Options For College

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About Options For College

Options for College helps students and families get into and get the most out of college. We are different because we use a proven program, The Way There, with a three-phase, ten-step curriculum that sets the standard for what college guidance is supposed to be. Our success is measured by student acceptance rates that are higher than those of other students with the same SAT scores and grades, and better grades and outcomes once students are in college. Getting in is wonderful, but knowing what college is and how to navigate it ultimately leads to making the most of the college experience. Our students are assets to their respective colleges and bring measurable passion and goals to school with them. We actually make a lifelong commitment to our students through our alumni program, Sic Itur Ad Astra, where we provide monthly newsletters for finding careers while assembling an internship and professional network for our students. That is the hallmark of our students, that they continue to come back to discuss their futures long after they aced the admissions process. We are not headhunters, but we did figure out admissions long ago, so we want to make sure our students do so much more than just get into college. Beyond the thousands of students we have counseled from all six continents, we ran the guidance programs at the Rudolf Steiner School and the Yeshivah University High School for Boys, founded the Johns Hopkins' CTY College Prep program, trained counselors at The Princeton Review India, the Rochester City Schools and the Christian Unified Schools of San Diego. We received the Multiple Task Award Contract from the NYC DOE and have worked with multiple districts in the City. We have also keynoted admissions conferences at Yale, Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Columbia, Wesleyan, Emory, Cal-Berkeley, Vassar, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the Young Presidents' Organization, the Merrill Lynch Parents Network, the NYU Family Care Center.