Season Pass - "All In" - Pricing Details
We designed a program to provide all of the strategic advice and tactical essay coaching you need!
12 strategy and 10 tactical meetings +30 minute monthly check-ins.
Includes a highly personalized college list and resources unique to The College Coaches to ensure a winning outcome!
Season Pass - All In - Strategic Meetings (12+)
- Scheduling/Planning Meeting
- Initial Family Meeting (Kickoff)
- Conduct Values-Driven College Search
- Development of College List (1st and 10)
- College List Review (Huddle Up)
- Financial/Merit Aid
- 30 Minute Monthly Check-Ins
- Initial Application Strategy
- Finalize Application Strategy
- Final Review (1st and Goal)
- Strategy and Actions from Initial Results
- College Prep and Career Direction
Click on a heading below for detailed information!
Timeline/ Planning
Initial Family Meeting
Values-Driven College Search
College List Development & Review
Financial/Merit Aid
Timeline/ Planning
Establish Milestones
This meeting will set a baseline schedule for completing the process.
- Provide timeline for college application process
- Agree to contract and commitments
- Schedule meetings and discuss process to reschedule
- Review access to client portal to see progress and to-dos
- Coach: George (COO)
- Players: Parent(s) and Student
Initial Family Meeting
Kick-off!
This is where you get to know your coach, and you begin to see the process is manageable!
- Review responses to The College Coaches’ pre-meeting questionnaires for the student and parent
- Discuss current classes and academic rigor
- Explore broad requirements for choosing a college
- Definitions and advantages/disadvantages of various application types
- Advise if and when to take standardized tests
- Discuss class selection
- Explain importance of extracurricular activities
- Discuss timing and impact of recommendations
- Strategy for summer activities
- Players: Parent(s) and Student
Values-Driven College Search
Leveraging tools from Forget the Rankings, conduct deeper discussion on what your student values!
- Explain benefits of process and show tools for self-exploration
- Conduct value sort to identify key values
- Review rationale behind values chosen and explore matches
- 12 months access to Forget the Rankings
- Players: Parent(s) and Student
College List Development & Review
Exploratory College List (Head Coach Completes)
- Leverages 15-45 years of experience from a counselor who has seen 200-400 schools
- The list will be balanced and is customized to the student’s needs and preferences
- Typically includes 15-25 schools to explore and refine over time
- Additional detail provided from school webinars/campus tours and knowledge
- List has input from entire team
Huddle Up (Meeting)
- Explain likely/target/reach and total number of applications recommended
- Discuss strategies for visiting colleges
- Provide tools to track visits
- Players: Parent(s) and Student
Financial/Merit Aid
This will benefit EVERY family. Learn about the FAFSA and the CSS profile along with merit aid opportunities. We will make sure you don’t leave free money on the table. Plus, it is always smart to plan for the unexpected.
Initial Application Strategy
Finalize Application Strategy
Final Review
Review Initial Results
College Prep and Career Direction
Initial Application Strategy
Game Plan (First Half)
A crucial meeting to build a strategy to get into the schools identified!
- Advice on how student will be read
- Review parent brag sheet and offer examples
- Discuss historical acceptance rates, test ranges
- Offer strategies for EA/REA/ED/RD/Rolling
- Explain supplemental essays
- Strategize on optimizing college fairs and rep visits
- Review recommended resources (books and online)
- Strategy has input from entire team
- Players: Parent(s) and Student
Finalize Application Strategy
Game Plan (Second Half)
2nd strategy meeting to confirm the final strategy to get into the schools identified!
- Typically 2-3 months after initial application strategy
- Confirm and finalize items from initial Application Strategy Meeting
- Players: Parent(s) and Student
Final Review
1st and Goal
As we approach application deadlines, confirm schools and and final strategies for admission
- Review remaining actions
- Answer new questions and concerns (always a few)!
- Finalize the schedule and strategy for supplemental essays.
- Ensure balanced list and collaboration on where/when to apply
- Players: Parent(s) and Student
Review Initial Results
Review Initial Results
Final review of everything remaining to ensure a “win”! Adjust strategy as needed based upon Initial Results.
- Review admission decisions and merit aid awards
- Waitlist strategy
- Offer additional strategic direction and advice
- Provide support in making a final decision
- Address any final questions
- Players: Parent(s) and Student
College Prep and Career Direction
College Prep and Career Direction
After choosing your College, advice on maximizing your investment.
- Advice on aligning classes to interests
- Tips on parent-student communications
- Coach: Sara
- Players: Parent(s) and Student
Season Pass - All In - Common Application and Essay Meetings (@10 Meetings)
- Resume Development
- Common Application: Completion
- Common Application: Activities
- Common Application: Essay (3 Meetings)
- College Interview Practice
- Review Supplements & Setup Docs
- Brainstorm Responses
- Collaborate on Supplements
Resume Development
College Interview Practice
Common App Activities & Completion
Common Application: Essay
Supplemental Essays
Resume Development
Work with our Career expert with 35 years to develop an initial resume!
Often “optional” but an important nuance to win!
College Interview Practice
Learn from a pro top tips so that your first interview is a great one!
Common App Activities & Completion
Common Application Activities and Completion
This includes 2 meetings with the student (only) to complete the common application (excludes essay coaching and review)
- Ensure activity list is strategically arranged, with action verbs and impactful descriptions
- Review entire application to check for completion and any errors
- Send follow-up email to parents and students with action items
- Players: Student only
Common Application: Essay
Brainstorming, a “Talking Draft”, and Collaboration on a Final Essay for the Common Application
- 3 meetings with 3-6 hours of “homework”
The face of the application
Should reveal something about the student that is not discoverable from the application alone.
To paraphrase Ernest Hemingway: Write hard. Write clear. Write about what’s important to you.
Finding that topic can be difficult. And this is where The College Coaches come in.
Supplemental Essays
Supplemental Essays
3 Meetings to ensure your supplements are aligned to each school and illustrate your value.
- Review and organize all of your supplements into single Google Doc
- Brainstorm Responses
- Identify overlap between colleges to minimize rework
- Players: Parent(s) and Student
Services Included in Season Pass:
(Hover Over Each Circle)
Resources Included in Season Pass:
- The College Coaches Playbook
- Summer Activity Database
- College List with Inside Tips
- Detailed timeline and monthly actions
- Access to Maialearning Portal
- Statistics on Admission Rates and Test Ranges
- Statistics on Financial/Merit Aid
- Checklist and Tips for Visiting Colleges
- Parent brag sheet examples
- Access to coach via email at no additional charge
Pricing is $8,999. Class of 2028 or 2029 receive the PreSeason Pass for only +$1,000/year ($1,499 value)
Primary Benefits: Lowered stress; Strong understanding of the process; Customized college list; Strategy for admission
Results: 97% customer satisfaction rate, 75% admit rate, and 86% admitted to a top 3 choice
First Meeting Guarantee: If you are not 100% delighted after the Initial Family Meeting, charge for time and no cancellation fee.
Options: 20 hour bundle (use as desired) = $6,000
$1,500 discount without the Game Winning Essay and 3 Supplemental Essay meetings
Download our detailed timeline of meetings here