OUR COLLEGE COUNSELING SERVICES

Our goal is to guide each student to submit college applications that successfully reflect their accomplishments and show a college why they would make a great addition to their community. We guide each student towards achieving their ultimate goal of attending their right fit college.

Throughout our process we get to know the student through conversations, personal assessments, activities, and discussions. And we uncover what their wants and needs are from a college.
We combine personal attention with an online college planning platform that provides our students with a centralized location to research, store, track, and manage college planning assignments, applications, and acceptances.

11th & 12th Grade Comprehensive Consultation

- Personalized guidance through the college search, application and admissions process

- Personal GuidedPath Account

- Digital Access to the Fiske Guide to Colleges through GuidedPath

Identify the students’ goals and interests.
Review transcript, current curriculum, and future course plans.
Review extracurricular activities, community service, and identify options.
Review our college planning and management process, and GuidedPath.
Provide a timeline of activities to stay on track.
Review the College Admissions Process.
Overview of Restrictive and non-Restrictive Applications.
Discuss majors, career interests, and provide assessments.
Standardized Testing options and Test Optional Colleges.
Discuss the Cost of Attendance and other considerations.
Analyze college choices and provide suggestions.

Guidance through the creation of the college application list.
Common Application and/or Coalition Application process.
Discuss the selection of recommenders.
Resume creation and review.
Application essay brainstorming and review of essays accuracy.
Financial Aid FAFSA and CSS Profile overview.
Review Merit Scholarship opportunities.
Provide Scholarship resources.
Florida Financial Aid Application (FFAA) for Bright Futures.
Advice for letters of recommendation.
College interviewing techniques, preparation, and mock interviews.
Review college acceptance letters and financial aid offers.

* Initial 30 minute free consultation.

11th & 12th Grade

Eight Hour Customized Consultation

Personalized guidance customized for specific aspects of the college planning and application process

Select the topics of interest and areas that you need assistance with. Some possibilities are:

Review of academic accomplishments.
Review of extracurricular and community service hours.
Testing options.
Review our college planning and management tool.
Common Application and/or Coalition Application review.
Resume creation or analysis.
Essay brainstorming and review.
Discuss FAFSA, CSS Profile, Merit Scholarships, and Scholarship opportunities.
Discuss concerns and answer questions.
Other aspects of the college application process.

* Initial 30 minute free consultation.

Customized Consultation

9th & 10th Grade Consultation

Four hour consultation

Discuss parent and student college goals.
Review academic plan.
Provide an overview of the admission process.
Review course and extracurricular activities.
Standardized testing options and timeline.
Career Assessments.
Discuss concerns and answer questions.

* Initial 30 minute free consultation.

9th & 10th Grade Consultation

College Transfer Consultation

- Customized college transfer guidance tailored to the student's needs

- Personal GuidedPath Account

- Digital Access to the Fiske Guide to Colleges through GuidedPath

Select the topics of interest and areas that you need assistance with. Some possibilities are:

Transfer Process.
Analyze Academic Accomplishments.
Right Fit College Options.
Major and Career Exploration.
Review Application Requirements.
Review College Activities, Clubs, and Organizations, Resume update.
Essay brainstorming and review.
Financial Aid.
Discuss concerns, answer questions, and address other aspects of the transfer process.

* Initial 30 minute free consultation.

Transfer

What is GuidedPath?

Access to Guidedpath, a college planning application, is provided to students in conjunction with our one-on-one college planning meetings to help manage the college planning and application process.

Some features:

A centralized location to manage the college planning and application process.
Ability to assign, track, and manage assignments with deadlines.
Perform college research, college list building, and career assessments.
An in-depth database of information related to college major, class sizes, acceptance and retention rates, financial aid, essays, scholarships, and more.
A dashboard to track the students progress through the planning and application process.
Method to communicate easily with the student and family.