College & Career School Planning

Planning for what’s next after high school should be exciting for students and parents.

As a parent of four who has worked in higher education admission and financial aid for over thirty years, I understand firsthand how emotional, stressful, and overwhelming the process can be.

Working together, we’ll enhance your family’s college planning experience with clarity, insights, guidance, and peace of mind.

~ Tom O’Hare, College Planning Coach

Planning is Essential

Planning starts with creating a savings plan and watching and guiding our children into who they can be.  As students reach middle school, the focus shifts to thoughts of high school and beyond. Students begin to explore academic and personal interests, and parents continue to work and save. When a student enters high school, all eyes are on finding the post-high school education – career pathway to follow.

Whether you’re a first-time parent or have been down the road before, we’ll help you understand and manage tasks, responsibilities, and timelines while maintaining harmony in the house.

That’s where we can help. Our comprehensive 360-degree approach and expertise will connect the dots to ensure that a student’s (family) education to career path will lead to success.

Working Together, We’ll 

• Assess Your Student’s Academic and Family’s Financing Capabilities 
• Set Realistic Expectations & Goals
• Create a Strategy to Meet College Costs
• Build the Right List of College Options
• Provide coaching to Investigate and Evaluate Strong College Options
• Identify Requirements for Athletics and Performing Arts
• Brainstorm, Edit, and Review Essays and Supplemental Writings
• Introduce Your Student’s Interest and HS Resume to Admissions, Coaches, and Faculty
• Manage Documentation Required to Apply
• Determining an Admission Strategy: When and Why
  
• Monitor and Meet Deadlines for Admission & Financial Aid App Completion
• Provide Training to Hunt for Scholarships
• Comparing Offers & the Five Criteria to Say Yes to the College
• Review Transitioning to the 13th Year and Beyond

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