Comprehensive Educational Avenues Program

High school juniors and rising seniors are ready to explore and evaluate their educational avenues. This is when academic aptitudes, interests, and finances converge in the college selection and application process. The comprehensive program includes the following: 

  • Student’s expectations of college
  • Academic review
    • GPA and School Profile assessment.
    • Strength of classes taken in high school.
    • Standardized Tests/and test optional possibilities.
    • Surveys and Inventories appropriate to each student.
  • MBTI® Personality Preferences Inventory 
    • builds self-awareness of natural gifts, tendencies, and strengths.
    • builds career-awareness of fields of work that align with student’s strengths. 
    • gives confidence in selecting right college majors.

 The College List

  • College list is tailored to each student’s MBTI® assessment and personality type.
  • Depending on the combined results, this consultant will guide students to explore option that will be viable in today’s economy.
  • Having visited hundreds of colleges, this consultant knows where to find programs that would be extremely beneficial for each student.
  • College list includes safe, possible, and reach schools.
  • Each student will find hidden gems, options previously unexplored, and best-fit colleges.
  • The list is designed to meet the individual students’ academic, social, and cultural needs. 
  • College list tailored to student’s and family’s values.
  • College list tailored to meet needs of students with learning disabilities.
  • College list includes financially safe, affordable schools.
  • Through this process, students awaken to the concept of “return on investment.”
  • Evaluation and feedback for essays students write. Each student has a true writer’s voice. This process helps students become more self-aware and brings out the storyteller in them.
  • Students receive feedback on all their responses to supplemental questions.
  • Evaluation and feedback on completed applications for admission.
  • Guidance with evaluating financial aid awards so you can assess your ROI.
  • Help with financial aid appeals as needed.
  • Timeline for when to submit, which plan to use, when to follow up.

Parents

  • Parents expectations of college.
  • Parents provide information about their student.
  • They disclose any concerns as well as areas of strengths their student possesses.
  • They explain contributions their student can make to a college community.

Financial Aid

  • College Financial Aid available to parents and students. 
  • Expected Family Contributions (EFC) under both the federal and institutional methodology will reveal the minimum amount that colleges expect to receive. 
  • Parents gain control over the financial aid system by gaining a snapshot of their future costs at different schools.
  • While students may be blinded by expensive colleges, Claire can adjust the college list to lessen parents’ financial burden.
  • Help with financial aid appeals.

Assessments

  • MBTI® Personality Type in College for college students.
  • STRONG© Interest Inventory for Career Directions.
  • Value Sort Inventory for families.
  • Find Your Spark – for students.
  • Self-Efficacy Scale – student assessment.
  • Questionnaires for Parents.
  • Surveys For Students.

A la Carte sessions are possible. Please contact Claire so she can help you choose the sessions that fit your budget. 

Pro-bono services for students receiving means tested federal aid.