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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!
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
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:
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Editing
Recommendations
Interviews
Waitlist Strategy
School Selection
Secondary Review
Application Strategy
Essays
Resume
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Ivy League Admissions Expert | 10+ Years Experience | Duke Alum
How does a student with a 3.5 GPA make it to the top of the waitlist of a #1 program while those with higher GPAs were rejected? How does a student rejected from Yale REA receive multiple offers from top schools in the RD round and receive personal notes from Penn and Johns Hopkins admissions officers? How do other students get into multiple Ivy Leagues and have them offer to fly them to visit campus? They trust me to help them tell their stories. I help students get an edge in college admissions, college essays (Common App and supplementals), and career navigation while finding peace and joy. With 10+ years of experience in education my students achieve outstanding results and my knowledge, skills, and abilities make me one of the most sought after counselors on the market. Having trained with admissions directors from Stanford and worked directly with admissions officers from Columbia, Duke, UVA, and UMD, I have strong insights into how admissions decisions are made. As an Integral Coach®, I am trained to work with you in an ethical and empowering way. I have also coached directors and Presidents in higher education, which gives me further insight into colleges' priorities. My writing has also been widely recognized. The Duke English Director of Undergraduate Studies called my work "an academic achievement," and distinguished Harvard professors have placed my writing in the Top 4%. I have also been published on the Gates Foundation website and have been mentioned multiple times by a 4x #1 NYT Bestselling Author Marianne Williamson for my writing and insights into the human condition.
10h+ of coaching