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Balanced College List Building

College Decision

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Overall: I'm a 20-year veteran independent admissions counselor. Having worked extensively with non-professional volunteer cohorts (especially 826LA, Minds Matter), I have great empathy for how intense this process can be to the uninitiated. I'm delighted to provide support where I can.

1) Personal Statements. This is the core of what I do (I was a long-term college writing/language instructor before getting into counseling). So I'm open to questions around pretty much anything.

2) List Building. Again, something I've done with hundreds of students over the years, at a broad range of academic strength levels.

3) College Decision. See #s 1 and 2 above. This is often an incredibly part of the game.

4) Socioemotional Support. I've always maintained a strong dialogue with my classroom students and counseling clients. It's not at all uncommon for teenagers to have questions and confusions which they're not comfortable bringing to parents and/or school authority figures, and I see it as a central part of my role to listen and provide careful feedback. That said.... of course, part of the magic here is knowing where the proper boundaries are, and when to refer a student to someone more appropriate.

5) Study Abroad. Because I remain in contact with many former students, and also do extensive graduate admissions counseling, I've spent a lot of time helping guide young people toward summer, semester, and year abroad programs. I've also helped many high school students who came on with me earlier in the process to find enriching summer possibilities.

6) STEM students. While I'm not myself from the STEM world (English/French major and writer), I've had SO many kids who were heading in that direction. So I've had to learn a fair amount of the lay of the land for college admissions. Of course, I won't know EVERYTHING here the way, say, an actual engineering grad will. But I'm a good place to start for general info.

7) First-Gen Students. I'm not first-gen myself, and didn't grow up in an underserved community. My awareness here is a byproduct of many years of hands-on volunteering in the nonprofit sector. So I'm happy to share my experiences as a compassionate outsider trying my best to help. >> People are certainly welcome to take a look at my website if they want more of a snapshot of me before reaching out: www.counsel-ink.com

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kevin@counsel-ink.com