Comprehensive College Planning Package
The following package is geared for students who want both extensive and detailed guidance during the college search and application process. This plan has been developed for the junior-senior years however additional sessions can be added for students seeking long term advisement beginning as early as freshman year.
It includes the following:
- Intake meeting with students and parents – including review of the Hansen College Strategies College Planning Questionnaire, overview of the process, and development of a timeline
- Comprehensive review of student transcripts and standardized test scores
- Evaluation of extracurricular activities
- Identification of academic strengths and suggestions for ways to address weaknesses
- Guidance in high school course selection to meet college admissions requirements
- Recommendations for enhancement of extracurricular involvement and summer activities
- Development of the college list based on the student’s unique interests and academic strengths
- Understanding standardized testing – choosing what tests to take and when to take them
- Advice about early decision/ early action applications and wait list acceptances
- Application guidance and essay review
- Preparation for the campus visit and interview
- Assistance with deciding on the “final choice” college
- Athletic scholarships and recruitment *
- Merit scholarships, financial aid, and college affordability *
*Athletic Recruitment and Financial Aid are areas of expertise. Sue Hansen specialized in working with student-athletes for a number of years and successfully guided numerous students through the college athletic recruiting process.
Additionally, we have extensive knowledge regarding college financial aid policies and procedures. We help students find ways to optimize their chances of receiving merit based aid by identifying colleges where they will be in the top quarter of the applicant pool. Our goal is for students and families to borrow as little money as possible – other than what is deemed to be a manageable amount.