Description

This 10-hour early strategy package is designed for ambitious 9th and 10th grade students who want to build a stronger, more focused, and more competitive college admissions profile before application season begins. The biggest advantage in college admissions is not starting essays early. It is building the right story, academic path, extracurricular depth, leadership experiences, and strategic direction early enough that your application has real substance by senior year. As the Founder & Executive Director of Ivy Journey and an elite admissions consultant with 15+ years of experience, I help students identify what makes them distinctive and turn that into a clear long-term admissions strategy. My students have earned admission to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Columbia, Penn/Wharton, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Duke, Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon, NYU, Cornell, and other top universities. In this package, we will take a comprehensive look at where you are now and where you want to go. We will assess your academic record, course selection, extracurriculars, leadership potential, interests, intended majors, summer plans, competitions, research opportunities, community impact, personal strengths, and early college goals. From there, we will build a personalized roadmap for the next 12-24 months. This is especially valuable for students who are high-achieving but unsure how to stand out, aiming for Ivy League/Top 30/UC schools, or wondering how to turn their activities into a more cohesive admissions profile. Together, we will clarify your positioning, identify gaps, prioritize the highest-impact opportunities, and create a focused plan for academics, extracurriculars, leadership, summer experiences, testing, awards, and early narrative development. The goal is to help you stop guessing and start making intentional choices that compound over time. By the end of this package, you will have a clearer sense of who you are becoming as an applicant, what you should focus on next, and how to build a profile that feels authentic, competitive, and memorable when it is time to apply.