Dr. Joan Franklin & Dr. Vicki Boudin, psychologists and admissions consultants offering comprehensive college search and application services. We personally guide families and their high school students through the stressful time of college decision-making up to final acceptance into a college of their choice.
With each student, we develop a Personalized College Action Plan tailored to his or her needs and interests which includes:
- Recommendations for high school coursework including honor and AP classes
- Planning for extracurricular, volunteer and summer opportunities to enhance the application
- Test preparation and planning, including SAT, SAT Subject Test, ACT
- Exploration and selection of potential college major(s)
- Identifying college programs for unique situations such as three/two engineering programs, five year BA/MA programs, or colleges that offer additional educational support services
- Resume and portfolio enhancement
- Creation of the college list to include reach, target and likely options
- Essay and personal statement guidance
- Preparation and suggestions for college visits
- Preparing for personal interviews
- Evaluating the efficacy of early decision and/or early action
- Refining the best fit college/university application list
- Letter of recommendation suggestions
- Detailed review of all submitted college application materials
- Discussion of financial aid
- Tracking all deadlines and adhering to a time-table
- Selecting the most appropriate colleges from the acceptance list
- Suggestions for handling deferments and wait lists