Refine Direction. Strategize Academics. Plan Intentionally.
Sophomore year is one of the most important — and most overlooked — moments in the college journey. The Sophomore Launch program helps families move beyond general exploration and begin building a thoughtful strategy for the years ahead.
Schedule an Intro Conversation →The Foundation for Junior Year Is Built Now
By sophomore year, students are developing academic interests, extracurricular commitments are taking shape, and the foundation for junior year decisions is forming. Without guidance, these decisions are often made without a clear understanding of how they connect to future opportunities.
The families who treat sophomore year as a strategic window — rather than a placeholder between 9th and 11th grade — arrive at junior year in a fundamentally different position. They have a college list framework, a tested understanding of academic fit, and a student who has had time to genuinely explore their interests.
The result: families entering the critical junior year with clarity, alignment, and confidence — rather than scrambling to define direction under the weight of deadlines.
The Sophomore Launch program is designed for families with students in Grade 10 who want to move beyond general awareness and begin building an intentional plan.
You may be a family that started with Early Risers and is ready to deepen your strategy. Or you may be joining the process for the first time in 10th grade — aware that junior year is approaching quickly and eager to enter it prepared.
This program is especially valuable for students who are beginning to explore specific areas of academic interest, considering AP or IB coursework, developing extracurricular commitments, or starting to imagine what college might look like — and for the parents who want to support those choices from an informed position.
The Sophomore Launch includes structured sessions with the student, with parents, and with the family together — each designed to build the knowledge and strategy needed for junior year and beyond.
Everything your family needs to enter junior year prepared and aligned.
Total Session Time: 8 hours
Plus: unlimited engagement with your dedicated counselor throughout the program period.
Sibling Rate: $3,750 for an additional student in the same family.
By the end of Sophomore Launch, you're not just prepared for junior year — you're ahead of it.
"By the end of sophomore year, we actually had a plan. Not a vague sense of what might happen — a real plan, with direction and options we hadn't even considered before."Parent Testimonial — Sophomore Launch Family
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Junior year is when the college process becomes real. Sophomore year is when you can prepare for it. Let's talk about what your family needs.
Schedule an Intro Conversation →20 minutes. No commitment. No pressure.