College Admissions Services
We’re your dedicated partners for the entire process: from creating your college list, to prepping for your interview, to getting those acceptance letters!
With decades of experience, we don’t only help students with their essays. Rather, we lead them through an important, confidence-building path of self-discovery during this key time in their lives. Our proven process keeps their big picture in mind. We help your student independently find the self-awareness to choose their best-fit schools, apply and interview smartly, and set the stage for a successful college career ahead.
To do this, our team of counselors delivers the highest levels of quality, service, competency, accountability, and the attention to detail that you and your student need from us. We equip you both with the right counseling and roadmaps for success – including our growing resource library of tailored college application guides and more from College App Fast Track.
We provide three levels of college admissions counseling, designed to meet you where you are
Guiding every step on the path to college admission
We’re most known for our Comprehensive Counseling service where, as the name suggests, we’re with you for the entire journey - beginning as early as your sophomore year.
Covering applications for up to 7 schools, this service often includes:
Dedicated expert counselor
Email and phone support for questions
Personalized application work timeline
Balanced college list of best-fit schools
Essay brainstorming, development and review
High school course selection advice
Strengthening case for admission via extracurricular activity coaching and advice.
Customized, limited service plan for your student’s needs
Love comprehensive, seamless support, but only need expert help in a few areas? Consider Essential Counseling, where we work together on a more limited basis for your college applications.
Usually covering applications to a smaller number of schools, this service often includes:
Dedicated expert counselor
Email and phone support for questions
Personalized application work timeline
College list input
Essay brainstorming, development and review
College transfer applications
Selective high school applications
Support where you want it most
Only need help with essays? Or a college list?
We also provide Key Support - targeted guidance from our expert counselors in specific areas of the college admissions process.
This flexible, a la carte support is available in important areas such as:
Assistance with creation of basic Common Application (or other application platform) only
Completed application critiques
Interview preparation through our partner, Best U Interview, for admission panels, videos, and scholarships
Resume and activity list reviews
Appeal letters, deferred or waitlist interest letters
Transfer applications
Not sure what you need?
We can help! Contact us to find the right fit for your college search.
Helping parents …
“I had no idea where to begin to assist my child in the college application process. HCC stepped in with such professionalism and knowledge along with a personal touch that allowed my daughter to paint her high school career with genuine effectiveness. Her counselor played an integral role in my daughter’s acceptance into every college she applied to!”
— Anne S., Parent
“In addition to a wizard-like mastery of deadlines, test scores, application procedures, and the like, our counselor had a unique ability to stimulate self-expression in teenagers, often in ways parents cannot.”
— Anne P., Parent
“Our HCC counselors gave our daughter the guidance and confidence she needed and helped her avoid the pitfalls while applying to and then interviewing for admission to a very competitive school. Their expertise made our daughter’s best self shine through to the selection committee. We were elated to let them know that she was admitted! The skills she learned from them will be useful for a lifetime. Definitely money well spent!”
- Cat M., Parent
Guiding students …
“My HCC counselor inspired and challenged me, pushing me to do my best in my essays and helping me out of writing slumps. When I wasn’t confident in myself, she was there to remind me all that I had done and could do.”
— Krysten P., Student
“Before I talked with my HCC counselor, I thought my chances of going to college were very low, but she helped me every step of the way. Being a first-generation US college student, I had no clue where to start. My counselor sat beside me and helped me understand the FAFSA application and made sure everything was done correctly. I have been accepted into universities and colleges all over the US and I am so excited. I can honestly say that thanks to my counselor, I am going to college.”
- Tay M., Student
“By the time I was in my actual interview, I felt so confident, and my interview went like a fluid conversation in daily life- no nerves, no anxiousness. I have had other speaking counselors/ help for interviews, but nobody compares to my HCC counselor. I wish I found her earlier so that my previous interviews could be as stellar as they were after getting help from her.”
- Ryan X., Student
