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Test

/tĕst/(noun)

- Determine the strengths of someone by putting them under strain.

Life is full of tests.

College admissions is a big one.

Compass? Map? No, you’re lost in the wilderness. You worry about losing the dream school and yourself. We’re here to point the way.

Try our College Admissions Timeline Quiz to see how to plan for your future!

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We see you. The whole student. The whole family. Through the whole process.

You take the ACT or SAT. We don’t just teach–but teach you to ace it your way. Our one-on-one learning provides the content you need, the strategies that fit, and the psychological mindset that wins.

Get out of that academic slump. Build a passion project that shows your potential. Take risks and win rewards.  Get person-to-person mentorship. Find yourself, your strengths, your path. Thrive. Now and in college.

Colleges admit people, not numbers or cliches. Make your common app not common at all. Work with professional writers and editors on your personal statements to tell a story admissions counselors can’t put down. 

You take the ACT or SAT. We don’t just teach–but teach you to ace it your way. Our one-on-one learning provides the content you need, the strategies that fit, and the psychological mindset that wins.

Get out of that academic slump. Build a passion project that shows your potential. Take risks and win rewards.  Get person-to-person mentorship. Find yourself, your strengths, your path. Thrive. Now and in college.

Colleges admit people, not numbers or cliches. Make your common app not common at all. Work with professional writers and editors on your personal statements to tell a story admissions counselors can’t put down. 

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Quiz to See where you stand

Let's figure out your kid's unique needs.

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How do you feel about the college application and selection process?

 

1 is the greatest stressor in my life; 5 is ‘eh’; 10 is ring the bell and let’s slug it out.

2 / 11

What are your Top 3 concerns about applying to college?

Choose up to 3. There is no one way to do the college process. But there is one right way for your family.

3 / 11

What is Your Graduation Year?

4 / 11

How would you describe your top choice schools?

Top choice schools can be reach schools, but they don’t have to be. There are so many ways to pick a college.

5 / 11

Choose 3 qualities that your child exhibits the most. (1 is never; 5 is almost always).

College admissions can be a crucible. It tends amplify the traits we already have – we become more of those things, good or bad. Fostering the positive and addressing the negative creates the best college applicants and the best college students.

6 / 11

Do you have any special considerations for college admissions and college choice (select as many as is relevant).

No path is the same; no life is exactly as expected. The challenges of life can help more than they hurt in admissions and in life.

Academic Disruption – Significant changes in family dynamic (student/family illness; job loss; changing high schools; divorce)

Upward Academic Trajectory – An improvement in grades as high school goes on.

7 / 11

Does your child have a defining passion and a way to exhibit that to colleges?

The emphasis on passion – whether it’s a ‘passion project’, selecting a major, or selecting a career can be very misguided. Stanford research shows that 80% of people lack a defining passion. But, in the process of ‘becoming’, we can find the mix of things that serves that purpose.

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Good relationship w/ guidance counselor? Do they give good advice?

9 / 11

What matters to you in selecting a college?

Not everything matters to everyone, and there are no bad answers.

10 / 11

What is the secret strength of your child?

What is the ‘thing’ you see that others – perhaps including your child – don’t.

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What would you like to learn more about?

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