12th Graders Denied After The Early Round

Fixing the Regular Decision List

Maybe your child overreached in the Early round. Perhaps their Regular Decision list is filled with more overreaches. If your child didn’t get into Cornell in the Early Decision round, their chances of getting into Harvard in Regular Decision are slim to none. We’ll fine-tune this list and ensure overlooked schools are included. In our experience, it’s the schools we add to students’ lists at this juncture where they so often end up.

Putting Bandaids on Course, Testing, and Extracurricular Mistakes

When families come to us for the first time after their children have been denied Early admission, there will be some mistakes we can’t correct. But there will be other mistakes we can correct — before they jeopardize their child’s case for Regular Decision admission. As such, we’ll brainstorm a few new activities for them to get involved in so they can better showcase a singular hook. And we’ll fix the course and testing mistakes we can. AP Statistics doesn’t count as senior-year math. Stopping or switching a foreign language isn’t good. Students can still enroll in courses outside their schools to address these errors.

Brainstorming and Revising College Essays

Do you think there’s one admissions essay, the Personal Statement? That’s cute. There are tons of college admissions essays, and they’re all equally as important. Most highly selective universities have their own supplemental essays, many of which must be uniquely tailored to the respective institution to demonstrate a student’s commitment to attending. We brainstorm and revise every paragraph of every essay, with each essay serving as a critical puzzle piece in a student’s admissions file.

Assistance with Non-Essay Portions of Applications

There are landmines throughout each college application. Including a social security number implies the student will apply for financial aid. Not listing significant points of contact undercuts a student’s efforts to demonstrate interest in the college to which they’re applying. We make sure that our students don’t make such mistakes.

Interview Prep (after the New Year)

While the alumni interview has become one of the least important components of the elite college admissions process, we prepare students to stand out, impress, and showcase their singular hook.