The Comprehensive College Plan

This plan is available to students in the 9th, 10th, and 11th grades.

All About Admissions guides your student through every step of the college application process. With early planning, your student will make wise, informed decisions about the high school curriculum, extracurricular involvement, and standardized test timing. We will help you maximize the strength of your application and essays while minimizing procrastination and last-minute stress.

 
 

What’s included in the Comprehensive College Plan:

 

  • Develop a personal strategy for organizing and managing the application process

  • Conduct student and parent intake and interviews to assess college goals and student profile

  • Review the college admissions process, including factors colleges consider when making a decision

  • Your Road Map to College- an individualized action plan with a detailed timeline for the entire process

  • Review student’s academic record, standardized test scores, IEP or 504 Plan, if applicable

  • Access to College Planner Pro Portal, which we will use to communicate, stay organized, set to-do lists, conduct college searches, build and edit college lists, document activities/awards and track admission tasks

  • Assessments to discover interests, skills, strengths, personality, and values through You Science, Corsava Card Sort, and others, as needed

  • Uncover overlooked or hidden skills, talents, and interests

  • Questionnaires to discover characteristics the student is looking for in a college

  • High school course selection and planning

  • Recommendations on extracurricular and summer activities

  • Standardized testing guidance and scheduling

  • Compile a balanced college list including likely, target, and reach schools (a list that will be refined throughout the process with the student and parents)

  • Discussion of demonstrated interest

  • Advice and tools to plan, schedule, evaluate and make the most of college visits

  • Review of different application plans-Early Decision 1, Early Decision 2, Early Action, Restrictive Early Action and Regular Decision

  • Customized timeline of application deadlines and discussion of application strategy

  • Assist with Common Application and other application platforms, as needed, to create an authentic and powerful application

  • General financial aid and scholarship guidance

  • Brainstorming essay topics and themes, development and editing of the personal statement and supplemental essays. This plan includes up to 8 complete essays. A full college essay is up to 650 words. Two essays of 300 words or less will count as one full essay. Additional discounted time can be purchased if needed.

  • Crafting and editing of the activities list

  • Resume creation to be used for interviews, college, and scholarship applications

  • Preparation and strategy for college interviews

  • Securing solid letters of recommendation

  • Review of applications before submission by entire AAA team

  • Assistance with Letters of Continued Interest, if and as needed

  • Guidance with final college and financial aid decisions

  • Celebrate!

 

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Students and parents maintain regular and consistent communication with your chosen All About Admissions college counselor throughout the application process through phone calls, texts, emails, virtual meetings, and the College Planner Pro platform.