College App Kickstart!!

Kickstart your momentum with expert guidance to knock out your first college application! 

4-Week Online Course Reveals...

What our experienced college counselor has learned over years of teaching students how to complete their college applications.

  • Work through a typical application on a do-able timeline with scheduled tasks that will keep you accountable and let your parent/guardian(s) see that you’re making appropriate progress
  • Follow a timeline that is easy to stick with, isn’t overwhelming, and will help you have a college application complete in plenty of time to work on college essays (if necessary) well ahead of even the earliest application deadlines
  • What a great feeling that will be!

This course will show you:

How to supercharge all parts of your application

From your personal data, high school record, and test scores...

...to your activities list and letters of recommendation

Get expert guidance to help every section reflect YOU!!!

How to save time by reusing one application

Understand what your application conveys about you so you can easily replicate it on future applications.

Plus, you’ll have a file of documents and data you’ve collected or written, at your fingertips to help you complete any applications on your list. 

Working with an expert advisor makes all the difference

Students often think that they won’t have any problem working through their college applications on their own.

Yet, many find themselves in the middle of the process uncertain how to continue. And those who slog through on their own often report that they wish they had sought help from the outset.

Avoid frustration, save time, and gain our insight from the beginning!

The power of individualized attention & a group setting

  • Dedicated Q&A and expertly guided work time during each class
  • Downloadable worksheets and checklists
  • One 25-minute one-on-one (1:1) session for tackling highly personal or unique questions
  • Access to class recordings and course materials through 2020

Okay, I’m in! When do we do this?

We’ll meet online via Zoom for two hours every Wednesday:
August 26, September 2, 9, & 16 at 4:00 PM PDT/AZ, 7:00 PM EDT.

What does it cost? How do I sign up?


Choose your payment plan:

Frequently Asked Questions

I don’t know yet exactly where I’m applying. Can I still participate?

What if I need even more help?

Why only one application?

Why are essays not included in this course?

Can I invite a friend to attend this course with me?

I think I’m going to need a lot of help. How else can you help me on my path to college?

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Hey, Seniors!

Are you ready to get to work on your college applications? How would you feel about having expert guidance to help you through that?

Yes, of course you’re going to fill out your college application yourself!

We take ethics seriously around here! But wouldn’t you like to have an experienced college counselor help you work through a typical application on a do-able timeline with scheduled tasks that will keep you accountable and let your parent/guardian(s) see that you’re making appropriate progress?

I’ll keep you on a timeline that is easy to stick with, isn’t overwhelming, and will help you have a college application complete by the beginning of September so that you’re ready to work on any essays that your chosen colleges may require. What a great feeling that will be!

The benefit of an experienced college admissions advisor

Do you know what colleges are looking for in your application? Do you know what Admissions Officers are looking to discover about you, even though the applications never come right out and ask? How will you handle the “simple” questions that can sometimes be tricky? Do you want to search Google, ask your parents who haven’t applied to college in twenty years, or crowdsource an answer from your friends who are just as stressed and confused as you? Or do you want our experienced college counselor to share the answer with you in the moment, probably before you even ask?

Why Now?

I know, your summer is winding down. Whether school starts up again in a few days or a few weeks, the time until your applications are due is ticking away. Working on your college app in August will...

  • Help you get it out of the way before school work gets too crazy
  • Give you plenty of time to track down the pesky details
  • Let you be thoughtful about your responses instead of slapping them down at the last minute
  • Give you time to consider how all of the elements of your application will work together to create a vivid picture that is uniquely YOU Element

By the End of This Course, You’ll Have So Much Done!

  • Your contact details, citizenship information, & optional demographics
  • Information about your immediate family
  • Your high school and counselor info, college(s) attended, class rank, GPA, etc.
  • As much of your testing data as you wish to self-report
  • A list of your Top 10 activities throughout high school
  • Your past courses & grades (Optional, but recommended)
  • The FERPA Question
  • Plus, you’ll have a file of documents and data you’ve collected or written, at your fingertips to help you complete any specific college applications on your list, such as
  • Coalition Application
  • University of California system
  • Cal State Apply
  • Apply Texas
  • MyMIT

Here’s how else College App Kickstart will help you

You'll learn...

Here’s how else College App Kickstart will help you

You'll learn...

  • What colleges want to hear from you in your application, even though they never directly ask
  • A strategy for choosing which test scores, if any, to report to individual colleges
  • Why you might choose NOT to report some/all of your testing data on your application
  • A strategy for reviewing the elements of your application to assess your admission likelihood at the colleges on your list, giving you time to consider 
  • Whether you’ve allowed yourself to stretch for a particularly selective college, or
  • Whether your list is too overloaded with those stretches and would benefit from some options with higher likelihood of admission
  • The function of various required and optional essays
  • Personal Essay
  • COVID-19/Natural Disaster essay
  • Disciplinary History essay
  • Additional Information essay

Plus, how to...

  • Request a Common App Fee Waiver, if you’re eligible
  • Maximize the space on your Activities List to tell more about you
  • Request letters of recommendation and assign your recommenders to colleges
  • Determine what pertinent information about you is not yet presented within your application -- and how the optional application elements, including the essay(s), might do so
  • Find and submit college-specific questions, including
  • Your intended college major(s)
  • Additional essays

And if you miss a live class or want to re-watch a portion of class, you’ll get access to the class recordings, worksheets, and checklists until the end of 2020

So what do I get if I sign up?

  • Four 2-hour group classes held on Zoom
  • Direct instruction and strategies for completing a typical college application
  • Essay brainstorming (not writing)
  • Expertly guided work time
  • Dedicated Q&A* and/or concentrated work time at the end of each class
  • Downloadable worksheets and checklists
  • One 25-minute one-on-one (1:1) session

Note: Questions that get deep in the weeds or are highly personal may be more appropriately handled in a 1:1 session (one included; additional sessions available separately) 

Okay, I’m in! When do we do this?

We’ll meet online via Zoom for two hours each on Saturday, August 8, 15, 22, & 29 at 10:00 AM PDT/AZ, 1:00 PM EDT.

What does it cost? How do I sign up?


Choose your payment plan:

Discounted Single Pay

Frequently Asked Questions

I don’t know yet exactly where I’m applying. Can I still participate?

What if I need even more help?

Why only one application?

Why are essays not included in this course?

Can I invite a friend to attend this course with me?

I think I’m going to need a lot of help. How else can you help me on my path to college?

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