Philosophy

At One-on-One College Consulting, we believe the college search and application process should be exciting, enlightening and enjoyable…not confusing, frustrating or stressful.  We understand that choosing a college is a big deal – it impacts all members of a family, so we treat it as such by guiding students and families to explore all their options and make informed decisions so they feel comfortable with their final college choice. 

Student self-reflection and self-awareness play a vital role in how we go about matching students to colleges.  We believe understanding a student’s personality plays a critical role in this process.  Because personality is innate, it is constant and does not change significantly over time like a student’s interests and skills can.    By administering a personality inventory specifically designed for high-school students, One-on-One College Consulting can match more accurately students to potential areas of study; ones at which they will succeed.  In doing so, students will be more focused on their future career goals and be more apt to graduate college on time – potentially saving a significant amount of money in the long run.

At One-on-One College Consulting, we like to use the analogy of an athlete preparing for a big game when a student and family take on the college admissions process:  The “practice” is the research part (finding colleges that are the “right” fit for a particular student – not just the well-known colleges), and the “big game” is the application part of the process.  Achieving positive results requires many hours of practice and we believe that “nothing of significance was ever achieved without hard work.” 

One-on-One College Consulting understands the college admissions process.  We treat it as a process that is front-end loaded, and we devote significant time to researching schools that best match our students and families.  Essentially, we are a private coach working one-on-one to prepare our players for the “big game.”  By doing so, we save our students and families considerable time, and potentially money, by providing information based on actual experience in the college consulting field, going beyond what can be obtained from college view books and websites alone.