This comprehensive program ideally begins in the summer before the student enters senior year in high school.
The purpose of the senior program is to evaluate and track the student’s progress and achievements in the first three years, consultation on completing applications, essay guidance, and meeting application deadlines.
The Senior Consultation Program kicks off with a First Assessment Consultation:
This two-hour meeting begins with a comprehensive review of both the student’s and parent’s completed questionnaires. In this meeting, your advisor works with you to map out your family’s goals, values and priorities, and offers suggestions for the college application preparation process. Both parent and student must participate in this meeting. There is also a first discussion of Financial Aid.
After the First Assessment Consultation, issues critical to senior year will be thoroughly vetted with your CAN advisor. These issues include but are not limited to:
- Review and evaluation of summer activities and their contributions to your application
- Strategies and timelines for obtaining letters of recommendation
- Managing test taking – SATs, SAT 2s, APs, ACTs – schedules, deadlines for registration, etc.
- Preparing for college interviews
- Discussion of GPA and standardized test scores and dealing with problems that may exist
- Review and finalizing essays for applications
- Early discussion of common app, schools not on common app, etc.
It is possible that the student may need additional assistance in essay writing and test taking preparation. The College Advisory Network can provide expert tutoring and essay writing services on an a la carte basis. This will be discussed in meetings with both parents and student.
The final meeting of the Senior Consultation Program is a two-hour follow-up session with both student and parent(s), which addresses questions, provide additional support and strategize further. This can be a face-to-face session, or two separate phone consultations.