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Senior Application Strategy

Craft Applications. Manage Deadlines. Choose with Confidence.

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Senior year is when years of preparation come together. The Senior Application Strategy program provides high-touch, individualized guidance throughout the entire application cycle — from the summer before senior year through enrollment decisions in the spring.

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

Why Senior Year Requires Strategy

The Year of Execution — and Decisions

Senior year is not just about writing essays and submitting applications. It's about presenting a coherent, authentic story across multiple platforms, managing competing deadlines, and making high-stakes decisions with incomplete information.

The application is not just paperwork. It's the story your student has been writing for four years.

Who This Is For

The Senior Application Strategy program is for families who:

  • Want comprehensive, expert guidance through the full application cycle
  • Need support with essay development, revision, and final polish
  • Are managing multiple applications across different deadlines
  • Want to evaluate financial aid offers with professional guidance
  • Are navigating complex situations: waitlists, deferrals, gaps, or late starts
  • Want their student to arrive at enrollment having made the best-informed decision possible

How It Works

Our engagement begins in May before senior year and continues through April — covering every phase of the application cycle with structured milestones and ongoing access to your counselor.

May–June: Application Planning + Essay Brainstorming

  • Finalizing the college list with strategic intentionality
  • Application strategy: ED, EA, RD, and priority decisions
  • Essay brainstorming sessions — finding the right story to tell
  • Activity list review and extracurricular narrative development
  • Identifying potential gaps and how to address them

Summer: Essay Development + List Refinement

  • Personal statement drafting, feedback, and revision cycles
  • Supplemental essay strategy for each college on the list
  • Continued refinement of the college list based on research and visits
  • Application component review: activities, honors, additional info sections
  • Counselor recommendation coordination guidance

Fall: Application Submission + Deadlines

  • Early Decision and Early Action application review and submission support
  • Ongoing supplemental essay writing and revision
  • Deadline management: a structured submission calendar
  • Regular Decision application completion and submission
  • Financial aid application strategy (FAFSA/CSS Profile)

Winter–Spring: Admissions Decisions + Enrollment Strategy

  • Response to admissions decisions: acceptances, deferrals, and waitlists
  • Financial aid offer evaluation and comparison
  • Scholarship search and application support
  • Final enrollment decision guidance — choosing the right fit
  • Transition preparation for the summer before college

Caregiver Strategy Session (45 min)

  • Understanding the college list and application strategy
  • Defining success and reframing expectations around outcomes
  • Evaluating financial fit and comparing aid offers
  • Supporting your student through the emotional weight of this year

Program Investment

$30,000
Program Investment
24 student strategy sessions
1 Caregiver Strategy Session (45 min)
Engagement Period: May (before senior year) through April

Plus: unlimited engagement with your assigned counselor throughout the program term — including email, phone, and document review.

"Having a counselor who had seen thousands of applications helped our daughter understand how to present herself — not perform. The difference was remarkable."
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What Families Gain

By the end of the Senior Application Strategy program, families leave with:

We do not promise admission to specific colleges. We promise that your family will navigate this process informed, supported, and prepared.

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Starting earlier? Looking for additional support?

Senior Year Starts in May.

The best time to begin the application strategy conversation is before senior year begins.

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