Scope of Services
Undergraduate college counseling is the focus of Petrequin College Consulting, LLC. The majority of clients are high school juniors and seniors seeking help in selecting and applying to colleges. The counseling process normally begins with an initial one-hour meeting attended by both the student and the parents done on FaceTime. Contents of the meeting varies according to the student’s year in high school and the family's questions. After the initial meeting the family decides whether to continue to the college counseling full service program. This program covers the entire college selection and admission process and usually begins in the middle of the junior year of high school. The full service program consists of unlimited FaceTime meetings, phone calls and e-mails, careful monitoring of the application with special emphasis on the essays, and follows the student until they have accepted a college. It takes the guesswork out of the selection and application process and provides full support to the student and family. As the process continues, rapport develops between the student and Marilyn, making it a pleasant and interesting experience. Parents are asked to attend the presentation of the initial college list, then may either be a part of the meetings or not. Having a college counselor work with the student often helps family relationships in what can become a stressful time.
Full Service Program
- A review of the student's courses and grades, test scores, and activities.
- Results of a Learning Style Test 'Do What You Are', which the student takes on her/his computer at home.
- A list of the colleges selected after an interview with the student, including comments on each college and why it was selected. The college list evolves as the student reads, visits colleges and discusses preferences.
- Advice on what to do when visiting colleges.
- Monitoring SAT and ACT testing with suggestions on test preparation.
- Preparation for college interviews, including a mock interview.
- Early Action/Early Decision discussion and decision.
- The applications: Filling out the forms, writing the essays, obtaining the recommendations. Essays are discussed and carefully reviewed before they are submitted.
- Financial Aid: How to determine if a family will qualify and what is needed to apply.
- Scholarships: If money is an issue, colleges offering merit money that might apply to the student are presented.
- What to do if: The student is deferred or wait listed; The financial aid offer of the preferred college is less than that offered by another college or is insufficient.
- Unlimited FaceTime meetings. At each visit the next meeting is scheduled and the student is given a list of what to do to prepare for the next meeting.
- Unlimited phone calls and e-mails.