We know that each student has their own story to tell and their own personal needs. For this reason, in addition to our comprehensive packages, YOUniversity Prep offers the ability to work with counselors on specific parts of the undergraduate or graduate application process through our hourly meeting sessions. With this individualized approach, we can ensure that we can assist any student in the capacity or manner that works best for them, and answer any questions you may have along the way. Book an Individualized Meeting Today!

The admissions process is holistic. With years of experience, we know the most important attributes that admissions officers look at when reviewing an application. With this knowledge, we get to know your child’s personal strengths and interests so we can help your student build an academic and extracurricular profile that will leave them well-positioned to meet their educational goals.

The Pre-Game Preparation Package helps students pick the right classes, plan their standardized testing strategies, find great extracurriculars, and acquire leadership experiences. As part of this package, we offer services focused on building the student’s brand and strengthening their level of involvement within their school and community.

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With the application process becoming more complex and competitive, it is essential to have a clear, unified narrative run through your application. At YOUniversity Prep, we work to make sure all the different aspects that colleges are evaluating applications on tie back to your personal brand and central passion theme. This package includes activity resume development, strategies for letters of recommendation, and completing YOUniversity Prep’s proprietary Narrative Wheel process.

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Creating a balanced college list, with the right number of reach, target, and safety schools is one of the most important parts of the college application process. At YOUniversity Prep we guide you throughout this process by helping you identify schools that are aligned with your personal attributes and educational needs. We consider the following criteria including academics, geography, extracurriculars (sports teams/conferences), financial, social (fraternity/sorority) and much more to develop a list of schools that align with your student and family preferences. During this process, we guide the student on how to research schools and provide templates to support them in their efforts. This research is later used in supplemental essays and interviews. Finally, as part of this strategy, we provide feedback on early decision, early action, and regular decision application deadlines.

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Writing about yourself can be challenging! The personal statement is your student’s chance to truly differentiate themselves, present their narrative and define their personal brand. During the development of the personal statement, we will work with your student to craft an essay that depicts their leadership and passions and clearly expresses their value to the college. Through this process, we help students brainstorm and assess what would make an impactful topic. We aid students as they compose a narrative that is creative and memorable and conveys the values and attributes that colleges covet. Finally, we work with them to draft, edit and polish their personal statement so that it is compelling and memorable.

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Colleges are looking for students that have depth, are committed, and show leadership. With this package, we work with you to better understand your interests and the personal narrative you are trying to build. We then advise you on projects that will let you illustrate your passion and your leadership within your community. We evaluate opportunities such as creating businesses, starting non-profits, building blogs, shadowing professionals, creating podcasts, and much more.

To increase your chance of admission, we work with you to brainstorm initiatives that show you are committed to making a social impact or demonstrate your personal brand or central passion. We also give you access to our summer program database and advise you on the best way to utilize your summer to further differentiate yourself by evaluating academic, leadership and research programs as well as volunteer opportunities within your community.

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It is more important than ever to have a strong voice in the college application process. We have 20+ years of experience working with students on their admission essays to make sure that they are creative and highlight the student’s unique self. We mentor students through the essay writing process so that their submissions are dynamic, memorable and tell a story. Outside of the personal statement, there are a variety of different types of essays that your child might be asked to write from “Why this college” to “Write a letter to your college roommate”. At YOUniversity Prep, we know what colleges are looking for with each essay type and work with your student to ensure that their essays make an impact and illustrate the attributes colleges are looking for in their student body.

Knowing that each family and student has different needs, we are offer various packages that allow YOUniversity to assist you with select essays or all of your essays.

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College is expensive and is classified as one of the biggest investments your family will make during a lifetime. This package is designed for families and students who are looking for scholarship funds to aid with college expenses. As part of this package, YOUniversity Prep gives you access to their database of nationwide scholarships, helps your family find scholarship opportunities that align with your student’s background and interests, supports your student through the essay writing and application process and prepares your student for any interviews they may have relating to their scholarship search.

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With our most comprehensive offering, the College Course Package, we support you in every aspect of your college application.

