Our Individualized Counseling Approach

Our goal is to guide your family through the entire college admissions process and find the school where your child will be successful and happy. We work with all types of students, reflecting a multitude of academic interests, abilities, test scores, and grades, always keeping your family’s financial considerations in mind. We can start working together with your student as early as the 9th grade, when we counsel on curriculum, testing, and summer programs. During the sophomore and junior years, our advice is more focused as academics and interests lead to possible career options. Together we find a realistic and balanced list of college choices. If appropriate, we also emphasize affordability and scholarships based on both merit and need.

Our College Counseling Services

College Exploration

Facilitate college exploration and create an individual and appropriate college list for each student.

Learning Differences

Help students of all learning abilities narrow their search of appropriate colleges and programs.

Applications

Manage the entire application process, design an individualized application timeline as well as admissions strategies

Extras

Host college application boot camp sessions and provide access to Guided Path, a comprehensive college information portal

Testing

Implement test planning strategies

Resume Building

Help create, edit, and revise an academic resume that highlights strengths and skills

Financial Aid

Invitation to Financial Aid Workshop series (three live webinars)

Essay Writing

Brainstorm topics for Common App and supplemental essays as well as guide the writing and editing process

Additional Specialty Services

At Guide Us, we pride ourselves on helping each student individually. Our experienced advisors will be carefully matched with your child’s specific needs.

Areas of specialization our advisors offer

  • Student with Learning Difference

  • Honors and Academically Advanced Students

  • STEM Programs (Engineering, Math and Science)

  • 6-7-8 Year Medical/Dental/Physical Therapy Programs (undergraduate + graduate together)

  • Students with Chronic Illnesses and Physical Challenges

  • Students with Emotional Challenges

  • Student Athletes

  • Students who are Undecided Majors

  • Programs requesting portfolios or auditions (ie,, Musical Theater, Music, Visual Arts, etc.)

  • Specialty programs such as: Pre-professional Majors, Equine Science, Judaic and Religious Studies, West Coast Schools

  • Honors Colleges in Large Public Universities

  • Small Liberal Arts Colleges

Graduate School Application Advisement

  • MA and MS programs

  • MBA and Executive MBA programs

High School Advisement

  • Bergen County Academies in Hackensack & Bergen Technical School in Teterboro

  • Private and Parochial High School Admissions

  • Boarding School Admissions