College Application Assistance: Two-Hour Time Block, Focusing on Your Individual Needs/Priorities
BEFORE YOU PURCHASE TIME OR REQUEST A FREE CALL, PLEASE MESSAGE ME FIRST TO DISCUSS YOUR SITUATION
A dedicated two-hour block of either direct, real-time or asynchronous/offline collaboration (or a hybrid combination of the two) structured around your current application priorities, whatever currently matters most to you. Options include: • Application Strategy & School Selection • Application Bootcamp (Includes Review of Exemplary Essays) • Demonstrated Interest (DI) Strategy (Includes Template) • Assessment of Existing Essay Concept(s) or Draft(s) • Editing of Existing Essay Draft(s): Common App, UC, Supplementals • Essay Topic Brainstorming • Identification of Core Idea • Construction of Framework • Drafting of Actual Content • Activity List Editing • Resume Revision/Rewriting • Recommendation Letter Strategy • LOR "Cheatsheets" for Teachers • Optional & Supplemental Essays • Interview Strategy & Training • Waitlist Strategy & Letters of Continued Interest (LOCI)
What's included
WHY THIS FLEXIBLE, PAY-AS-YOU-GO APPROACH BENEFITS YOU
You pay only for what you need. Your time is devoted 100% to addressing your current priorities. You maintain control over budget and pace using your preferred mode, based on your preferences and schedule.
SESSION FORMAT
You set the agenda prior to or at the start of our session. We tackle your highest-priority items either live in real time or asynchronously or a hybrid incorporating the two modes to make immediate, concrete progress toward your goals. Additional two-hour blocks can be booked as needed to complete tasks or cover other areas.
AVAILABLE OPTIONS
WORK LIVE, OFFLINE OR BOTH: Choose the format that best meets your needs: live real-time video sessions, offline review or a hybrid combination. SET YOUR PRIORITIES & AGENDA: We start by establishing your current objectives. You bring whatever questions or ideas you would like considered and we focus on your highest-priority tasks. MAINTAIN CONTROL OVER BUDGET & PACE: No inflexible and costly package commitments. Pay only for the time you need, closely controlling costs while achieving tangible results each session.
WHAT YOU WILL TAKE AWAY FROM THIS PACKAGE
• Immediate, real-time execution on your highest-priority task. • Clear, actionable steps and strategic direction for your remaining tasks. • Progress of the highest caliber, achieved at the greatest level of efficiency.
Meet your expert
Daniel B.
Two formative experiences in college laid the groundwork for my subsequent coaching career. First, one of my professors (an international scholar), honored me by requesting that I edit his PhD dissertation. Second, similarly impressed by my communication skills, a roommate “recruited” me to help him with his medical school application essays (after a paid professional had disappointed him). Both cases resulted in successful outcomes: my professor’s dissertation was approved and my roommate was accepted to his first-choice medical school. As I proceeded with my life after graduation—writing and completing my own dissertation, publishing books and articles, teaching courses at the college level—friends continued to seek me out for help with their applications and various academic projects. I always enjoyed helping people achieve important goals but never imagined I would one day become a full-time communication consultant. Never, that is, until two pivotal developments in my college teaching career. The first story is a bit too long for this context, so I’ll jump straight to the second. During my second semester at a major university that shall remain nameless, the chair of the department in which I was teaching issued an order that all grading was to be done according to a strict bell curve. There was a quota for As and a quota for Fs. We were required to fail a certain number of students, even if their performance was actually satisfactory! The stated reason for doing this was to enhance the department's reputation. Knowing how much a poor grade could affect a student’s future, I felt morally unable to go along with this scheme. So I didn’t, choosing to step away from institutional academia altogether. At that point, I decided to pursue educational consulting professionally, on a full-time basis. I had always found working with people individually to be especially gratifying. I realized that I could use both my communication skills and the inside knowledge I had gained about the academic system, for the benefit of my clients—the students—in the capacity of "equalizer." I relish this role and am pleased to report that over the years, many minor miracles have been performed, with many people benefitting as a result.