleges after their graduation. Based on the student situation, this package will include many of the following services:
- Assessments to identify interests, talents, and goals
- Curriculum guidance for the high school years
- Early college exploration
- Create and/or update student activities’ resume
- Guidance for planning extracurricular activities
- Guidance on creating a compelling profile based on student interests
- Evaluation of academic profile, maintaining appropriate challenging course load
- Standardized tests strategy planning for: SAT/ACT and AP exams
- Developing a preliminary list of colleges to consider and refine it as appropriate
- Attend college information sessions and college fairs
- Guidance and tips for college visits
- Guidance for summer programs applications, internships, and volunteer opportunities
- Guidance for writing strong personal statements aligned with CVs
- Guidance for writing strong common app essay and supplement essays for specific colleges
- Guidance for obtaining strong letters of recommendation
- Formulate your application plan and monitor execution
- Guidance for effective college interviews
- Guidance for decision process after the admission results
- Tips for your successful college transition
Junior Year
Recommended for students in their junior year or students who just finished their sophomore year. This is the most popular package for students seeking acceptance to highly competitive public and private schools.
Based on the student situation, this package will include many of the following services:
- Assessments to identify interests, talents, and goals
- Create and/or update student activities’ resume
- Guidance for planning extracurricular activities
- Guidance on creating a compelling profile based on student interests
- Evaluation of academic profile, maintaining appropriate challenging course load
- Standardized tests strategy planning for: SAT/ACT and AP exams
- Developing a preliminary list of colleges to consider and refine it as appropriate
- Attend college information sessions and college fairs
- Guidance and tips for college visits
- Guidance for summer programs applications, internships, and volunteer opportunities
- Brainstorm the essay topics and work on creating outlines
- Guidance for writing strong personal statements aligned with UCs
- Guidance for writing strong common app essay and supplement essays for specific colleges
- Create drafts for two essay topics and personal statements during the summer of the Junior Year and continue to refine it
- Guidance for obtaining strong letters of recommendation
- Formulate your application plan and monitor execution
- Guidance for effective college interviews
- Guidance for decision process after the admission results
- Tips for your successful college transition
Senior Year
For students in their senior year who feel they need guidance with the application process but were not ready to think about it until now, we are here to help!
Based on the student situation, this package will include many of the following services:
- Assessments to identify interests, talents, and goals
- Create and/or update student activities’ resume
- Evaluation of academic profile
- Standardized tests strategy planning for: SAT/ACT and AP exams
- Create a personalized college list
- Guidance for obtaining strong letters of recommendation
- Formulate your application plan and monitor execution
- Attend college information sessions and college fairs
- Brainstorm the essay topics
- Guidance for writing strong personal statements aligned with UCs
- Guidance for writing strong common app essay and supplement essays for specific colleges
- Guidance for effective college interviews
- Guidance for decision process after the admission results
- Tips for your successful college transition