Services
The aim is never simply admission. It is helping your student discover who they are, what they want to pursue, and how to go after it. Engagements can be comprehensive, from eighth-grade planning through final application, or focused on a single piece of the process.
Twenty years in the classroom
I get them. And they know it.
Before I was a college counselor, I spent two decades teaching English to high schoolers, the same age, the same nerves, the same half-formed ideas my students bring me now. That classroom time is the quiet engine behind everything I do here.
Teenagers know, almost instantly, when an adult is genuinely interested in them and when they are not. They also know when someone takes their thinking seriously and is not going to flinch at the messy first draft of who they are. That is the relationship I build with every student I work with.
It is also why parents tell me their kid will talk to me about the college process, sometimes for the first time all year.
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8th-11th grade
Course selection, summer programs, and extracurricular paths built with intention. I map out a four-year plan that gives admissions officers a coherent story, not a collection of activities.
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10th-12th grade
Researched, balanced lists shaped to academic ambition, environment, and aspiration. I draw on first-hand knowledge of schools across the US, the UK, and continental Europe.
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11th-12th grade
Twenty years of teaching writing has taught me one thing: the best essays sound like the student. I work draft by draft until the voice is unmistakable.
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12th grade
From Common App and Coalition to UCAS, Bocconi, IE, and Sciences Po. Deadlines managed, recommendations coordinated, and every detail reviewed before submission.
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Beyond the core engagement
Most engagements weave these in as they become relevant. Families on an hourly or custom plan can also choose any of them à la carte.
Real time getting to know your student — their talents, interests, and the way they actually think — before any list or plan is built.
Need-based, merit, FAFSA, CSS Profile — translating what it all means for your family and surfacing schools known for generous aid.
Who to ask, when to ask, and how to give teachers what they need to write a letter that actually sounds like your student.
Mock interviews and coaching for alumni interviews, admission reps, and on-campus conversations so students walk in prepared, not rehearsed.
A clean, college-ready resume that highlights real strengths — useful for applications, recommenders, and summer opportunities.
A line-by-line read of every application before submission. Rarely is a draft error-free; this is the final pass.
Once acceptances are in, we sit with the choices — fit, cost, gut feel — so the final decision is made with clarity.