Super-Selective College Admissions Coaching
Super-Selective College Admissions Coaching
Create Compelling Applications For Very Selective Colleges
This program is designed for sophomores and juniors interested in applying to colleges – like the Ivy League universities – that admit a very small percentage of applicants. We help students create compelling – not just competitive – applications. Our structured, step-by-step process helps students build their academic and extracurricular profiles and create exceptional applications. It helps them choose majors, build meaningful college lists, brainstorm, draft, and revise application essays, and maximize scholarships.
Guidance Based on Deep Knowledge of Selective College Admissions
A Customized Plan Based on In-Depth Research Into Selective Colleges
Students receive a personalized admissions plan tailored to their needs. We spend significant time understanding the specific criteria used by colleges, ensuring all aspects of the college process are addressed.
Expert Coaching from Credentialed Coaches
With up to 30 hours of expert – usually weekly – consultations, parents and students benefit from one-on-one guidance by your credentialed coach. These consultations are driven by the plan our coach creates with you and help you stay on track, monitor progress, and develop ideas.
Extensive Essay Support
LifeLaunchr’s essay process helps students generate effective, well-written essays that set them apart. We help students brainstorm ideas, come up with themes and topics, generate initial drafts and discuss them with their coaches. When an essay is on the right track, they submit it for review and get detailed written feedback. The program includes up to 48 detailed essay reviews, helping students craft standout personal statements and supplemental essays.
Comprehensive College and Career Guidance
Students get help with major and career planning, college selection, and financial aid, as well as test planning and interview preparation. We offer practice interview sessions as part of our process.
Specialized, Award-Winning Tools and Essay Courses
LifeLaunchr provides valuable tools like the College Match™ and Scholarship Match™ to help identify the best-fit schools and financial opportunities. This package also includes LifeLaunchr’s CommonApp personal statement and University of California Personal Insight Question courses.
“Great overall application advice and especially helpful with essay writing. Helped me get into my top-choice college early decision!”
– Anusha K., Student, Durham, NC
Schedule a Free Consultation Today
Scheduling a free initial consultation is the perfect opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of how LifeLaunchr’s Super-Selective College Admissions program can help your teen set themselves apart for admission to very selective universities. During this session, you’ll receive personalized insights into how the program can help your student navigate every step—from creating a tailored college plan to creating effective application essays. It’s a no-pressure chance to learn about the expert guidance and resources available, ensuring your family is set up for success in the competitive college admissions landscape.
Regular Meeting Topics Include
Academics
- Review course selection and school progress to address college concerns about academic performance and rigor
- Recommend tutoring or other help as needed
Extracurriculars and Community Involvement
- Help students build a track record of exceptional accomplishment, intellectual curiosity, and leadership, and showcase and a sense of purpose
- Recommend and plan summer programs and enrichment activities to help create an outstanding profile
Major and Career Planning
- Administer aptitude and interest, character strengths, and other assessments to help
- Work through LifeLaunchr’s major and career exploration exercises to choose majors and careers
- Strategically plan majors to help maximize admissions chances
Standardized Test Planning
- Review practice test scores and create a testing strategy for SAT, ACT, AP, or other exams
- Recommend tutoring/coaching as needed
- Plan for other required tests
Letters of Recommendation
- Help identify teachers/counselors/mentors to write recommendations
- Provide advice on requesting exceptional recommendations
Financial Aid and Scholarships
- Advise students to create initial cost estimates and budget for college
- Review net price calculator results for each college application
- Provide assistance in filling out FAFSA and CSS/Profile
- Advise on applying to college scholarships as appropriate
Ongoing Checkins
- Review acceptances and offers
- Help with requests on college portals for outstanding documents
College Research and List Development
- Use tools to help understand student’s educational priorities and goals
- Help create an initial list of 20-25 colleges
- Help research colleges and specific programs
- Plan college visits
- Create a college visit checklist
- Build a final college list of 10-12 colleges that balances target, likely, and reach schools
Essay Brainstorming, Drafting, and Finalization
- Help identify potential essay topics and themes
- Teach students how to create exceptional essays using writing examples and exercises
- Use the LifeLaunchr essay courses and tools to help create initial drafts of personal statements, UC PIQs, and supplemental essays
- Refine and edit drafts to generate a final essay
- Create a list of supplemental essay prompts and college-specific essays
- Plan, revise, and finalize additional essays
Resumé and Activities Lists
- Help draft and finalize resumé and activities lists for applications using LifeLaunchr’s proprietary tools and coach’s input
Application Guidance
- Guide the student in filling out CommonApp, private school applications, and state college applications like the UC and CSU applications, so as to maximize the impact of extracurriculars and awards
Interview Preparation
- Create an interview practice checklist with student
- Remind students to schedule interviews where they are available
- Do mock interview sessions to prepare
- LifeLaunchr has a meticulously designed proprietary coaching process. Click here to learn more about how our coaching works.
Cost
The Super-Selective College Admissons Coaching program costs US $8,295, paid one time at the beginning of the program. We limit enrollments to ensure quality.
Meetings are usually thirty (30) minutes long and held weekly, although the exact schedule depends on what is needed and student and coach schedules.
It is intended for sophomores and juniors in high school.
Please review our terms and conditions and our handbook, which describes how LifeLaunchr’s coaching works.
Package Details
The Super-Selective College Admissions program includes 30 hours of work done by our coach, which includes meeting time, time doing research, and other work. Emails that require minimal (less than five minutes) effort to respond to are not counted.
The Super-Selective College Admissions program includes 48 detailed written reviews of essays. Our essay development process involves many steps, including brainstorming and initial drafts that are discussed during meetings. The limit applies to drafts that receive written feedback. For more on our essay process, review the LifeLaunchr coaching process handbook.
Additional hours of coaching are available for $225/hour ($112.50 per 30-minute meeting). Additional reviews cost $55 per detailed written review or $600 for a (non-refundable) pack of 12.
LifeLaunchr Students Have Been Accepted at Dozens of Top Universities
- Ivy+ Universities
- Private Universities
- Liberal Arts Colleges
- State Universities
- Engineering Colleges
- Pre-Med and Guaranteed Admission Medical Programs
- Direct-Admit and Other Nursing Programs
- Music, Theater and other Performing Arts Programs
- Design and Visual Arts Programs
- International Universities in the U.K. and Canada
- Graduate Programs
To see a selected list of our students' acceptances, click here.
