College planning.

A steady guide from course selection to decision day: a balanced school list, essays that sound like your child, and every deadline kept in view.

§ 01 — What we cover

We can start in ninth grade or partway through senior year. Either way, nothing gets left to the last minute.

Courses & activities

Choosing classes and commitments that challenge your child and add up to a clear story.
A balanced school list

Reach, target, and likely schools that fit academically, socially, and financially.
Essays

From the first brainstorm to the final draft, written in your child’s own voice.
Applications & deadlines

The Common App, supplements, recommendations, and every due date tracked.
Decisions

Weighing offers and choosing where to go, with someone who knows the whole story.

A rough shape of the work. Every plan is adjusted to the student and the schools on their list.

Grades 9–10

Foundations

Course choices, activities worth sticking with, and study habits that carry into junior year.
Grade 11

Exploration

Researching schools, setting a testing plan, and starting to shape the school list.
Summer before 12th

Essays

Drafting the personal statement while there is time to think, not rush.
Grade 12

Applications

Supplements, submissions, and deadlines, then weighing the offers that come back.

Start with a free, no-obligation consultation. We’ll talk through where your child is and where they want to go.