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Consulting Services
We have brought together a highly experienced team of counselors from around the world to provide presentations for schools, their students, parents, teachers, administration and board members. Our presentations are cost effective and have a high impact. Each presentation has a set price regardless of the number of attendees. We can conduct presentations live via Zoom or in person.
Our services are available to any school. Here are examples of why schools have used our services:
- Schools looking to supplement their college and university counseling curriculum, and want to provide additional support to counselors in providing a world-class program.
- Schools that wish to provide training for their counselors.
- Schools that wish to provide high value sessions to their students and parents at an affordable cost.
- Schools that wish to educate the administration and board about university admissions.
- Schools looking to further develop their programs.
- Schools that are in the process of reviewing their counseling program and want to develop a top quality counseling service to their students and parents.
- Schools that would like to learn about trends in college admissions.
Consulting Services
What we do
Below are the sessions and training programs we offer on a wide range of college admission topics. We provide sessions tailored for students, parents, teachers, counselors, administrators, and boards.
Worldwide Universities outside the US
This session will provide students with an in-depth understanding of the UK admissions process, how it differs from the US process, and how to craft a compelling personal statement. The session will also provide students an understanding of the requirements for selective UK courses such as law, economics, medicine and veterinary medicine.
This session will explore both how to write an effective UCAS Personal Statement and how to address the various US supplemental essays.
Oxford and Cambridge, two of the premier universities in the UK, have their own intricacies during the application process. This session provides a comprehensive look at what students need to do to apply.
This session takes a look at the application processes for Singapore, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines.
This session takes a look at the application processes for students interested in applying to universities in Australia and New Zealand.
This session takes a look at the application processes for students interested in applying to universities in Canada.
This session takes a look at the application processes for students interested in applying to universities in European countries such as the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, and Italy. The focus is on universities that offer degrees primarily taught in English.
Medicine remains one of the mostly highly sought after and competitive fields for high school students, especially international students. This session takes a look at direct entry medical programs around the world, their different application processes as well as the structure of these programs.
US/North America
This “big picture” session is designed to give students a broad overview on the admission process to US colleges and how admission officers review applications. You will learn about the importance of grades, following a challenging curriculum, extracurriculars, involvement, recommendations, testing, and all of the other pieces that come together when applying to college.
Liberal Arts and Sciences colleges are some of the most misunderstood by international families. Yet, they offer unique benefits and in many cases, offer a world-class education with a greater sense of community.
This session will provide students with first hand practice on completing the Common Application as well as looking at other application systems used by colleges and universities.
Most US colleges/universities, especially selective ones, are interested in more than just grades. They want to understand the student on a holistic level – everything from personality to involvement to extracurriculars. This session gives advice and tips on how students can make themselves stand out from other applicants.
This session will provide an in-depth look at US college application essays. A particular focus will be on how applicants can make themselves stand out in the application. How can you develop and craft essays that answer the prompt, grip the reader, capture something important about you, and tip your college applications toward a “you are accepted” reply?
Many selective colleges in the US ask for additional essays (beyond the required Common App essay) during the application process. Given that essays are designed specifically by each college, they are scrutinized closely. This session will take a closer look at these supplemental essays and provide students with some strategies on how to approach them.
General Topics
The facilitator will guide students using tools and techniques that will promote in-depth exploration of their interests and potential careers. Students will walk away with a better understanding of themselves, their strengths and career options to build upon for future exploration.
With so many options and countries, researching colleges/universities can feel overwhelming. Having a plan and strategy for the research process can make the process more effective and enjoyable. This session will discuss ways that students can formulate a step-by-step plan for researching their post high school education options.
Many parents are understandably anxious about the college admissions process and always want what is best for their child. This session will focus on ways that parents can best support their child, and provide some boundaries during the process as well as define the responsibilities of the student and parent.
This fun, interactive session allows participants to play the role of admissions officers in reviewing applications. Participants will be provided with profiles of three different students and be asked to admit one student, deny another, and waitlist another. It is a great session to provide students, parents, teachers and administrators a clear understanding of just how subjective the process can be.
This session will feature an overview of how financial aid works in the US, with a special eye towards international students. In addition, we will cover special scholarships, and examine indispensable resources.
The college admissions world is a rapidly changing one. With COVID, many more colleges/universities have become test optional – either for the short term or permanently. This session looks at the impact on students and strategies for navigating test optional.
Interested in taking a break from academics after high school and before university to do something you love, or always wanted to try? More and more students are considering taking a GAP year and this session offers advice for students as well as explores some of the many options available.
Topics for Schools/Counselors
An effective college application management platform is essential for every high school. We provide assistance to counselors and schools in setting up either of the two leading platforms, Cialfo and Maia.
The US college/university landscape is constantly in flux. Recent events like COVID and the desire to become even more diverse, have both increased applications and changed how institutions read applications. Learn about the latest trends in college admissions in this session.
Particularly with highly selective college admissions, teacher recommendations play an important part of the application review process. Yet many teachers have never received training about how to write effective recommendations to support students’ applications. This session for teachers provides concrete advice on how to approach and improve these letters.
The School Profile provides colleges and universities with an understanding of the high school. Having a professional, attractive and informative profile is critical in providing college representatives context about your school. First impressions matter and having an outstanding profile should not be overlooked.
School boards often want to know how their students perform when it comes to college admissions results. This session focuses on effective ways counselors can communicate results to administrators and boards.
We provide a comprehensive review of your college counseling services and suggest modifications and improvements to better serve your student and parent populations in an ever changing and competitive college admissions landscape.
With our vast experience and deep connections to college counselors around the world, and our understanding of the needs of effective college counseling offices, we can help schools develop job descriptions and/or help recruit talented, experienced counselors.