The Planning the High School Years Package

$6,000

Recommended years:
•    Freshman / Sophomore
• Can begin anytime between the summer before Grade 9 through the spring of Grade 10.

Includes:
•    Video conference sessions.
•    Phone calls as needed.
•    Research, email and text time.
•    Access to College Planner Pro online college research, planning and organizational tools.

Goals and Outcomes:
• Maximize each year of high school.
• Explore the student’s unique interests, needs, goals, preferences and abilities as they pertain to college planning.
• Build an academic and extracurricular profile.
• Assistance in building the strongest student profile possible.

Services:
This package will be tailored to the specific needs and preferences of each student and family. The following is a list of the services included in a “typical” “Planning the High School Years” package.
• Review of academic record.
• Identification of interests and educational priorities.
• Discussion of how a student can make the most of his/her high school experience.
• Identify and implement academic and personal goals.
• Create a high school academic and extracurricular plan that supports the student’s college goals as well as their academic, social and personal growth.
• Assistance in choosing courses that are consistent with academic goals.
• Outline a standardized testing plan.
• Create and update an activities resume.
• Identify meaningful summer experiences.
• Use career interest inventories to spur discussion of college majors and careers.

College admissions education is a focus of every “Planning the High School Years” package. Students and families will learn:
• What colleges are looking for when they evaluate a student’s application.
• Techniques for determining whether a college is right for you.
• How to evaluate the competitiveness and selectivity of a college.
• Tips for visiting colleges.
• College terminology (early decision, rolling admissions, FAFSA, CSS profile etc.).
• The financial aid process.
• College research techniques.
• The college planning and application timeline.