Our Services
Your child is guided to the very best colleges that fit your learning style, academic profile and career aspirations. Uniquely, each student will be presented with a balanced list of colleges including detailed information about specialized programs, qualities of the community, rankings and costs.
Comprehensive Personalized Guidance
Despite the excellent services school counselors provide, their enormous caseloads and diverse responsibilities leave little time for individualized college planning. Working with a professional consultant will take pressure off you and transform this often stressful process into an exciting opportunity for self-discovery and admissions success.
College Research & Selection
Gain an overview of the American college system and a strategic understanding of the college admissions process
Understand your learning style and qualities for “best fit” schools
College recommendations based on your academic record, extracurricular profile, and career goals
Balanced list of colleges including detailed information about specialized programs, qualities of the community, rankings and costs
Recommend college tour itineraries, online maps, and how to make college visits most productive for essays and admissions
Essays – Interview Prep - Resume
Personalized “mind-mapping” session to untangle values and beliefs, contemplate who you, where you’ve come from and help unearth your self-knowledge and sense of mission about what is important to you
Strategy, editing and guidance on all essays to help student convey their unique perspectives, sense of self and personal voice
Creation of High School Accomplishment Summary - to present extracurriculars in the most compelling and complete way
Preparation - and practice for - selective college interviews
Curriculum & Test Planning
Develop a personally coherent, meaningful curriculum plan, assuring correct type and level of classes are taken for target colleges
Comparison of SAT vs. ACT. Recommendations for best standardized test tutors and programs
Review of score reporting and its impact on test taking preparation and strategy
Application Strategy & Process Management
Evaluate your profile, including standardized test scores, academic transcript, and extracurriculars
Yearly timeline for all tests, recommendations, essays, applications
Process management of all college applications & supplements
Early decision or early action strategy
Advice about financial aid and merit/athletic scholarships
“Compass To College opened my teens' eyes to this incredible world around us and enabled them to understand that they have an important place in it that is unique and filled with potential.
Their approach is both personal and meaningful -- an opportunity for reflection about what matters -- then finding pivotal ways to deepen their experiences and foundation in that field. The admissions to very top schools seemed to flow genuinely from my students’ passion and accomplishments .”
—Sonali, San Diego, CA