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Stuyvesant High School. December, 2003. www.GetIntoCollege.com. Current Situation. Objectives. College Coach Overview The Stuyvesant Partnership Implementation & Timing Questions & Answers. Current Situation. Current Situation.
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Stuyvesant High School December, 2003 www.GetIntoCollege.com
Current Situation Objectives • College Coach Overview • The Stuyvesant Partnership • Implementation & Timing • Questions & Answers
Current Situation Current Situation • There are challenges with providing college guidance services to high school students: • Parents and students rely on school to provide post-high school planning • Counselors lack time to counsel on post-secondary options • Results: • Unnecessary dissatisfaction with high school guidance • Confusion (especially among first generation college goers and their parents) • Stress felt by parents, students and counselors
Overview College Coach is the leading nationwide provider of college advisory services to high school students, parents and teachers.
Service Channels We deliver our services through three channels: • Corporate • Employee Benefit: Work/life offering designed to reduce stress/increase loyalty of employees with college bound children. • Selected Clients: AIG, Abbott Labs, Goldman Sachs, J&J, Merck, NYSE, PepsiCo., Putnam, State Street, Viacom • Community Based Programs • Student Counseling: One-on-one counseling that provides hands-on assistance through the college admissions process. • Locations: Newton, MA; Great Neck, NY; Ridgewood, NJ; Greenwich, CT • High School Based Programs • College Placement Support: Foundation or school sponsored supplemental services designed to enhance high school based services. • Selected Clients: Brandeis High School (AIG), Chicago Public Schools, Deham Public Schools, Edison Schools, Manhattan Center for Science & Math, National Academy Foundation, Sabis Education, Winthrop Public Schools
H.S. Experience • Objective • Not affiliated with any college or university • Well Researched Curriculum • Structured approach to college selection, admissions, and financing • Proven methodology for interest identification, major planning and transition to college. • Expert Staff • Top admissions and financial aid officers on staff • Yale, Harvard, UPenn, Barnard, Colorado College, University of Chicago, College of Holy Cross, Boston University, Columbia • Proven Results • Successfully place thousands of students each year into the appropriate college • Seamlessly integrate with existing high school guidance programs
Selected College Coach Educators Karen Crowley • Former Senior Admissions Officer from The University of Pennsylvania • Former Director of College Counseling from The Dalton School Nicole Eichin • Former Senior Admissions Officer from College of the Holy Cross Brooke Fitzgerald • Former Senior Admissions Officer from Columbia University & Bryn Mawr • Director of College Counseling from Lycee Francais De New York Emily Nichols • Former Senior Assistant Director from Columbia University • Former Assistant Director of Admissions from University of Chicago Lloyd Peterson • Former Director of Admissions from Yale University and Vassar College • Former Director of College Counseling from Rutgers Preparatory School Chris Pluta • Former Senior Admissions Officer from Barnard College • Former Senior Admissions Officer from The University of Pennsylvania Robert Weinerman • Former Financial Aid Officer from MIT and Babson College
The Partnership College Coach will partner with Stuyvesant High School to supplement current college counseling services to Junior families. Teachers Parents Student College Coach High School Counselor
Session Framework College Coach will conduct sessions using a proven framework. • Pre-meeting • Family completes College Coach’s comprehensive questionnaire • College Coach reviews questionnaire and creates structure for meeting • Meeting (basic structure) • Identify strength and weaknesses of student • Strategic discussion (testing, extra-curriculars, recs.) • School options (portfolio, admissibility) • Questions • Post-meeting • College Coach completes Family Report for guidance file • Family acts upon College Coach recommendations
Implementation Schedule The College Coach program will be launched in late December.