Services

Comprehensive Package

The comprehensive service walks students through the whole process of college admission process. It is the best package from a financial perspective and the nature of counseling, which requires mutual trust and understanding that develops over a longer period of time. LCC also gives priority to appointment booking to comprehensive package clients.

The beginning stages of the service encompass meetings for student skill and aptitude evaluation, test preparation, and college and program research and selection. There are several meetings with parents about financial aid information and college/major selection. Then, the bulk of the service will take place until the end of December, covering essays, applications, supplemental materials, financial aid applications, scholarships, and mock interviews for students preparing for admissions/alumni interviews. This comprehensive package will cover the extra hours needed to complete the mid-year report and updates submissions. The package service also stretches into the spring of student senior year to help with scholarship applications, how to read financial aid letters and final college choice decisions at no extra charge.

Introductory Consultation

This service includes student personality evaluation; review of transcript and extracurricular activities; discussing standardized testing or preparation plans; recommendations for school courses, extracurricular activities, community service, and summer or enrichment activities; NCAA/NAIA registration for student-athletes if not already done so; and portfolio or audition preparation information for art and music students.

For freshmen and sophomores, this service will build a strong foundation for their future college applications. For juniors and seniors, it will become a compass providing a clear vision while navigating through the college application process. LCC can also help students planning on taking a gap year, pursuing apprenticeships, or applying to trade/vocational schools, international colleges, community colleges, or alternative colleges.

This is a one-time service intended to provide the foundation for a successful application.

College & Program Selection

This service is based on a minimum of 10 hours of commitment, including my personal research as well as meetings with students and parents. First, LCC objectively evaluates students by using personality tests to understand their skills, aptitude, and life values; then, LCC dives deeper into students’ interests by incorporating their academic and extracurricular activity history. LCC also discusses with students and their parents or family members to more personally understand their preferences in college location, size, religious affiliation, program strength, sports or activities, and financial aid. LCC will provide information and career projections of a certain college program throughout this process, which will typically lead to students making a decision on college majors and/or minors if they have not already done so. LCC will generate an initial college selection based on this process. Then, we will communicate multiple times to finalize a streamlined selection of colleges. The timeframe of this process can be adjusted to meet students’ specific needs. LCC uses programs for this process: YouScience, CORSAVA, and What Can I Do With This Major?

Essay Writing and Application Completion

This is a bundle deal assisting students with essay writing and application completion, intended only for students who already have a set college list such as student-athletes or are applying to several state or regional colleges.

Essay service includes essay preparation, writing, and editing for both personal statement and supplemental essays. This service involves several meetings with students accompanied by email communication and Google document sharing during the editing process. LCC will help students create documents organizing essay prompts from the colleges they are applying to. Then, we brainstorm through activities and discussions with students to select an optimal topic for each essay that highlights the student’s character, capabilities, and potential. LCC assists students with the structure and organization of their essays to deliver their message clearly to college admission officers. Students will write essays in their own time, but we will undertake the grueling journey of editing together. My past students received admissions officers' emails praising their impressive essays and acceptance letters complimenting their authentic personal statements.

Application completion involves sorting and organizing different formats of college applications (Common App, Coalition App, or a certain college-specific application system); collecting and creating a student activities chart; ranking extracurricular activities for presentation; advice on counselor and teacher recommendation letter requests; assistance with understanding and answering application questions, transcript submission instructions, and supplemental material selection and submission; and most importantly, tracking the submission of multiple application materials before deadlines, which include college applications, high school transcript, supplemental materials, official standardized test scores, FAFSA and/or CSS Profile and extra scholarship application essays, and mid-year report and update after submitting applications. This service takes place during the first semester of the student’s senior year and extends to February for mid-year report and updates.