Private School Admissions
Lifelong success starts early and it is imperative that parents and students understand all of their options and opportunities. Our services provide comprehensive support that addresses every aspect of choosing where to attend middle/high school so as to ensure our students find the right fit that helps them succeed academically, socially, and culturally. Our services include:
Finding Your Best Fit
Understanding the available options is the first step in the private school admissions process. Important factors such as reputation, size, location, school culture, cost, extracurriculars, and more all need to be considered. Our intimate knowledge of the top schools across the state of Colorado, coupled with our research tools enable us to guide families through this process to guarantee they apply to schools that meet all of their wants and needs.
Shadowing and Asking The Right Questions
Visiting a high school in person empowers students and families the opportunity to get a better feel for a school and discover if it is a good fit. However, it’s important to go beyond the basic campus tours and marketing brochures in order to evaluate each institution objectively. By creating detailed plans with the right questions to ask and what exactly to look for, our families arrive for their visits feeling prepared and excited to explore the potential of each school on their list.
Essays and Personal Statements
Elite high schools read thousands of essays every year. With an increasing emphasis on this character-based component of the application, its imperative to know exactly what admissions teams are looking for and how you can stand out. We guide students through all of their essays by helping them develop their voice and share their stories in a way that resonates with both admissions and scholarship committees.
Interview Preparation (Students & Parents)
Many of the most selective schools require an interview with either an admissions officer or an alumnus. Moreover, scholarships often require interviews conducted by a committee. By completing mock interviews and preparing for various question types, our students walk into these interviews feeling prepared and ready to leave a lasting impression.
Scholarships and Financial Aid
With tuition and fees continuing to rise every year, scholarships, grants, and financial aid have become more important than ever. We work diligently to unpack the financial aid process and true cost of each school. By identifying all possible opportunities, including scholarships and institutional aid, we’ve been able to save our families hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Letters of Recommendation
Letters of recommendation are an often overlooked but critical aspect of the application process. Students need guidance in evaluating their relationships with teachers, counselors, administrators, coaches, and others in order to maximize the impact these recommendations will have without leaving them to the last minute. We work with them to curate recommendation requests and get ahead in this process so recommenders can provide a comprehensive and detailed letter that stands out and adds value to the overall application package.
Resumes / Brag Sheets
In many applications, whether for elite high schools or scholarships, students will need to list their achievements. These should include clubs and extracurricular participation, work and volunteer experiences, and even pertinent coursework. We work with students to gather this essential information, format it correctly, and write engaging descriptions that fully encompass the work they’ve done.
Course and Extracurricular Selection
Selecting the right courses that put students on a path to honors, advanced (AP/IB), and/or concurrent enrollment starts as early as their freshman year of high school. Simultaneously, participating in extracurriculars that explore academic and career interests while also preparing for leadership opportunities is crucial. We work with students to help make these important decisions as early as possible in order to guarantee they are on the right path for academic and leadership development.