Senior Year College Prep
This is Your Last Chance to Prepare
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Start Your High School Career Right & Stay On Track to Achieve Your Goals
What Questions Can You Answer with Our Senior Year Services?
What Do I Need to Submit?
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- Linking C.App with school system ( Naviance, Scoir)
- Notify school counselor of colleges applying to and follows school’s protocol for ordering transcripts
How Do I Get Financial Aid & Scholarships?
- Have parents fill out FAFSA and CSS profile if applying for financial aid
- Some colleges require for merit scholarships
- Scholarship research
- Potential 2nd application for scholarship if applicable
It Is Time to Start Applying!
- Create deadlines and a timeline for the student to complete applications before the school deadline (EA: Oct 1 and RD: Dec.1) and merit scholarship deadlines.
- Research if any schools on list have earlier deadlines to qualify for interviews
- Provide students with a strategic plan for the order in which to complete supplemental essays given the nature of essay prompts.
- Submit early apps in October and submit regular decision apps before December break if deferred or denied at ED school.
- Submit ready to go ED2 application if applicable as well
What Else Do I Need to Do?
- If a student is deferred from any early schools, have them begin writing a deferral letter bringing them up to date on classes, activities, awards or honors and continuing interest in the colleges.
- Advise the student to request his school college counselor to call college on his behalf.
- Other deferral strategies will be discussed.
- If a student is accepted to their ED school they are instructed to withdraw all submitted applications.
- Help with sending update letters to RD schools in the winter
- If a student gets waitlisted in the Spring and decides to remain on the waitlist, strategies to increase wait list chances are discussed and executed
- If a student is undecided about where to matriculate, additional school visits are discussed along with other factors to consider
See What Fellow Students are Saying About Our University Counseling Services
Alexandra’s insight and guidance throughout the college application process was instrumental in choosing the appropriate schools to apply to resulting in a diverse group of acceptance choices. The process was efficient and organized and allowed us to focus our energy on supporting our daughter as she made this important decision. Alexandra exceeded our expectations in her professionalism and abilities.
I highly recommend Alexandra! She has worked closely with myself and my daughter Rachel since August of last year. Her help has been invaluable to us navigating the college application process. She is very knowledgeable about what the colleges are looking for and helped guide my daughter in so many aspects. Alexandra walked my daughter through applying for colleges and setting up the Common App, submitting grades and essays. She encouraged Rachel to take the ACT one more time to get that one extra point and she did it!
My experience working with Alex was amazing. She was so attentive and helpful throughout the entire process. Any question I had was answered and any issue that came up during the college admission process was taken care of effectively. She provided an endless amount of support and even got me excited to go when I was unsure if college was for me or not. Even if you feel confident in your abilities to fill out forms and write essays, I still recommend her because she really help you reach the next level. I could not have done it without her!
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