ATLAS COLLEGE CONSULTING
SERVICES

College Admission Guidance

• Expert guidance to navigate your family through the complex college admissions planning process

• The most important factors in college admissions and how your student can plan and prepare for success

• A strategy to show demonstrated interest and how to obtain effective teacher letters of recommendation

• College admission interview preparation including mock interviews

College List Building & Finding the Right College

• Creating a balanced college list that is personalized and just right for your student. The right college is a combination of so many things: academics, extracurriculars, location, culture, cost and more. We separate the right schools from all the others

• How to navigate college tours - what questions to ask, what to look for, who to speak with, and the best time to visit

College Essays

• Almost all applications require a personal essay. How will your student’s be different from all the rest? 

• We think out of the box and encourage our students to do too - with original and memorable stories. We help students brainstorm original topics, discover and write essays in their voice

Financial Aid & Affordability

• What’s the best path to financial aid and affordability? We help you decipher FAFSA, CSS, need-based, merit, and scholarships and what they can mean for you

• We provide personalized guidance for affordability by strategically analyzing federal and college aid statistics for individual colleges

• Financial aid package analysis. Assistance if appropriate with financial aid appeals

Major & Career Exploration

• Aptitude based college major and career exploration through YouScience™️ Aptitude and Career Discovery

• Explore possibilities and align school choices with a purposeful college education

High School Courses & Standardized Test Planning 

• Guidance on planning high school course selection

• Strategic scheduling of standardized tests and what test scores can mean for your student in current college admissions

Student Activities, Summer and Resume Building

• We guide our students to help put their interests in focus as part of their overall application story. It’s a strategy we use to not only help them stand out in the application process, but to consider long term success with things they enjoy doing.  

• We utilize a wording and prioritization strategy that shows admissions how your student will contribute to their campus.

• Summer ideas, volunteer and enrichment programs

College Applications

• We project manage the time-line to keep your student’s college admission process on track, so important milestones and deadlines are met 

• We review every application before it’s submitted—not only for errors but also to consider how your student’s entire story (grades, tests, essay, activities, specific college questions, and supplemental writing) is presented