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College Admissions Counseling: School List & Application Strategy

Build a strategic college list and personalized admissions plan with guidance from a former Director of Admissions. Identify your strengths, assess your competitiveness, select the right schools, and develop a clear application strategy.

Loubna B.
By Loubna B.5.0· 51 reviewsFormer Admissions Director | 100+ students into M7 schools | HSW expert

### College Admissions Counseling: School List & Application Strategy Not sure which colleges to apply to, how competitive your profile is, or where to begin with the college admissions process? A successful college application strategy starts long before you write your first essay. It begins with understanding your strengths, identifying the right opportunities, and making informed decisions about where and how to apply. As a former Director of Admissions, I bring an insider's perspective to the college selection process. I help students and families move beyond college rankings and acceptance rates to develop a personalized admissions strategy that reflects their academic background, extracurricular involvement, interests, and long-term goals. **What We'll Work On:** - **Comprehensive Profile Assessment:** We'll evaluate your academic performance, course rigor, extracurricular activities, leadership experiences, and personal interests to identify your strengths and potential areas of concern. - **Strategic College List Development:** Together, we'll build a balanced list of up to 10 colleges, considering academic fit, admissions competitiveness, personal preferences, and future goals. - **Admissions Positioning:** We'll identify what makes your profile distinctive and how to communicate your experiences and accomplishments effectively. - **Application Strategy:** We'll discuss Early Decision, Early Action, and Regular Decision options to determine the most appropriate approach for your target schools. - **Personalized Action Plan:** You'll receive a clear roadmap outlining priorities, application milestones, and next steps. **What's Included:** Three 60-minute one-on-one strategy sessions, a personalized college list, and an actionable admissions plan. **My Approach** I don't believe in generic college lists or one-size-fits-all admissions advice. Every student brings a different set of strengths, experiences, and aspirations. My goal is to help you make thoughtful, realistic, and strategic decisions while identifying opportunities you may not have considered. By the end of our work together, you'll have a clear understanding of where you stand, which colleges make sense for your profile, and how to move forward with confidence.

What's included

5h of coaching$375/hr · Mix of Live and Asynchronous$1,875
Total$1,875

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Loubna B.

Loubna B.

Former Admissions Director | 100+ students into M7 schools | HSW expert

5.051 reviews
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Most applicants don’t get rejected because they lack experience. They get rejected because their application doesn’t make sense. The goals feel disconnected. The story is unclear. The essays try to fix things that should have been solved much earlier. That’s what I focus on. I’m a former Director of MBA Admissions at the University of Miami, where I made decisions on thousands of applications. I’ve seen exactly where strong candidates lose the committee, and it’s rarely where they think. I don’t approach this as editing or “polishing.” I work on the structure behind your application, your positioning, your decisions, and how everything connects. Because if that’s not clear, no amount of rewriting will fix it. Most of my clients come in with solid profiles and a lot of uncertainty about how to present them. Once that’s resolved, the rest of the process becomes significantly more straightforward and much more effective. If you’re looking for surface-level feedback, I’m probably not the right fit. If you want to understand how your application will actually be evaluated and what needs to change before you apply, then this is where we start.

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