College Planning Package - A La Carte Services
Our "A La Carte" consultation and support allows families to customize a college admission plan tailored to their needs. We provide assistance with any of the following college admissions components:
- Survey-To help student discover possible essay topics, student will complete Personal Survey. Student’s answers will be used for brainstorming a topic.
- Brainstorming-Utilizing answers from Survey, student will identify the best essay topic. We will discuss the basics of good essay writing and techniques for letting student’s individuality shine.
- Evaluation- Once draft is submitted, A2Z College Planning provides a one-hour comprehensive evaluation.
- Consultation- Bring your laptop and spend two hours improving your essay based on evaluation (content, style, structure, grammar).
- Evaluation- Once draft is submitted, A2Z College Planning provides a one-hour comprehensive evaluation.
- Consultation- Bring your laptop and spend two hours improving your essay based on evaluation (content, style, structure, grammar).
- Consultation - One-hour meeting to discuss student's academic transcript, standardized test scores, extracurricular activities, future goals and family’s financial needs.
- Scholarship Report - Customized report of up to 10 scholarships for which student meets qualifications. Includes descriptions, requirements and deadlines. There is NO guarantee that student will be awarded scholarship, as each individual scholarship committee makes final decision.
Includes access to a personalized system we give student/family to help stay on track, manage all the deadlines for the admissions and financial aid processes, explore college profiles, surveys to help identify college and career interests, and manage college essays.
Available in 5, 10 or 20 hours block of time.
These services below are the ones which are currently listed on website
Academic and Extracurricular Assessment - The student's academic transcript, standardized test scores, extracurricular activities and future goals are discussed. Suggestions are made on how the student can maximize their high school experience so that they are marketable to a college in a way that helps them stand out.
Application Review - We review student's college and scholarship applications before submitting. Trouble spots are identified and suggestions for improvement are made prior to submission.
Brag Sheet/Activities Resume - With our guidance student will create a powerful list of extracurricular activities to showcase their commitment and quality of involvement. The Brag Sheet will include a description of student's activities, hours/years of participation, position, leadership, and any honors/awards. When done professionally, this is a key strategic advantage in positioning student strongly in the college admissions process. Where applicable, we will help student customize this according to individual college preferences.
College Visits and Tours - We help students and parents plan college visits, and we supply evaluation tools so that you can track and compare schools over the course of your visits. We provide student with a list of questions to ask, and places on campus to visit so that student can get unbiased information outside of the college tour.
Customized College List - Based on feedback, from student and family, we develop a college list that matches student's needs, interests, preferences, and talents.
Interviews - Scholarship and college interview processes are reviewed; we provide students with important tips to help them succeed in the interview. A list of possible interview topics is provided, and we role-play with students so that they can practice and refine their answers. Suggested questions to ask the interviewer are also supplied, so that students can make an excellent impression.
Letters of Recommendations - We advise student on who to ask, how to best approach them and what to provide each writer. Assist students with writing about their experiences which helps the students' teachers and counselors write more effective letters of recommendation. Facilitate obtaining letters from people outside the school environment.
Topic of Your Choice - We answer your college admissions related questions. Tell us what you'd like to talk about, and we'll discuss it.