Sheet 07 · The plan
The year, laid out before it starts.
Junior spring is ideal — it leaves room for testing, essays, and a summer of real writing. We still take seniors through October and rebuild the plan around the time that is actually left. Either way, you leave the first call with a dated timeline.
01 · Junior spring
Groundwork
Diagnostic testing, an honest read on the transcript, and the first pass at a school list. We work out what the four-year record already says before deciding what to add to it.
02 · Summer
The writing stretch
The essay gets written while there is time to write it badly first. Brainstorming, drafts, and read-aloud edits — the student writes every word, and we question until it sounds like them.
03 · June – November
Peak season
Two scheduled 1:1 hours a week. Supplements, the final list, testing where it still moves the needle, and every deadline tracked on a timeline you can open at any time.
04 · December – May
Decisions
One scheduled hour a week at the lower rate. Remaining deadlines, interview preparation, and the conversation about which offer actually fits.
You leave the first call with the dated version.
Whether or not you enroll. That is the point of the free thirty minutes.
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