Core Program
Comprehensive one-on-one advising
Personalized college, career, admissions, and financial-planning support for students beginning in junior year or early senior year. Core provides the time, structure, and individualized guidance students need to move from uncertainty to a clear plan.
What Is Included
Career Discovery & Self-Assessment
- Preference survey and individualized results review
- Four career research and exploration sessions
- Identification of interests, strengths, motivations, and goals
- Early career direction and accountability planning
Major Exploration & College Fit
- Career-to-major alignment and academic pathway guidance
- Four college research and school-list development sessions
- Personalized Safety, Target, and Reach school bundle
- College-fit comparisons using academic, personal, and financial factors
Admissions Strategy & Applications
- Four Common Application planning and completion sessions
- Application strategy, deadline planning, and task sequencing
- Activities, positioning, and application review guidance
- Structured accountability through application submission
Essays, Financial Aid & Submission
- Up to eight personal and supplemental essay coaching sessions
- FAFSA guidance and financial-aid education
- Monthly parent progress updates
- Final deadline, submission, and follow-up support
Best For
Students beginning in junior year or early senior year who want deeper career and major exploration, a personalized school strategy, application and essay coaching, and ongoing support over a longer planning period.
Why Families Choose Core
What Families Can Expect
Student-Centered Planning
Recommendations begin with the student’s interests, strengths, preferences, academic profile, goals, and financial considerations—not a generic college list.
Structured Accountability
Students receive clear next steps, research assignments, planning tools, timelines, and follow-up expectations that keep the process moving.
Collaborative Family Support
RSD helps students build ownership while keeping parents informed and prepared for major admissions and affordability decisions.
Important Program Notes
- RSD provides advising, coaching, planning support, education, and feedback. Admission, scholarship, financial-aid, appeal, and enrollment outcomes cannot be guaranteed.
- Students and families remain responsible for accurate and timely submission of applications, financial-aid forms, scholarship applications, and enrollment materials.
- Program effectiveness depends on student participation, completion of assigned work, and timely communication. Final scope, schedule, payment plan, and policies are documented in the client agreement.