Students can stand out in a variety of ways. For some, the hardest task is condensing all their attributes and achievements into 250-650 word essays. For others, they cannot recall enough significant accomplishments to create their college essays. Despite how students seem to think, all students have stories to tell and attributes of themselves to describe Nevertheless, this task is still very difficult and can seem almost impossible in the beginning.
Some students and their parents turn to private college counseling institutions, such as Hs2. The organization provide private counselors who personally help students show themselves in the best possible light and realize their potential importance to whatever career they want to pursue.
Louis Ma is a counselor and college app specialist at Hs2. Before working there, Ma was a math and science teacher in Morgan Hill
Patrick Tapia is the vice president of counseling at Hs2. He interned at Harvard’s admission program while he was receiving his masters there. Tapia got an inside look at the perspective of college applications from admissions offices point of view.
Corn Hamilton is currently the president of counseling at Hs2 and has been a counselor for four years. In college, he worked as an essay editor for high school students and said that he enjoyed learning about the individuals and finding ways to best market them to admissions officers.
With their combined insight, teams of college counselors are able to aid students who are in the program with planning their workload for application season, being ahead of deadlines and brainstorming and revising admissions essays.
El Estoque: What are some misconceptions and expectations students and parents typically come in with regarding standards and procedures of the application process?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JIW73VX6MY
El Estoque: Have students attempted to cheat the process by fabricating or exaggerating their accomplishments and character qualities and what are your thoughts on this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaWKVfQALA8
E Estoque: What colleges are looking for in essays.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbzzlY8M73s
