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All of the products and services of Ivybound Consulting are designed to enable and empower you to successfully tackle every curve of your admissions journey and help you get admitted to the college of your dreams!
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Our Services
Last-Minute Application Evaluation
Application deadlines are just around the corner. Stress levels may be high at home, you may be panicking last minute to put everything together, and having the nightmarish question of “What if I don’t get admitted?”
If you find yourself in this position, take advantage of our Last-Minute Application Evaluation. Basically, this review will comprise of a thorough check by IvyBound Advisors and myself of all the components of your application to your early or regular college picks. We want to make sure you are showcasing your best self so that you are admitted to the college of your choice!
There’s limited availability– only open to 20 students. And this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity closes four days
before application deadline!
If you find yourself in this position, take advantage of our Last-Minute Application Evaluation. Basically, this review will comprise of a thorough check by IvyBound Advisors and myself of all the components of your application to your early or regular college picks. We want to make sure you are showcasing your best self so that you are admitted to the college of your choice!
There’s limited availability– only open to 20 students. And this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity closes four days
before application deadline!
Our Last-Minute Application Evaluation (4 hours total) includes:
- A thorough check of all components of your application to one specific early college, including looking at your essays, activity section, and the biographical and academic data of your application.
- Recommendations to correct mistakes, such as wrongful entry of testing information, the main essay not having a compelling topic, not highlighting your leadership qualities in the activity section, or the specific supplement questions not indicating your genuine interest in the college of choice.
- After receiving a PDF of your Common App, a final draft of your person essay, final drafts of your supplement(s) for your early college, and an unofficial transcript, we will discuss all of our suggested revisions over Zoom, Skype, phone, or email (one-hour meeting).
So, put your best foot forward in your early applications and really beat the masses during the early/regular application rounds.
Additional time available by the hour
Personalized Admissions Strategy Report
A must-have report! Need affordable expert guidance and direction on how to tackle your high school to college years but don’t want to purchase an extensive package? Confused about how to create a competitive student profile that increases your chances of college admissions? Then this Personalized Admissions Strategy Report is the perfect solution for you.
After understanding your academic goals, academic statistics, extracurricular involvement, and personal characteristics, IvyBound advisors create a detailed report that you can use as your roadmap to help you stand out among the thousands of applicants and get admitted into the best colleges for you. With this evaluation, you will walk away with a comprehensive proposal that provides you with the direction and actionable steps to successfully and smoothly navigate your college admissions journey.
After understanding your academic goals, academic statistics, extracurricular involvement, and personal characteristics, IvyBound advisors create a detailed report that you can use as your roadmap to help you stand out among the thousands of applicants and get admitted into the best colleges for you. With this evaluation, you will walk away with a comprehensive proposal that provides you with the direction and actionable steps to successfully and smoothly navigate your college admissions journey.
This package includes a total of 5 hours of personalized counseling, entailing 3.5 hours of your personal analysis and report generation and 1.5 hours of phone or zoom call.
The Personalized Admissions Strategy Report helps plan out your:
The Personalized Admissions Strategy Report helps plan out your:
- Course Selection
- Testing Strategy and Calendar
- Extracurriculars
- Summer Activities
- Honors & Awards
- Letters of Reccomendations
- College Visits
- College List & Fit
- Application Profile
- ...and much more!
No Refunds
Essay Review and Editing
We will empower you to write compelling and engaging essays that help your application get admitted!
Crafting a distinct narrative which resonates your unique voice and personality is essential to set yourself apart from other applicants. We will help you understand the different essay prompts and which ones clearly communicate your story to admissions officers. Then, we will help you to strategically answer personal essay prompts and supplemental essays, specific to the college at hand.
Upon purchasing a 2-hour base package, IvyBound advisors will provide you with one-on-one direction every step of the essay writing process, including:
Crafting a distinct narrative which resonates your unique voice and personality is essential to set yourself apart from other applicants. We will help you understand the different essay prompts and which ones clearly communicate your story to admissions officers. Then, we will help you to strategically answer personal essay prompts and supplemental essays, specific to the college at hand.
Upon purchasing a 2-hour base package, IvyBound advisors will provide you with one-on-one direction every step of the essay writing process, including:
- Brainstorming and unearthing your best stories
- Narrowing down your story topics to correlate best to the given college essay prompts
- Help to strategically answer supplemental questions to showcase your genuine interest in the college(s) of your choice
- Submission of polished, admit-worthy essays
Additional time available for $350/hour
Virtual Mock Interview
An interview is an often overlooked but essential and decisive part of college and high school admissions. I am here to help you master your interview as I bring my experience as an alumni interviewer for Northwestern University and in-depth insights into higher education admissions.
When you sign up for a 2.5 hours mock interview session (including time put in for preparation resources, the mock interview, and follow-up support), I help you prepare effectively for your interview and increase your chances of being admitted! Here’s what you will get:
When you sign up for a 2.5 hours mock interview session (including time put in for preparation resources, the mock interview, and follow-up support), I help you prepare effectively for your interview and increase your chances of being admitted! Here’s what you will get:
- Understanding the Interview Process
- Access to Interview Questions
- Encouragement and Support
- Interviewed as if its the Real One
- Follow-Up and Support
- Insider Knowledge of Admissions
- Personalized Preparation
- Constructive Feedback
- Answer Challenging Questions
- Next Steps to take the Interview
Additional time available for $350/hour
Striking GOLD With Your Letters of Recs Online Course
Many students may not think much about the impact letters of recommendation play on their applications. I mean, how hard can it be? You simply choose teacher recommenders whose class you have been performing well in and hope and pray they will write amazing letters of recommendation that help you get admitted to the colleges on your list.
However, there is much more to letters of recommendation than what you may think as it directly impacts the way admissions officers perceive your application. Depending on the quality of your recommendation, your admissions decision may sway from deny to likely to admit.
This online course, Striking Gold with your Recommendations, aims to strike gold by securing your best recommenders who can possibly sway the needle of admissions to your favor. In this comprehensive online course, you will:
However, there is much more to letters of recommendation than what you may think as it directly impacts the way admissions officers perceive your application. Depending on the quality of your recommendation, your admissions decision may sway from deny to likely to admit.
This online course, Striking Gold with your Recommendations, aims to strike gold by securing your best recommenders who can possibly sway the needle of admissions to your favor. In this comprehensive online course, you will:
- Bonus: Access 8 supporting documents to help you smoothly secure your best recommenders and craft your application profile!
- Bonus: With this purchase, you get two-weeks FREE access to our private Facebook community so that you can easily get your college admissions-related questions answered and receive support from like-minded high schoolers and parents.
- Discover the purpose and impact of letters of recommendation on your college applications.
- Understand the three types of recommendations that usually accompany college applications.
- Survey the various reports your counselor, teacher, and additional recommenders submit on your behalf and examine how they may affect your applications.
- Determine how to best choose your recommender and optimally leverage your recommendation to craft your admissions profile.
- Learn how to approach and enable your recommenders to be best advocates and what resources to provide them with so that they can write outstanding letters of recommendation.
- Recognize the significance of the FERPA authorization form and how it may affect how your application is read.
- Learn from 2+ hours of video lessons that are watch-as-you-go, self-paced divided into manageable 5 videos.
- Walk though a step-by-step process to waive the FERPA Form.
No Refunds
Free WhatsApp Group
Have burning admissions questions?
Lost? Need guidance and support?
Don’t know how to stand out from other applicants?
Join our community of highly-curated students of 8th to 12th grade and their parents, who are motivated and super-supportive members. In this group, have your general questions answered while I guide and help you successfully navigate your college admissions journey.