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Grays Hall's Total Package provides what you need to succeed
GETTING STARTED
Please contact Grays Hall for a free initial consultation to learn how we can guide you through the college application process. Grays Hall prides itself on taking the time to get to know the client - by the way, the student is the client - and learning about the client's interests, strengths, hopes and dreams. It is only by taking this time that a "good fit" college list can be formed.
Services Overview
Grays Hall strives to create a strategy that fits each student's unique needs, providing flexible and convenient services that dovetail with your planning style:
- Flexible Hours
- Convenient Virtual Meetings
- Process-oriented approach to meet deadlines with easy to use website
- Personalized attention to achieve superior admission results at best match college colleges
- Discussion of all forms of financial aid including access to powerful cost and scholarship search tools
The Total Package
The Total Package can be tailored to fit your year in high school. Typically, students enroll for Grays Hall services just prior to or in their Junior year.
The Total Package Involves:
- Assist with class selection
- Discuss extracurricular activities and make recommendations
- Help student identify possible majors/career options
- Review testing (ACT/SAT) landscape and determine appropriate strategy
- Discuss how to highlight special talents
- Help maximize college campus visits and assist in planning
- Work on Brag Sheet/resume
- Help with letters of recommendations (who and when)
- Conduct a preferred college characteristics survey
- Discuss financial aid process with parents/students and provide detailed tools to evaluate school costs and affordability
- Instruct on how to conduct targeted college search and provide individualized college list
- Review and advise on all application options (Early Action, Early Decision, Regular and Rolling Admission)
Then, the summer before the Senior year, we will start meeting more often, and work on the following
- Continue updating updating and reviewing extensive targeted college list to ensure right fit (academic, social and financial) schools are present
- Analysis of likely, possible, selectivity reach and grades/score reach schools.
- Preparation for college interviews
- Assistance with filling out applications and proof-reading of all application materials
- Perform scholarship searches using customized scholarship tool
- Assist with financial aid forms (FAFSA AND CSS Profile)
- Advise regarding wait-list and accepted college choice, including evaluation of financial aid awards letters (i.e. translation!)
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