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Strategy-oriented support from now through college decisions:
Early HS: Course planning, extra-curricular and summer activity guidance, self-assessment exercises, and early college exploration
Late HS: Testing strategy, co-created college list (15-20 schools), campus visit planning, essay development for personal statement and supplements, activities list optimization, letter of recommendation strategy, application positioning tailored to each school, interview prep, and decision-making tools and support to evaluate and compare your final options
10 hours of my time to use flexibly:
Course selection guidance throughout high school, summer opportunity research, feedback on your self-created college list, testing strategy development, activities list positioning, interview preparation, application strategy sessions, or help getting unstuck at any point in the process.
You get focused expertise exactly where you need it, without the full comprehensive structure.
Not at all. Start with Waysmith Advisor, built to work as a standalone college list-building product. Optionally bring me in whenever you want for a list consult or for full-fledged college admissions counseling.
Likely, yes! All my sessions are virtual. I'm familiar with and visit colleges around the country. Many students I've worked with apply to colleges throughout the country. That said, as a San Francisco-based consultant I am of course very familiar with the UCs and CSUs. As long as we're able to find mutually convenient times to connect, location is a non-issue.
I take on rising freshmen through to rising seniors though I recommend starting no later than the winter of your junior year.
Not everyone needs an independent consultant! Hiring one can be particularly valuable in situations like: your school-based support is insufficient; you and/or your student are time-strapped; you're quite unfamiliar with the current process; your student has fairly specific circumstances or requirements; or your student is targeting highly selective colleges.
I'm a generalist. Undecided and 'multi-passionate' students get a lot out of my self-reflection and narrative-building work — figuring out who they are, what that means for their college list, and how to communicate it.
Students who are very thoughtful about the experience they want out of college find the 'future prototyping' and degree mapping exercises to be valuable — they help them test what a school actually feels like and offers, going beyond first impressions and surface research.
