Attending high school in Los Angeles means that you’ve grown up in a city that is primarily known for one industry. And while that can be advantageous for those students who want to venture into the entertainment industry, it can be challenging for students with other interests to find their path.
The competition between private schools like Brentwood and Harvard Westlake is steep. And we know that only a handful of students from Los Angeles will be admitted to each top tier school. This means that in addition to performing well in school and on standardized tests, the task at hand is to show colleges that you’re deeply committed to your niche interests.
When working with students from LA, we help them put together comprehensive plans that achieve exactly that. We’ll look outside of the LA bubble and find creative and unique ways to engage with your passions. No matter what you’re interested in, we’ll rely on our expertise and creative process to find opportunities that align with your goals.
Los Angeles Consulting Services: An Overview
If you choose to work with us, we’ll provide the following:
Timeline: After getting to know our clients, we put together a holistic plan for the rest of the year. If you start as a sophomore, we’ll help you explore your interests with a reading list and online classes. After that, we’ll build on what you’ve learned and help you find jobs, internships, and research opportunities. Every proposal includes a list of big goals for the year with manageable steps along the way.
Discover extracurricular passions: It can be difficult to hone in on areas of interest outside of school, especially when you’re doing your best to get good grades and study for standardized tests. Figuring out what you enjoy doing outside of school is the first step in building out your passions, and it shows colleges that you’re serious about attending. It doesn’t matter if you have no idea what you want to pursue, or if you just need a push in the right direction. We’ll meet you where you are and find opportunities you might have overlooked, or didn’t realize were an option.
Create College Lists: We get to know our clients, and use our knowledge of the industry to help them find schools that truly fit. Our only goal is to get our clients in their top choice school, and we help them create school lists that make sense.
Brainstorming, Writing, and Editing Essays: We talk to admissions counselors about what they’re really looking for. This means that we’ll not only help you decide what to write about, but we’ll edit all of the writing until it’s perfect. All essays are reviewed internally, and we don’t stop editing until the essays we’re sure that they’ll stand out.
A Step-by-Step Look into our Essay Writing Process:
We meet our clients where they are in the essay writing process. Some come to us with an idea of what they’d like to write about, and others are overwhelmed and unsure about how to proceed. No matter what stage you’re in, we’ll start by explaining what a common app essay is and how the supplements fit into the application process.
Common App Essay Brainstorming: We know what colleges are looking for, and we guide our clients through a brainstorming process that gets down to what’s most important. Through conversations and brief writing prompts, we’ll identify the qualities we want to write about the stories that help those traits shine.
Drafting: All of our essays go through countless rounds of drafts and edits. All drafts are done with the help of one of our writers, and we edit it until it’s as strong as possible. We review all of the drafts with our team members, start with global edits, and finish with meticulous line editing.
Supplements: The supplements are written after the common app essay is complete to avoid any potential overlap. Supplements are research assignments, and we help our clients through that process and draft essays that include all pertinent information. Just like the common app essay, supplements are taken through rigorous rounds of edits and go through our internal approval process.
Contacting our Los Angeles Private Counselors
The long process of helping your child apply to college can be an uphill battle. Our strength lies in providing peace of mind to our busy clients by stepping in and managing the process. Whether you’re a freshman who needs to look ahead and make plans for the next four years, or a high school senior with an ambitious college list but no idea how to start, we can help. We’ll put together a timeline that makes sense for everyone involved, and ensure that those plans are executed.
If you’d like to hear more, contact us here.