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For Students Entering Grade 12

Craft Applications. Manage Deadlines. Choose with Confidence.

Senior year is when years of preparation come together. Students are finalizing college lists, writing essays, managing deadlines, and making decisions that shape their next chapter.

The Senior Application Strategy program provides high-touch, individualized guidance throughout the entire application cycle.

Our work during this phase is often curatorial in nature — helping students refine the story they are presenting, identify and address gaps, manage milestones, and ensure that every component reflects the best of who they are and who they are becoming.

The result: a thoughtful application portfolio, a manageable process, and a student prepared to make confident enrollment decisions.

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Why Strategic Support Matters

Senior year moves quickly. Applications, essays, deadlines, financial decisions, and admissions responses arrive within months. Structured guidance helps students:

At this stage, the work becomes curatorial and strategic — ensuring the student's story is presented clearly and effectively.

Who This Program Is For

The Senior Application Strategy program is designed for families who want:

How It Works

Senior Application Strategy

Our role: support, guide, and curate the process — helping students present the most compelling and complete version of themselves.

May – June

Application Planning + Essay Brainstorming

Summer

Essay Development + List Refinement

Fall

Application Submission + Deadlines

Winter – Spring

Admissions Decisions + Enrollment Strategy

Student Strategy Sessions

  • Curating the Application Story — Identifying themes and experiences that reflect who the student is and how they have grown. The goal: a cohesive narrative across all parts of the application.
  • Identifying and Addressing Gaps — Reviewing the academic record, activities, and accomplishments to identify areas needing context or explanation.
  • Essay Development — Personal statement development, supplemental essays, and short-answer responses — ensuring each submission reflects the student's voice.
  • Managing Deadlines — Organizing and tracking early decision, early action, regular decision, and institutional requirements.
  • Final Decision Guidance — Once admissions decisions arrive, supporting families as they evaluate options: institutional fit, academic opportunities, financial considerations, and long-term goals.

Parent Strategy Session

Parents participate in a focused session ensuring family expectations and financial realities remain part of the process.

  • Understanding the College List — Reviewing the student's list and discussing admissions opportunities and challenges.
  • Defining Success — Reflecting on what a successful outcome means for the student and the household.
  • Evaluating Financial Fit — Ensuring financial considerations remain clear as decisions arrive.
Investment

Senior Application Strategy Program

$30,000

Includes
  • 24 student strategy sessions
  • 1 Parent Strategy Session (45 minutes)
  • Unlimited engagement with your assigned counselor throughout the program term

Engagement Period: May before senior year through April of senior year — supporting students from early preparation through final enrollment decisions.

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Built by Leaders Who've Been on Both Sides

Our counselors bring experience across public universities, private colleges, and specialized programs. We know what admissions committees are looking for because we've served on them.

This isn't secondhand knowledge. It's direct experience — and it shapes every recommendation.

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What Families Gain from Senior Strategy

By the end of the program, families typically have:

Most importantly, students finish knowing they have presented the most authentic and compelling version of themselves.

From Application to Enrollment

Senior year moves quickly. With the right guidance, it can also be a thoughtful and empowering process. The Senior Application Strategy program ensures students move through the final stage of the college journey supported, organized, and confident in the decisions ahead.

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