Our Services
The University Playbook provides highly individualized college advisory and planning services to most effectively and efficiently navigate the college admissions process. We help students build their authentic personal narratives and brands, and fully prepare them for, and expand their knowledge and confidence regarding, the college application process.
Because of the highly personalized nature of our services, The University Playbook offers plan packages of 30 hours and 20 hours. A 5-hour package is available only to students 9th grade or younger.
General Services
- Individualized student assessment of transcripts, interests and goals
- Identification of genuine student interests and pursuits
- Develop high school plan to develop student interests and optimize course selection
- Sports recruitment planning and assistance, if applicable
- Selection of summer programs/activities and summer application assistance to help build the student’s personal narrative/”brand”
- Create and best communicate an authentic personal narrative to serve as the student’s “brand”
- Standardized testing preparation consultation
- College selection and college visitation planning, including connecting students with alumni and faculty from the colleges of their choice
- Interview skills training
- Essay advising and editing
- College application assistance and review
- Counseling college choice decision making post-acceptance
- Advice for college bound students and families
Services for High School Freshmen & Younger
- Review the student’s academic transcript
- Identify, develop and refine the trajectory for realizing the student’s authentic personal interests and goals
- Evaluate and plan high school course selection
- Explore and identify goal-oriented summer programs, camps, internships, coursework, employment, and community service
- Assist with summer program applications
- Discuss standardized testing and test preparation methods
- Advise student athletes regarding recruitment, including highlight reel creation and college ID camps
- Referral to high quality, effective high school academic and standardized testing tutors, as needed
- Begin creating your University Playbook to build an authentic personal narrative that serves as a “brand”
Services for Sophomores & Juniors
- Refine your University Playbook by pursuing extracurricular activities of genuine interest to the student that naturally evolve into leadership roles because of student enthusiasm for, and interest in, the pursuits
- Identify and pursue goal-oriented summer programs, camps, internships, coursework, employment, and community service
- Assist with summer applications
- Work with students to develop interview skills; prepare for summer interviews, as needed
- Advise student athletes regarding recruitment, including highlight reel creation and college ID camps
- Identify a realistic, wide-ranging college list
- Plan for teacher and third-party college recommendations
- Plan productive college visits by learning what questions to ask and what to explore
- Plan schedule for standardized test-taking (ACT, SAT, Subject Tests, TOEFL, AP) and test preparation methods
- Refine high school course selection
- Review the student’s academic transcript, personal interests and goals
- Referral to high quality, effective tutors, as needed
- Continue building personal student narrative/brand
Services for Seniors
- Identify and refine essay topics for applications
Interview preparation and skills refinement for college admissions, alumni, and if applicable, sports programs/coaches interviews
Conduct mock interviews
Assess choices for college recommendations and ensure timely completion
Assess recruitment offers of student athletes, as applicable
Prepare college application timeline
Provide application assistance and feedback
Final refinement of your University Playbook
Plan and execute final college visits
Final assessment and review of academic and extracurricular record
Plan for any final standardized test-taking
Final review of college list
Conduct realistic evaluation of college choices with families determining Early Action, Early Decision, Rolling Decision and Regular Decision options
Assist families with financial aid and scholarship opportunities
Evaluate options post-acceptance with students and their families
Advice on transitioning from high school to college