This Work Helps Students:
Approach the process with greater steadiness and confidence
Create narrative clarity and authentically articulate who they are
Make sure their application is coherent
Identify meaningful themes and patterns
Write essays that are more thoughtful and authentic
Feel less overwhelmed and fragmented
The goal is not perfection — it’s helping students present themselves honestly, coherently, and thoughtfully during a highly compressed stage of the process.
What’s Included
Initial parent/student orientation conversation
8 student meetings across the application process
Main essay guidance and review
Supplemental essay guidance and review
Activities section and Common Application review
Narrative and thematic development across applications
College list refinement and guidance around application direction
Parent updates and check-ins throughout the process
Most engagements take place over approx. 6–8 weeks during senior year.
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The Senior Narrative Intensive is often the right fit for students who:
are already deep into the application process
feel overwhelmed by essays and deadlines
struggle to articulate themselves clearly under pressure
have meaningful experiences but difficulty creating coherence across applications
want thoughtful high-level guidance during a compressed timeline
would benefit from structured, individualized support during senior year
It is especially helpful for students who:
are thoughtful but difficult to summarize conventionally
have many interests but lack a clear narrative direction
are beginning to feel pressure around future decisions
are unsure how their experiences and strengths fit together
need greater clarity before making larger admissions-related decisions
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The Senior Narrative Intensive is intentionally focused and compressed.
It is designed for students who are already actively in the application process and need meaningful support during the most demanding stage of the work.
Long-term coaching allows for deeper exploration and development over many months — often shaping academic direction, activities, decision-making, and personal growth long before applications begin.
The Senior Narrative Intensive instead focuses on helping students thoughtfully bring coherence and articulation to work that is already actively unfolding.
Some students arrive needing help clarifying and expressing what already exists.
Others need support bringing greater coherence and steadiness to a process that has suddenly become emotionally overwhelming.
This engagement is designed for that stage.
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Yes.
The intensive includes guidance and review for:
the main personal essay
supplemental essays
narrative development across applications
The focus is not simply editing.
The work centers more deeply on helping students articulate themselves clearly, honestly, and coherently.
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Because every student’s application process looks different, the work is not structured around rigid numerical limits.
At the same time, the intensive is designed to remain focused and manageable within the engagement timeline.
During the initial conversation, we discuss:
application scope
overall workload
level of support needed
whether the engagement feels like the right fit for the student’s situation
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Yes.
The Activities Section and Common Application are reviewed as part of the broader narrative and coherence work.
This includes helping students think carefully about:
prioritization
framing
consistency
overall narrative alignment
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The investment for the Senior Narrative Intensive is $5,500.
The engagement includes:
approximately 8 weeks of focused support
multiple student meetings
essay and supplement guidance
application and activities review
parent communication throughout the process
narrative and coherence work across applications
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Partially.
The intensive can include thoughtful discussion and refinement around college lists and overall application direction.
However, students should generally enter the engagement with the majority of their college list already established.
This is not intended to be a full college list development engagement.
The Senior Narrative Intensive
A condensed high-touch advisory engagement for seniors navigating the most compressed and demanding stage of the college application process.
By senior year, the process often begins accelerating quickly. Deadlines suddenly feel close.
Essays, supplements, applications, and decisions all begin converging at once. And for many students and families, what initially felt manageable can quickly begin feeling fragmented, pressured, and emotionally overwhelming.
The Senior Narrative Intensive is designed to help students bring clarity, coherence, and thoughtful articulation to the application process.
Not by manufacturing a polished persona. But by helping students more clearly understand and communicate who they already are.
When the process suddenly becomes real
For many families, there is a moment during senior year when the emotional tone of the process changes.
What once felt distant now feels immediate. Applications that once felt theoretical are happening now.
Students often find themselves trying to:
write meaningful essays under pressure
articulate experiences they have never fully reflected on before
make sense of activities and accomplishments
balance deadlines with an already demanding schedule
bring coherence to applications that suddenly feel very high stakes
Parents often feel unsure how to help without increasing pressure further.
The Senior Narrative Intensive is designed for this stage of the process—
When students need thoughtful, high-level support to bring things together.