As a College Admission Advisor, Nancy views her time with you as a collaboration. She has a well established and proven approach to working with clients, yet each one of you is unique. Mentoring and motivating, managing the process, and keeping you on task goes according to a highly individualized, dynamic and responsive plan - one that can change pretty quickly when circumstances warrant. Check out the basics below.
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FALL of JUNIOR YEAR: Self Reflection & Self Determination
  • Help guide the student through the process of self-assessment to determine what his/her college goals are.
  • Help the student’s parents determine what their goals are for their son/daughter.
  • Provide an overview of the college application process. 

FALL of JUNIOR YEAR: Academics & Extracurriculars
  • Review and refine high school coursework plans to best position the student for admission to the college of his/her choice.
  • Review and recommend extracurricular activities to strengthen the student’s profile and to allow the student to tell his/her story in the most compelling way possible.
  • Review and recommend summer activities and programs to boost the student’s profile.
  • Help the student begin to gather information, organize it, and write a resume.
  • Direct the student through the schedule of college preview events in Dallas and college representative visits to his/her school.

SPRING of JUNIOR YEAR: Test Prep
  • Review testing schedules, arrange for test prep, and monitor registration.
 
SPRING of JUNIOR YEAR: College Search
  • Help the student and his/her family develop a list of college options based on the student's needs, desires, and best fit.
  • Research colleges, including their programs, faculty, and courses in the student’s interest areas, to help refine the student’s college list.
  • Plan and prepare for college visits.
  • Supervise and manage the student’s communications with college representatives.
 
SPRING of JUNIOR YEAR: Preparing to Write
  • Develop a guided reading plan for the student to prepare him/her to write college application essays.
  • Work with the student to develop and refine writing skills.
  • Help the student find his/her voice and develop topics for essays.

SUMMER leading into SENIOR YEAR: Write
  • Draft personal statements and essays.
  • Create academic resume.

FALL of SENIOR YEAR: Applications
  • Keep the student on task to complete all components of the college application process - testing, campus visits, admissions interviews, application deadlines, and the like.
  • Help direct decisions regarding Early Decision and/or Early Action. 
  • Advise the student on how to present extracurricular activities, community service, internships, and work experience to strengthen his/her candidacy.
  • Help the students and family search and apply for financial aid & scholarships.
  • Provide guidance on the selection of teachers and other recommenders for letters of recommendation.
  • Brainstorm and help edit personal statements and essays.
  • Help prepare for college interviews.
  • Oversee the process of completing and submitting applications.
 
FALL/SPRING of SENIOR YEAR:  Decisions
  • Evaluate offers of admission to help the student select the college that best fits his/her goals.