At YOUniversity Prep, through our services, we tailor every aspect of the application process to ensure your submission is the best possible. We will support you through all aspects of the application. We will help you create your college list in which we will analyze the collegiate landscape and create your best-fit list. We will evaluate your background and your experiences so we can help you craft your story – a narrative that clearly articulates who you are and how you will contribute to your chosen college. We will guide you through interviews, answer all your questions, and be there for all your college-related needs.

No one’s application experience will be exactly the same, so we feel it is important to create a customized approach and management schedule to make sure you hit all your deadlines will balancing the grind of your day-to-day – tests, practices, meetings, school events, and any other commitments you may have. By personalizing this approach, we work hard to see you as an individual, just as colleges need to. Our goal is to make sure when you submit your application, you put your best foot forward.

The College Course Package includes the following services:

• Launching Pad: Meet and Greet; Complete customized student survey; Begin YOUniveristy Prep’s Narrative Wheel Process; Develop application completion timeline; Discuss Time Management online tracking system.

• The Selection Show: Launch broad college search based on student’s academic strengths and personal interests; Teach students how to best research colleges; Identify a balanced list of reach, target and safety schools; Review early action, early decision and regular decision application strategies

• Center Stage: Build student’s personal brand and application narrative; Review their academic performance and make suggestions on classes and testing strategies; Evaluate student’s extracurricular activities, volunteer work and leadership experiences; Develop activity resume; Identify impactful extracurricular experiences to enhance their skillset/narrative

• Teacher’s Pet: Identify, engage and support recommendation writers; Reach out to high school guidance counselor; Draft letter of interest to recommenders

• Editor in Chief: Brainstorm essay topics for the personal statement and supplemental essays to ensure that the student’s unique self comes through; Generate time management calendar; Provide essay revisions and support; Review all aspects of the common application from choosing majors to activity descriptions to submitting essays.

• 20 Questions: Identify which schools offer interviews; Prepare for interviews through interview simulation; Discuss interview etiquette; Create customized list of questions for interviewer; Discuss formal school visits and how to show “demonstrated interest”

• The Big Envelope: Analyze admission decisions; Provide waitlist and deferral support; Evaluate scholarship opportunities and aid with essay writing and editing; Assist with appeal letter drafting and editing

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Is your student capable of competing at the collegiate level? Do they want to continue their athletic pursuits through college? With the Game Plan package we guide your student through the necessary steps to get recruited by a college including the following:

• Opening Day: Meet and greet; Discuss NCAA eligibility requirements and regulations; Develop recruiting timeline

•Starting Lineup: Determine whether you or a DI, DII, or DIII players; Launch broad college search; Create recruiting database

•First and Ten: Draft letters to colleges; Request letters of recommendations from current coaches; Complete prospective athlete forms

• Press Box: Develop athletic resume; Provide updated tournament, game and match dates

•Highlight Reel: Develop video highlighting your athletic performance; Consider opportunities for additional exposure; Sign up for showcases and camps

•The Call-Up: Introduce self to coaches; Attain additional information on program; Continue communication with coaches according to NCAA rules

•The Finish Line: Plan for official and unofficial visits; Verbally commit to school; Sign National

Letter of Intent.

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Package – Career Path: Guiding the Post-Graduate

This package is designed for students who have graduated from college and are looking to apply to graduate school.

This package includes the following services:

• Rush Hour: Meet and Greet; Complete customized student survey; Develop baseline application completion timeline

• Trading Floor: Match graduate school problem strengths with applicant’s needs; Identify reach, target and safety schools; Create master application list

• Nine to Five: Evaluate employment history; Review academic performance and extracurricular activities; Develop and refine resume

•Brown Nose: Choose letter of recommendation writers; Prepare for discussion meeting with recommenders; Draft letter of interest to recommenders

• Spell Chek!: Brainstorm essay topics; Generate time management calendar; Provide essay revisions and suggestions

• The Board Room: Prepare for interviews; Discuss interview etiquette; Create customized question list for interviewer

• Corner Office: Analyze admission decisions; Identify funding options; Discuss next steps for waitlist decisions

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