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ACADEMICS

College Advising Services' Comprehensive Collegiate Program is a soup to nuts full service program

 in which the sooner a student enrolls, the better their prospects for success.  We prefer to start with

 families when their child is in 7th or 8th grade, but we accept students at every stage of his or her

 high school and undergraduate career, capping the number of students in each class at 30 total 

students for that grade level. Our comprehensive package spoon feeds families each step of the 

process, with a vast amount of time and effort, educating families as to what the collegiate admission 

process entails at each stage of a student's journey, which results in Ms. Catanzaro becoming involved

 in every aspect of her students' academic, extracurricular, community and outside activities, in order

 to best steer them to their dream schools.  Diving deeply into her students' activities, she works with

 them in myriad ways, such as how to utilize their hobbies and passions to become better college 

candidates and how to improve their reading habits by steering what they read and how to improve

 their vocabulary and writing skills, all of which have lifelong academic, professional, and personal

 benefits. A great deal of effort is spent on students' career development through assessing their 

strengths, affinities, variety of interests and passions and how these all relate to ostensible college

 majors and career goals, which also entails helping students secure internships, job shadows, 

research opportunities, and independent passion projects.

In addition to Career Development, the bulk of the counseling sessions focus on the college 

application  process. This entails an array of objectives that are individually tailored to each student's

 interests and passions, but always includes construction of a Comprehensive (intelligent and

 pragmatic)  College List,  covering Safety, Target and Reach Schools, which entails advising students

 on how to prudently research colleges and universities on their lists.  Among the skills and "tricks of 

the  trade"  students learn, are how to engage in Admissions' Correspondence; communicating 

with Regional Readers, preparing for College Visits/College Fairs/virtual and in-person College

 Information Sessions; and in depth instruction on all facets of the Application.  The Application entails

 working on the Activities' Resume, the Main and Supplemental Essays, Personal Statements, as well 

as the University of California Personal Insight Questions.   Every single line of the Application and 

Activity Sections are completed together and the most competitive candidates are those students

whose activities have been molded under our process from the end of middle school.  After 

Applications are submitted, we guide students through Interview Preparations.  We also assist 

students with getting off waitlists and helping undergraduates who contact us and wish to transfer

 institutions.

We are a full-service firm guiding students and their families through the cumbersome and confusing college application process.  Offering a “soup to nuts” comprehensive approach, we help navigate all aspects of a student’s journey, from advising on high school course selection, internships, personal passion projects, and community service to college selection, completion of application forms, student resumes, essays and supplementary essays, and interview preparation.  We also work with undergraduate students to gain admission to graduate schools, with a particular emphasis on medical school, where we have enjoyed tremendous success.  

Social Studies

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Science

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Math

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Literature Arts

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Art

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Physical Education

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