Admissions Counseling
Success Starts
with IvyWise

Profile building starts now: Colleges evaluate all four years of high school grades, courses, activities, summer plans, and more. That’s why starting early is critical for a successful and stress-free college admissions journey. During this phase, IvyWise counselors dive deep with students, helping them lay strong foundations early on. Sessions are impactful and introspective as IvyWise counselors get to know their students, allowing students to take advantage of all the opportunities available to them with expert guidance through every step of the way. This includes working with students in 8th grade to help them choose 9th grade courses — setting their academic track through all four years of high school.

Crafting your “story”: Who are you now, and whom do you want to become? As students enter 9th and 10th grade, IvyWise counselors continue to work with them to explore and refine academic and extracurricular activities and craft authentic profiles that tell their stories. College admissions committees seek well-rounded classes of students with clear goals, so our counselors help students engage in meaningful activities aligned with their genuine interests. Our mission is to help students grow into their best selves — not a version someone else thinks admissions officers want to see — and tell a story that’s unmistakably their own.

Executing your college prep: Most high schools don’t start planning for college until the second half of 11th grade. At IvyWise, our students have been building solid profiles since 9th grade — so, by the start of junior year, they’re ready to dive into the bulk of the college prep process. At this point, sessions are more frequent with more deliverables, as IvyWise counselors leverage our tutoring and research services to help students build balanced college lists, refine and execute relevant testing strategies, plan for college visits, and more. All the work students have put in over the last 2-3 years is now coming together as they prepare for the application process in their senior year.

Telling your story: IvyWise college counselors work directly with students to tell the unique stories they’ve been building over the last four years of high school through compelling and thoughtful college applications. This begins with a strategic application plan to maximize outcomes. Students work with their IvyWise counselors on all aspects of the application process, including brainstorming, drafting, editing, and refining the personal statement essay along with any supplements. Sessions are weekly, or even daily, as we work with students to tell their stories through every application and review them in IvyWise Roundtable, which helps students hone their applications before hitting ‘submit.’

The IvyWise Application Boot Camp is ideal for students who are coming to us later in the process and want to tap into IvyWise’s counseling services in focused, fast-tracked programs. You will work with an IvyWise counselor on all aspects of the Common Application, including personal and activity statements, as well as the supplement for a top-choice school.

You’ve already completed your Common Application and the supplement to your top-choice school, but are you sure it’s ready for submission? Get your application read by a former admissions officer before it really counts! An IvyWise counselor will provide a comprehensive evaluation of all application aspects and make suggestions for improvement.

Are you submitting a portfolio with your college applications? The IvyWise Portfolio Review gives you a thorough, expert review of all elements of your completed portfolio and, if required, an artist’s statement by a former admissions officer and artist who reviewed applications and portfolios for both undergraduate and graduate-level art programs.

You’ve already completed the admissions process and the results are in — but they’re not what you expected. IvyWise counselors provide expert insight into what comes next. They will review all of your application materials and provide a strategic plan to help maximize your chances of admission.

Our signature Roundtable simulates the real-world admissions committee evaluation process that is used at top universities across the country. During the application season, the entire team of IvyWise counselors meets weekly to review students’ applications, including college lists, all essays and supplements, test scores, and more, giving students invaluable feedback and areas of improvement to implement before hitting ‘submit’ to their top-choice schools. This gives students an extra layer of support, allowing students to feel confident that they are submitting the best possible applications.

The holistic admissions review process is complex, and our admissions counselors, with their extensive experience at a diverse array of colleges and universities, know what goes into making these difficult admissions decisions.

The IvyWise Roundtable gives students the opportunity to have all their application materials reviewed multiple times by this mock admissions committee, giving them valuable feedback that they can’t get anywhere else.

This allows students to receive an extra layer of support from the entire team of expert admissions counselors in addition to their personalized, one-on-one counseling.

This team-based approach, along with our holistic approach to admissions counseling, has yielded fantastic results — with IvyWise students 5x more likely to gain admission to top schools..

Once students have drafted their applications, they submit their materials for review at the upcoming IvyWise Roundtable session.

During the Roundtable, IvyWise counselors recreate the committee review process used at top universities in the U.S. Each application and its associated materials are carefully examined, with the team discussing the student’s strengths, areas for improvement, and more. The entire team of expert counselors provides feedback, which is compiled by the student’s individual counselor.

After Roundtable, students meet one-on-one with their counselors to review the feedback and develop a strategic plan to implement suggestions, ensuring their applications are as strong as possible.

Students can continue resubmitting their materials to the IvyWise Roundtable as many times as needed until they feel their applications are the best representation of who they are as a student and person before submission.

Your IvyWise college admissions mentor will be your student’s personal coach, turning big-picture goals into actionable steps to bridge the gap between planning and executing, ensuring that your student makes steady progress toward their college prep tasks. Whether your child is launching a podcast, tackling recommended readings, applying to summer programs, or stepping up in leadership roles, your IvyWise mentor will provide clarity, assistance, accountability, and encouragement every step of the way.

With your IvyWise mentor’s expert support, your student will stay on track with their college admissions goals, build confidence, and fully realize their potential, creating a compelling story that sets them apart in the hyper-competitive admissions landscape.

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