Our Packages
Complete Admissions Package
Includes:
- Identifying and Developing Student Interests and Talents
- Planning High School and Summer Courses
- Planning Summers and Extracurricular Activities
- Building a Customized College List
- Developing an Admissions Preparation Timeline
- Planning for Standardized Tests
- Planning College Visits and Showing Demonstrated Interest
- Gathering Strong Teacher Recommendation Letters
- Creating Compelling Essays
- Assembling a Strong Application
- Preparing a Resume
- Reviewing of Final Application before Submission
- Deciding to Apply: Early Action, Early Decision, or Regular Decision
- Completing financial aid applications
- Preparing for College Interviews
- Writing Continued Letters of Interest
- Evaluating Financial Aid and Scholarship Offers
Cost: $8,500
Senior Year Intensive Package
Includes:
- Gathering Strong Teacher Recommendation Letters
- Creating Compelling Personal Statements and Supplementary Essays
- Assembling a Strong Application
- Preparing a Resume
- Reviewing of Final Application before Submission
- Deciding to Apply: Early Action, Early Decision, or Regular Decision
- Completing financial aid applications
- Preparing for College Interviews
- Writing Continued Letters of Interest
- Evaluating Financial Aid and Scholarship Offers
Cost: $5,300
Hourly Rate
While we recommend our packages since they provide the most cost-effective options, we also offer customized support billed at a rate of $200 per hour, with a 5 hour minimum.
Guided Research Program
Includes:
- Individualized research program designed around the student's interests
- Ability to work 1-on-1 with college faculty (professors, lecturers, and post-doctoral researchers) from renowned universities
- Facilitated student/mentor matching exercise to identify student's research interests and based on those interests, match the student with potential mentors
- Ability of student and family to read the professional summary of the matching mentors and choose their preferred mentor (usually 2-4 mentor choices)
- Eight, 1-hour video discussion sessions with mentor over two months
- Ability to communicate by email with mentor between sessions
- Assigned writing coach who will provide up to 3 full reviews of the student's research report and up to 3, 1-hour online sessions to discuss feedback
- orientation training for the student to ensure the student gets the most out of the program
- two evaluations from the mentor, one mid-program and one end-of-program
- strategies to help students earn a positive evaluation from the mentor and increase the possibility of getting a letter of recommendation
- an assigned program supervisor to ensure the program is progressing and updates are being sent to the family
- guidance on how to submit the completed research for possible publication
Cost: $7,500 - $8,500