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Undergraduate Consulting Package
We can teach you how to differentiate yourself
Many undergraduate applicants have solid credentials but few can clearly express that they have that ‘special something’ the admissions committee is seeking. In this ultra-competitive process, every part of the application—resume, essays, recommendation letters, application, and interview—must be stellar so that you can differentiate yourself from thousands of other talented college applicants. This comprehensive consulting package covers everything you’ll need – and we’ll have your back from ‘start-to-finish.’
Start-to-Finish Consulting Service
College admissions are getting increasingly competitive each year. Do you know what can elevate you above the crowd? Our comprehensive methodology aims to identify students’ strengths and weaknesses relative to their goals and then develop strategies that ensure they stand out. Through intensive one-on-one interactions, we can help rising seniors to develop unique and compelling applications that are
perfected to best reflect their unique points. In short, this comprehensive consulting package covers everything you’ll need – and we’ll have your back from ‘start-to-finish.’
- School selection and pre-application strategy planning (getting to know you)
- Common App activities discussion and unlimited resume discussion and editing
- Essay brainstorming for Common App essays and supplemental/optional essays
- Unlimited editing of all essays, from the micro-level (grammar, etc.) to the highest macro-level (ideas and themes)
- Recommendation letter strategy support
- Common Application/Coalition for College/UC App
- Mock interview practice (one mock interview for each interview invitation received)
- Waitlist support/scholarship negotiation strategy
- General support to answer application-related questions
Mentorship Service
As they say, “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” It takes time to plan and shape a top college-ready profile. We can make the biggest impact by guiding students at an early state in their educational development. Our experienced consultants can help students identify interests and then steer them toward various academic extracurricular activity choices, test prep and other actions that will elevate their profiles to match the college admissions rubric. During various mentorship sessions, we will coach students in the following areas :
- Test prep schedule advisory
- Strength finding and career and college major exploration
- Coursework planning
- Academic writing support
- Extracurricular activity guidance
- Competitive/summer program advising
- Independent research/project guidance
School Selection and Pre-application Strategy Planning
We will deep-dive into your profile to gain a thorough understanding of your strengths and weaknesses and then help you identify the graduate school programs at which you will be competitive. Our next step is developing a strategy to move forward. We will explain the attributes and strengths of the top programs so you can pinpoint the best fit for you and your goals.
Resume/CV Review & Editing
You never get a chance to make a first impression right? Since the resume is the starting point for the admission office’s review, you’ll need a clear and powerful resume to grab their attention. The resume is critical to helping the admissions committee quickly understand your background and key experiences. Your admissions consultant will work with you to make sure your resume is detailed, well-developed, and results-oriented.
Essay Brainstorming & Editing
Brainstorming: We will help you identify interesting and inspirational stories from your past. We will guide you in incorporating these unique personal stories into the larger context of your application, developing compelling and comprehensive statements that will highlight your key attributes.
Unlimited Editing: After your drafts have been finalized, your consultant will review every word that’s utilized to make sure that your voice comes through in the strongest fashion. We will help you fine-tune your ideas, focusing on sentence structure, grammar, and style, while maintaining your distinct voice.
Recommendations Letters
If your recommender would like assistance in polishing their statement in support of your application, we would be more than happy to assist them. We take the approach that every recommendation letter must be tailored to the applicant’s specific experiences and strengths. We will help your recommender fully explain your main aptitudes, specific success stories during your tenure, and a sense of the core values that drive you. We will also carefully analyze the content and provide comments about possible areas of improvement.
Online Application Overview
In the application admissions process, every word counts and responses to your target school’s “short answer” questions are also crucial parts of your application. Once your application is finished, your admissions advisor will look over the whole of the application form to make sure that every detail is correct.
Interview Preparation
Even for the most gifted communicator it takes lot of practice to deliver a great story and to answer the questions in the most compelling way. Our consultants understand the motivations behind these questions and can help you craft responses that will allow the interviewer to clearly understand your strengths and motivations for getting a graduate degree. During each mock interview we will help you strategize answers to the most common interview questions, provide detailed feedback regarding how improve the structure and content of your answers and to adapt your stories to fit different questions.
Waitlist Support
If the client is waitlisted by a targeted school, we will coach them on proven strategies and tactics for advancing from waitlist and craft all-important waitlist essays.
