Better Your Odds, College Admissions Counseling
- Private College Consultation with both Parents and Student.
- The Better Your Odds, College Admissions Counseling Program is not completed until all college applications are finished and everyone agrees that the student has made a strong, accurate, and powerful statement!
The College Planning Timeline . . . .
Senior Year :
- What is early action?
- What is early decision?
- What is rolling admission?
- How do I prepare for a college interview?
- What should I do if I am wait listed?
- When could / should I apply for financial aid?
- What does merit scholarship mean?
- What is the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) ?
- What is the CSS Financial Aid PROFILE?
- https://cssprofile.collegeboard.org
- The CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, short for the College Scholarship Service PROFILE, is an application distributed by the College Board in the United States allowing college students to apply for financial aid.
- It is primarily designed to give private member institutions of the College Board a closer look into the finances of the student and the student's parents.
- It is much more detailed than the FAFSA.
- Generally speaking, most public and state universities do not use CSS PROFILE to make financial aid decisions, while most private colleges do.
- Along with the FAFSA, the CSS PROFILE is the most common financial aid application that students in the United States fill out.
- Each CSS PROFILE costs a fee, varying from year to year.
Junior Year :
- Assessment of : grades / transcript, curriculum / course selection, SAT / ACT scores
- What are strategies if my SAT / ACT scores are low?
- School Activities
- Community Service
- What is the Common App and how do I choose an essay topic?
- The etiquette of requesting teacher recommendations.
- Student Portfolio
- How many schools should a student apply to?
- Identification of : 2 Safety Schools, 2 Target Schools, 2 Reach Schools
Freshman & Sophomore Year :
- Review and plan your high school curriculum and course selections.
- Do extra-curricular school activities matter?
- Should a student work?
- Does social media (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook) matter?
- Do service trips matter?
- Are PSAT scores important?
- How important are AP and Honors courses vs. class rank?
BYO Program Cost / Fee :
- For the current BYO program fee schedule, please provide / submit your contact information within the contact section of this website and/or call our office at :
- (570) 510-1199.
