Building Your College Roadmap 📍
There are three starting points for this package, with one partnership and one final milestone: matriculating into college! The strongest applications are built over years of thoughtful choices about courses, activities, and the story a student is becoming. The College Roadmap is a year-long partnership designed to start whenever you're ready, from freshman year on. We will complete tangible work together at every stage, so your student arrives at senior year with a plan already in motion and a story already taking shape. Choose the entry point that matches where your student is now. Option 1 — Starting Freshman Year: Foundations Freshman year is about building the base: good habits, the right courses, and the first glimmers of what makes your student light up. We keep it low-pressure and exploratory while quietly laying groundwork that pays off for years. Option 2 — Starting Sophomore Year: Blueprint Sophomore year is where exploration becomes focus. We deepen the academic plan, sharpen the student's activities into a coherent whole, and begin shaping the distinctive angle that will one day make their application memorable. Option 3 — Starting Junior Year: Launch Junior year is the pivot point — the year strategy and preparation come together. By the time we finish, your student will have a balanced college list, a clear testing plan, and a personal statement already underway before senior fall even begins.
What's included
This package blends live sessions and behind-the-scenes work so your student gets both real coaching and strong momentum between meetings. Synchronous (live): We meet over scheduled video calls — typically 45–60 minutes — booked in advance at a cadence that fits the stage we're in. Live time is where we do the thinking together: brainstorming, mapping strategy, and digging into your student's story. These sessions are conversational and warm, but focused — every one ends with clear next steps. Asynchronous (between sessions): A lot of the real progress happens between calls. I review drafts, résumés, essays, and application materials on my own time and return written, line-level feedback — usually within 2–3 business days of receiving your student's work. You'll also have message access to me for quick questions, which I answer within 1–2 business days. This means your student is never stuck waiting a full week for a session to keep moving. Deadlines and expectations: Every engagement runs on a shared timeline of milestones with agreed internal due dates — comfortably ahead of any real college deadline, never up against it. I'll hold your student accountable to those dates, and in return I commit to my own: sessions start on time, feedback comes back when promised, and nothing important gets left to the last minute. The one thing I ask is that your student submits work by our agreed check-in points, so I have time to give it the attention it deserves. During peak application season, staying on schedule is what keeps the process calm instead of chaotic.
- Personalized four-year academic plan tailored to course rigor and GPA goals.
- Comprehensive extracurricular strategy focusing on depth and leadership.
- Polished activities résumé and brag sheet for college applications.
- Strategic testing timeline and preparation plan for SAT/ACT.
- Balanced college list with researched fit rationale for each school.
- Developed personal statement with a first draft ready before senior year.
- Recommendation strategy to secure impactful letters from teachers.
Meet your expert
Erika C.
Ivy League Grad | 100+ Students Guided | Expert in Essay Storytelling
Erika was born and raised in Washington Heights, New York City, and currently resides in Maryland. She serves as a strategic partner to colleges and universities, guiding senior leadership on technology adoption and student success strategy. She develops annual success plans, leads change management initiatives, and builds lasting relationships with campus executives through presentations, workshops, and research-backed insights. She also drives partnership renewals and growth while monitoring client health and feeding insights back to product teams to continuously improve outcomes. She attended Dartmouth College for her undergraduate studies, where she studied Sociology, African American Studies, Human Development, and Education. She completed a teaching residency with the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education while teaching World Geography and History at an all-boys school in Baltimore. She has independently assisted students through the college application process for the past ten years. She is fluent in Spanish.
