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Description
This package is designed for students applying to the University of California (UC) schools. You’ll receive step-by-step support throughout the entire application process, ensuring you submit a strong and cohesive application that showcases your unique strengths, experiences, and aspirations. Here’s an in-depth overview of what this package entails: 1. Kickoff and Strategic Planning Session: Start your journey with an in-depth kickoff meeting, during which we will learn about your background, goals, extracurriculars, academic achievements, and aspirations. Together, we will create a customized plan to tackle every aspect of the UC application. 2. UC School Selection: Collaborate to identify the UC campuses that best match your academic profile, interests, and goals. 3. Personal Insight Questions (PIQs) Brainstorming, Advising & Editing: Receive expert advice on selecting the PIQs that best showcase your strengths and experiences. I will guide you through brainstorming, drafting, and revising each response, ensuring your personality and achievements shine through. 4. Extracurricular Activities & Awards Descriptions: Select and craft compelling descriptions of your extracurricular activities, awards, and honors. Together, we’ll articulate your experiences in a way that emphasizes their impact and importance. 5. Complete Application Review: I will meticulously review and provide feedback on your entire application — from your PIQs to academic history and extracurriculars — to ensure consistency, clarity, and strength throughout. 6. Final Submission Guidance: Before submission, I will assist with final checks, ensuring all aspects of your application are complete and submitted correctly, giving you confidence that nothing has been overlooked. 7. Waitlist Strategy (if applicable): Should you be waitlisted, I will help you craft a strategic plan, including writing compelling update letters to improve your chances of being admitted from the waitlist. Summary: With this package, you’ll have a dedicated UC admissions expert by your side throughout the entire application process. From selecting schools to perfecting your Personal Insight Questions, you’ll receive personalized advice, support, and feedback to ensure your application stands out. Let’s get you into your dream UC school!
What you'll get from this package
A UC-specific application strategy that clarifies how to present your academic strengths, activities, leadership, impact, and personal qualities within the UC format
UC campus and major guidance, including how to think through campus fit, major competitiveness, alternate majors, and application positioning across the UC system
Personal Insight Question strategy, including topic selection, narrative planning, editing, and refinement for four strong PIQ responses
Activities and awards section optimization to make your leadership, initiative, depth, impact, work experience, service, research, and extracurricular involvement stand out
Guidance on academic and additional information sections so important context is communicated clearly, appropriately, and strategically
A final UC application review to ensure your materials are cohesive, polished, typo-free, and aligned with the strongest version of your candidacy
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Offered by Becky S.
Joined September 2024
5.0
350+ Ivy/Top 30 Admits | $2.5M+ Scholarships | Professional Coach w/ 15 YOE
I’m Becky Song, Founder & Executive Director of The Ivy Journey and a premium college admissions strategist with 15+ years of experience helping students build standout applications for Ivy League, Top 30, UC, and other highly selective universities. My students have earned admission to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Columbia, MIT, Penn/Wharton, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Duke, Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon, NYU, Michigan, Cornell, and more. I specialize in helping ambitious students move beyond a generic “high-achieving applicant” profile and develop a clear admissions strategy, memorable personal narrative, polished essays, and a school list that fits both their goals and competitive positioning. My approach combines admissions insight, strategic consulting, and deep narrative coaching. I help students identify what makes them distinctive, translate their academic and extracurricular experiences into a cohesive story, and present themselves with clarity, maturity, and authenticity across all elements of their application. I’m especially strong with students targeting Ivy+/Top 30 schools, business or entrepreneurship programs, STEM/business crossover profiles, undecided high-achievers, international students, students who need stronger differentiation, and families who want a structured, high-touch process. If you want a coach who can help you think strategically, write powerfully, and build an application that feels both authentic and competitive, I’d love to work with you.
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