How does Bill help?
Bill works with high school sophomores, juniors and seniors to identify the colleges that meet their key academic and extracurricular needs, to understand the biases and preferences of college admission officers and to incorporate the essential ingredients that result in effective applications and essays.
What else does Bill do?
Well, for starters, he...
- demystifies the college admission process by helping families understand how colleges evaluate, rate and select applicants.
- routinely communicates with the student.
- provides the student and parents with detailed summaries via email following each significant conversation.
- supplies comprehensive, written guides on multiple topics including the essay, on-campus interviews, and campus visits.
- issues a monthly newsletter that alerts families to new developments in college admission, reminds students of upcoming goals and deadlines and supplies timely advice on key, admission-related topics.
- monitors the student's academic performance and identifies appropriate SAT and ACT test dates and preparation strategies.
- helps the student identify and pursue significant interests outside of her school and within her community. This demonstrates exceptional confidence, motivation and direction and improves a student's odds for admission.
- prepares the student for on-campus visits and interviews.
- works with the student to identify a solid list of colleges that matches his needs.
- estimates the student's probability for admission to each college.