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Package Description:
This package is designed for students applying to the University of California (UC) schools. With personalized guidance from a UC admissions expert, 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. Personalized Coach Matching: Complete a detailed matching survey to be paired with a seasoned UC application expert who understands your goals and the nuances of the UC system. 2. Kickoff and Strategic Planning Session: Start your journey with an in-depth kickoff meeting, during which your coach will learn about your background, goals, extracurriculars, academic achievements, and aspirations. Together, you will create a customized plan to tackle every aspect of the UC application. 3. UC School Selection: Collaborate closely with your coach to identify the UC campuses that best match your academic profile, interests, and goals. 4. Personal Insight Questions (PIQs) Brainstorming, Advising & Editing: Receive expert advice on selecting the PIQs that best showcase your strengths and experiences. Your coach will guide you through brainstorming, drafting, and revising each response, ensuring your personality and achievements shine through. 5. Extracurricular Activities & Awards Descriptions: Work with your coach to select and craft compelling descriptions of your extracurricular activities, awards, and honors. Together, you’ll articulate your experiences in a way that emphasizes their impact and importance. 6. Complete Application Review: Your coach 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. 7. Final Submission Guidance: Before submission, your coach will assist with final checks, ensuring all aspects of your application are complete and submitted correctly, giving you confidence that nothing has been overlooked. 8. Waitlist Strategy (if applicable): Should you be waitlisted, your coach 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 clear application timeline and plan, to ensure you stay on track and hit the UC application deadlines
Compelling essays that are differentiated, personalized, and thoughtful
Expertly articulated extracurriculars and activities in the Activities section of your college application
A polished final application that you can feel proud of submitting and sharing with the admissions team
Additional details
Coaching delivered via live sessions and .
You are eligible to switch your coach any time during the first two weeks to ensure you have found the right fit for you. Additional expectations or terms of engagement may be provided by coaches (e.g. expected response times, etc.).
Services included:
Recommendations
Interviews
Waitlist Strategy
School Selection
Secondary Review
Application Strategy
Essays
Resume
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Editing
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Every year, I see high-achieving students grapple with the same challenge. They know they have a compelling story, but struggle to figure out exactly how to tell it. Here's the truth: you're already an expert in your own story. My job is helping you discover how to tell it in a way that makes admissions officers say, "Wow." I'm Dr. Erica, an admissions essay coach and Fulbright Scholar. My clients have gained acceptance to some of the most selective undergraduate institutions in the country, including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, UPenn, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth, Columbia, UChicago, Georgetown, Northwestern, and UMichigan. I've also guided students to win over $1.5 million in scholarships and awards. I earned my doctorate from UNC-Chapel Hill as a member of the Royster Society of Fellows (the university's most selective doctoral fellowship), and have held faculty appointments at UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC School of the Arts. I also serve as an Essay Specialist with College Essay Guy, an industry leader in college admissions coaching. I work with students on: • Common App, Coalition, and QuestBridge: personal statement, activities list, and supplemental essays • UC PIQs • Supplemental essay strategy: making sure you have enough strong ideas to fuel every essay (not just your personal statement!) • Project management: building a structured, organized approach to applications My core beliefs: Excellence and encouragement aren't in conflict. Instead, they fuel each other. I create a space where you can brainstorm, draft, and revise without fear of judgment, while holding your work to the highest standard. The result is essays that reflect you at your absolute best. I offer a free 15-minute intro call—let's talk about your college applications and how we can tackle them together!
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