One-on-one College Admissions Consulting
Available for every grade level. Content of the meetings is tailored to fit student needs. Hourly meetings.
Services
Truxler College Consulting offers strategic planning and one-on-one mentorship with comprehensive and individualized college search and application support designed specifically for your needs.
1:1 guidance and support, meetings twice a month with additional offline support through email and text that include the following:
Course Selection: Support and guidance to navigate academic rigor while selecting and balancing advanced classes in AP, IB and honors
Academic Success Strategies: Continue to hone and adjust habits of mind and student success skills across academic disciplines.
Extracurricular Impact: Participate in and deepen high-impact activities and leadership roles.
Testing Strategy: Complete timeline for standardized testing. Comprehensive review of results and develop a decision making strategy for testing optional schools.
College Application: Access to College Planner Pro, practice and prepare for interviews, complete final application review
Final College Decision Consult: Review offers, support negotiation of financial aid packages, determine next steps, and celebrate!
Personal Reflection and Development: Final reflection on alignment with your mission statement and goals. Update your resume to align with your college plans. Identify goals and academic strategies for your first-year in college.
1:1 guidance and support, monthly meetings that include the following:
Course Selection: Support and guidance to navigate academic rigor while selecting and balancing advanced classes in honors, AP, and IB.
Academic Success Strategies: Continue to hone and adjust habits of mind and student success skills across academic disciplines.
Extracurricular Impact: Participate in and deepen high-impact activities and leadership roles. Explore starting a new club or community organization that reflects your interests.
Testing Strategy: Complete timeline for standardized testing.
College Research: Access to College Planner Pro, ensure college list includes various degrees of selectivity; apply for fly-in programs; prepare for successful college visits
Recommendation Planning: Identify which teachers to ask for letters of recommendations.
Essay Planning: Begin topic development, critique, and proofreading
Scholarships and Financial Aid: Educate families on financial aid and how to launch a scholarship search
Summer Plans: Build a meaningful summer schedule that may include volunteering, participating in a pre-college program for academic credit, a research program, work or an internship, or a personal project
Personal Reflection and Development: Reflect on alignment with your mission statement and goals. Update your resume/ brag sheet, portfolio
1:1 guidance and support, 6 meetings a year that include the following:
Course Selection: Ensure that your personalized academic roadmap includes increasing rigor for 11th and 12th grade
Academic Success Strategies: Hone your habits of mind and student success skills across academic disciplines.
Extracurricular Impact: Continue participating in and trying new high-impact activities and leadership roles.
Testing Strategy: Create a tailored timeline for standardized testing that may include SAT, ACT, AP and IB exams.
College Research: Access to College Planner Pro, begin to explore potential college majors and continue building a college list that reflects your interests and criteria.
Summer Plans: Build a meaningful summer schedule that may include volunteering, participating in a pre-college program, work, internship, or a personal project
Personal Reflection and Development: Revisit your personal mission statement, goals, and update your resume/ brag sheet, and portfolio.
1:1 guidance and support, 5 meetings a year that include the following:
Course Selection: Build a strong academic roadmap for your high school pathway
Academic Success Strategies: Establish habits of mind and student success that sharpen study skills and organization
Extracurricular Impact: Select and participate in meaningful extracurricular activities and sports
College Research: Access to College Planner Pro, begin to create a college list and explore possible major and career pathways
Summer Plans: Build a meaningful summer schedule that may include volunteering, a pre-college program, or creating a personal project
Personal Reflection and Development: Craft your personal mission statement, goals, and start to create a resume/ brag sheet of your accomplishments; explore personality and leadership assessments. Begin to build a portfolio of work that highlights your academic and extracurricular accomplishments from the year.
1:1 guidance and support, 4 meetings a year that include the following:
Course Selection: Try strong core academic courses and electives that reflect personal interests that you might continue to take in high school such as drama, music, robotics, debate, etc.
Academic Success Strategies: Practice identifying and implementing habits of academic success
Extracurricular Exploration: Explore activities and leadership opportunities that match personal interests
College Research: Develop early awareness of how the college selection process works
Personal Reflection and Development: Draft your personal mission and value statement and identify goals that you have for high school.
Flexible options
Available for every grade level. Content of the meetings is tailored to fit student needs. Hourly meetings.
1:1 review and editing of application essays. This service can include topic development, critique and proofreading. Offering 60 and 30 minute sessions.
Individualized support to meet the college bound student where they most need consulting services during their final year in high school. Hourly meetings.
Participate in an intensive 1:1 consulting program tailored to your student and aligned with the services offered in the year-long planning packages for middle school through 12th grade. Meetings are scheduled at least twice a week for 4-8 weeks.
1:1 guidance and support throughout the transfer application process from college selection to application. Hourly meetings.
You did it! You are enrolled in college and it’s a whole new world! Get individualized support on your transition to college that can include how to get the most out of your experience from feeling connected to your campus community and how to navigate a syllabus, attend office hours, live in a residence hall, balancing work and extracurriculars, overcoming loneliness, and powering through midterms and finals. Hourly meetings.
Learn about how to navigate the many different systems and offices on a college campus from academic affairs to student affairs, financial and work study, orientation programs and family weekends. Learn about the different stages of transition that your student will experience during their first-year in college and how you can continue to support them in empowering ways. Hourly meetings.
Laura works with students and families who are:
Middle school and early high school families looking for thoughtful planning without unnecessary pressure.
Juniors and seniors navigating college lists, applications, essays and decisions.
Transfer students looking for the right next step.
First-year students who want support adjusting to the academic and personal demands of college.