A full range of college advisory support, organized around where your student is right now.
A focused, four-meeting package that gives your student a clear plan, fast. We’ll help them sort out their deadlines, tackle the Common App, and get their essays moving, all with personalized support.
A personalized, multi-year plan is the foundation of everything we do. We map out academics, activities, testing, and milestones so your family always knows what's coming next, and why it matters.
This is often the most needed service. Applying to college has a lot of moving parts, and they are very different than when parents applied. We act as your student's project manager, keeping every deadline, document, and detail on track so nothing falls through the cracks in senior year.
Rankings don't tell you where your student will thrive. We build a balanced, honest college list rooted in the criteria that actually matter — school size, location, campus culture, cost, and selectivity.
Test-optional admissions have made standardized testing more strategic, not less important. We help your student decide whether, when, and how to test and then build a study plan around it.
Admissions officers read thousands of essays a season. The ones that stand out sound like an authentic, real person. We help students find their story and sharpen it, without ever writing it for them.
The sticker price rarely tells the full story. We help your family understand the real cost of college, make sense of financial aid offers, and pursue every scholarship opportunity available to your student.
Right for families who want the flexibility to start small and grow into more support over time — whether that means easing in at a lower upfront cost, carving out real one-on-one time beyond a quick consultation, or simply getting honest answers to the questions keeping you up at night.
Explore Hourly SupportGrade-by-Grade College Advisory
Every family starts at a different point. Explore what a college counselor at Oak & Ivy focuses on at each stage of high school.
Freshman year is about breathing room, not pressure. We help your student explore genuine academic and extracurricular interests, choose a course load that stretches them without burning them out, and start good organizational habits early — all so that by senior year, nothing feels rushed.
Sophomore year is where academic rigor increases and leadership starts to matter. We help students step into greater responsibility in the activities they love, refine their course plan with AP or dual-credit options where appropriate, and take their first diagnostic look at standardized testing.
Junior year carries the most weight academically, and it's when a real college list starts to take shape. We guide standardized test strategy, help build a balanced and honest list of good-fit schools, and begin laying the groundwork for strong recommendation letters and essay topics.
Senior year is a sprint of deadlines, portals, and decisions. We meet with students at least once per month and communicate regularly to manage the Common App and supplements, guide essay drafts to their strongest version, coordinate recommendations, help your family weigh Early Decision, Early Action, and Regular Decision strategy, and make sense of acceptance letters and financial aid offers as they arrive.
Is This You?
If you answered yes to any of the following questions, working with a college consultant might be the right choice for your family.
A college roadmap replaces guesswork with a step-by-step plan, so your family always knows the next move, and why it matters.
We look past rankings to help you build a list rooted in academic fit, culture, and cost that is right for each individual student.
We manage the moving pieces of the process so your student can focus on being a strong applicant, and you can focus on the rest of parenthood.
As an independent educational consultant, we have no institutional agenda, just your family's best outcome.
Let us be the one keeping track of next steps, so you can go back to being their parent, not their project manager.
From completing the FAFSA form, to financial aid and scholarships, we help you see the full financial picture before decisions are due.
Book a complimentary consultation and we'll help you figure out exactly which services fit your student's stage and goals.