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College Admissions: Your Story, Your Voice, Your Path

College isn’t just a destination—it’s a launchpad. And the most selective schools aren’t just looking for high test scores and GPAs. They want thinkers, doers, leaders. Students who aren’t afraid to ask big questions, challenge themselves, and bring something real to the table.

That’s where we come in. At Admit Advantage, we don’t do cookie-cutter. We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all applications. Instead, we help you uncover your story—the moments, the passions, the experiences that make you, you. Then, we help you craft an application that doesn’t just check boxes, but makes an admissions officer feel something.

From choosing the right schools to perfecting your essays, preparing for interviews, and making sure your application reflects your best self, we’re with you every step of the way. No fluff. No guesswork. Just expert guidance that helps you turn potential into opportunity.

Your future isn’t just about where you go—it’s about who you become. You bring the vision—we’ll bring the game plan.

College Application Services – The COMPREHENSIVE Package

Comprehensive Service Summary

The Comprehensive Package is our high-touch, premier college admissions consulting service offering. This is for students in their application year (12th grade) and families who want a dedicated expert guiding them through every step of the college application journey—ensuring not just a strong application, but the best possible positioning for success.

We take a deeply personalized approach, matching each student with an experienced admissions consultant who helps identify their unique strengths, develop compelling application narratives, and build a strategic admissions game plan. No generic, one-size-fits-all formulas here. Instead, we craft an application that reflects you—your story, your aspirations, and your potential to contribute meaningfully to your chosen schools.

Key Features of Comprehensive Service:

• Application Strategy & Personal Branding – Uncover what makes you stand out and frame your application for maximum impact.
• School Selection & List Optimization – We help you identify a balanced list of target schools, aligning your strengths, interests, and goals.
• Personal Statement Development & Editing – From ideation to polished final drafts, we ensure your personal statement is both compelling and authentic.
• Supplemental Essays Guidance – Whether it’s “Why This College?” or a unique prompt, we refine each response to resonate powerfully with admissions officers.
• Activities List Review & Strategy – Showcasing leadership, initiative, and meaningful engagement––coherently––in a way that strengthens your candidacy.
• Letters of Recommendation Strategy – Helping you choose the best recommenders and ensuring they highlight the most relevant aspects of your profile.
• Interview Prep & Mock Sessions – Preparing you to communicate confidently and effectively in admissions interviews.
• Waitlist & Deferral Strategy (if needed) – Strategic guidance to navigate post-application decision outcomes.
• Email & Phone Support – Your consultant is in your corner from start to finish, ensuring you’re always supported.

Comprehensive Service Designed For Students Who:

• Want a highly personalized and structured approach to the college application process.
• Are applying to competitive universities where strategic positioning is key.
• Need guidance on essay development, school selection, and overall application strategy.
• Are eager to put in the work to submit the strongest possible application.
• Want an experienced consultant to navigate the complexities of college admissions with confidence.

Comprehensive Service Deliverables:

• A clear, well-crafted activities list that highlights key achievements and experiences.
• Fully developed, polished personal statement and supplemental essays that tell your story powerfully.

With Comprehensive Service, you’re not just submitting applications—you’re crafting a compelling, competitive case for admission.

College Application Services – Early-Stage MENTORSHIP Options

Mentorship Service Summary

For students in need of advisory services far in advance of the college applications themselves, we offer three levels of mentorship, to meet the all needs and budgets. Mentorship services are designed for students in 9th, 10th, and 11th grade seeking customized action plans to make the most of the time leading up to filling out applications.

As always, we take a deeply personalized approach, matching each student with an experienced admissions consultant who first seeks to understand their goals (however abstract they may be at this early stage) and then determine all the steps needed to ensure progress toward those goals. In addition to the initial ‘strategy’ session where we develop a game plan, we offer buckets of consultation hours: 5 hours, 10 hours, and 20 hours.

Key Features of Mentorship Service:

• Extracurricular Engagement Strategy – We help not just with choosing which activities to participate in, but more importantly: how.
• Summer / Winter Vacation Planning – We help brainstorm ideas for how best to utilize key periods of time outside of school.
• Independent Project Brainstorming and Advisory – For entrepreneurial, research-oriented, or community engagement projects (for example), we help students interrogate ‘their why‘ to help reveal passions and areas of interest.
• Custom Support – Every individual has different needs. For each student, we work with the parents to understand which areas need attention, and design a lesson plan accordingly.
• Email Support – Your consultant is in your corner from start to finish, ensuring you’re always supported.

Mentorship Service Designed For Students Who:

• Are interested in advancing their profile strength as much as possible before it’s time to apply
• Have weaknesses they are looking to shore up.
• Have strengths they are looking to further develop.
• Need help knowing which questions to ask in the first place, in order to develop the most effective and customized plan.

Mentorship Service Deliverables:

• A lesson plan that aims to advance the student toward clear goals.

With Admit Advantage Mentorship Service, you get to work with an expert who works with a limited number of students and can therefore invest orders of magnitude more time and attention to helping you develop your profile.