Choosing the right college is one of your child’s most important decisions. The College Fit Program is designed to help students navigate this complex decision by guiding them to select the school that aligns with their personal, academic, and professional goals.

Discover Your Child’s Ideal College Experience

Does your child want a liberal arts college, a broad education, or a pre-professional school to get the upper hand on the job market early? How about a mixture of the two?

Does your child thrive in a discussion-based arena with project-based learning? Is he or she inspired by theoretical concepts and headed for a Ph.D? What size classes does he or she do best in? What kind of weather, student culture, and college mission would help your child be most happy and successful?

These questions and others are answered as we work intimately with each student.

A Personal Approach to College Planning

Our assessments and tutorials guide the student as he or she develops higher-level thinking skills, articulates personal strengths, and identifies best-fitting top-tier schools.

The greater goal is a life driven by purpose; after all, that kind of life is the best gift of all.

Empowering Students for a Bright Future

Whether a student begins in the early or later years of high school, Rachel’s programs are designed to reignite adolescence’s natural optimism, promote self-awareness, and engage motivation. Through ongoing dialogue, career paths are revealed.

Students think long and hard about their future and begin seeing the link between their day-to-day academic lifestyle and bright and exciting future. Habits cultivated now last for a lifetime.

Ready to Find the Right College Fit for Your Child?
At CollegeFit Consulting, we’re here to guide you through this important process and ensure that your child ends up at a college where they can truly thrive. Get in touch with us today to start your child’s journey toward a purposeful and successful future.

Few high schools provide in-depth and individualized attention to preparing students for college. At exactly the point when students are most in need of a mentor, schools are understaffed and professional advice is scarce. An expert in the field of higher education can support the entire family through what could otherwise become an overwhelming transition.

This engagement develops naturally. On one level students are surprisingly mature – both intellectually and emotionally. On another level – many of them feel like frightened children.

Studies have been conducted lately showing that up to 40% of high school girls experience depression and up to 30% of high school boys experience high levels of anxiety. These feelings are below the surface and most teens don’t want to talk about it. Our mentoring relationship ensures a healthy and successful transition.

What to do about Test Optional 

College applicants are often confused as to the real meaning of “Test Optional.” Before the pandemic, most schools required students to take the ACT or SAT. But during COVID, it became obvious that lower-income students had greater difficulty accessing standardized tests. That is when “Test Optional” policies became the norm rather than the outlier. Unfortunately, many mid and upper income students took this message literally and avoided the extra work and stress involved in tackling the SAT or ACT test.  

Even now, these test optional policies at colleges and universities differ dramatically. Unless you score at the tippee top on your test, it’s important to recognize that each separate application now requires it’s own strategy.  The first step is to recognize the different ways your scores (or lack thereof) will impact your admission to your dream schools.  Public and private test optional policies have changed and they can feel like a moving target. public schools are usually dependent on each sindividual state’s governmental influence and charter. 

While most state schools across the country are now “test optional,”  California has taken the concept to the extreme and is now “test blind.” This means that even if an applicant places their score somewhere on the application, the computer system will erase it.

If you’re aiming high, your first step should be to take the test. Competitive private schools may say that they are test optional, but they often expect scores. In most cases, providing the best score that you can achieve will help you to get accepted.  Unless you can show a bevvy of Advanced Placement test scores at the top of the range (4s or 5s,) you should try for your personal best. Unless your family is in the lowest income bracket, the lack of a score causes Admissions Readers to think that your scores were extremely low or worse that you are lazy.  They may snap judge you and avoid “rigor.” Use test optional policies to your advantage!

When your child shows evidence of some sort of specialty, within any community, outside the grounds of her high school, she gains a powerful microphone. This type of platform makes all the difference.

Our Positioning process is a very systematic and deliberate plan for her to position herself as the expert. Readers and committees naturally want to bring in those students who exhibit a specialty of almost any kind. That specialty acts as a magnet. This again is in stark contrast to those candidates who must forcefully attempt to try to sell themselves to schools.

The more impact your child makes, the more likely her impact will reach even further in college and beyond. Once your child experiences the exhilarating feeling of producing her own interest, she will never go back to following the rules of the pack. Her unusual and passionate position will propel her into her dream school and beyond.