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Premium
*Premium Packages incorporate all of the advising of the core package with more in-depth support.
For grades 8-11 Premium Packages include two unique opportunities:
- Complete Personality, Strength & Career Assessments and meet with your TBU Advisor to discuss the analysis and how to leverage your strengths in major, career, and college planning.
- Work with TBU's Activities, Summer & Passion Project Specialist to delve deeper into exploring possible major/career related activities and develop intentional uses of your time outside of school by planning self-directed leadership, initiative, and in-depth project ideas.
For rising 12th grade students embarking on the essay & application process, Premium Packages include:
- Development of an in-depth personalized application timeline
- Interview Preparation
- Additional sessions with your Advisor to develop content for more colleges' applications
Core
*Core Packages are designed to provide advising for the core pieces of the admissions process at each grade level.
- Your Advisor provides a structure for students to be successful with the flexiblity to support a student's individual strengths and interests
- Core packages provide guidance for a student to clarify and cultivate their interests and curiosity through course selection and activities planning to prepare for a successful admissions process and personalized college selection.
For rising 12th grade students embarking on the essay & application process, Core Packages include:
- Support for the development of complete, compelling applications for a targeted number of colleges.
Flex
*This option is for families who wish to engage in the admissions process in a limited and strategic way.
Meet on your schedule and focus on the pieces that matter most to your individual process.
- Our Flex Four Plan bundles four hours: time can be used to meet with your Advisor or to seek their guidance and feedback outside of meetings in analyzing your admissisions profile, developing a college list, or providing written feedback on key elements of your admissions process.
- Flex time can be used with your Advisor, or with TBU's Specialists:
- Activities, Summer & Passion Project Specialist
- College Affordablity Specialist.
- Individual hourly consultations are available.
*All TBU Packages include one-year of access to the TBU Membership Platform providing 24/7
access to curated resources and self-guided tools
+ exclusive access to member-only webinars & month-by-month guides
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Schedule a free Meet & Greet consultation to meet your advisor and explore how they can support your college admissions process.
We are here to support students every step of the way, offering Premium, Core & Flex packages for each grade level 9-12 in addition to support for 8th grade and Transfer students
8th & 9th Grade
Throughout the duration of 8th & 9th grade students begin exploring --
Planning for the Future
- Shaping your personal high school to college pathway
- Academic planning & HS course selection
- Goal setting & planning
- Understanding college admissions process & strategies for beginning early college exploration
Living your Story
- Establishing your interests & engaging your curiosity through activities planning
- Developing academic habits & beginning intellectual engagement in coursework & activities
- Early major & career exploration
10th Grade
Throughout the duration of 10th grade students focus on --
Planning for the Future
- Understanding your early academic & admissions profile
- Academic planning & HS course selection
- Preliminary test planning
- Early college fit exploration: building exposure to the academic & community factors that will enable you to thrive
- Early exploration of college options
Living your Story
- Developing your interests & engaging your curiosity through activities planning
- Developing intellectual engagement in coursework & activities
- Early major & career exploration
11th Grade
Throughout the duration of 11th grade students focus on --
Planning for the Future
- Understanding your admissions profile and admissibility considerations
- Academic planning, exploration & HS course selection
- Admissions testing strategy
- College exploration, research, visit & networking plans
- Clarifying college fit: determining the academic & community factors that will enable you to thrive
- Exploring alternate options including gap years, if applicable
- Strategic balanced college list development
Living Your Story
- Leadership development & engaging your curiosity & interests through activities planning
- Intellectual engagement in coursework & activities
- Major & career exploration
12th Grade
The key tasks of 12th grade admissions planning are
best managed May-November entering senior year --
Planning for the Future
- Understanding your admissions profile and admissibility considerations for application planning
Admissions strategy
- College list, testing policies, activities, college major selection, application deadlines
Telling Your Story
- Application development
- common app, UC app, other college applications, activities list
- Personal statement & supplemental essay development
- Letters of recommendation
- Interview preparation
Transfer Students
They key tasks of transfer admissions planning are best managed in Freshman or Sophomore year of college. Most students plan and complete application work October-April --
Planning for the Future
- Understanding your admissions profile and admissisiblity considerations for application planning
- Understanding the Transfer Process and the best academic plans for your personal goals.
Admissions strategy
- Transfer college list, testing, college course selection, college major selection, activities planning & application deadlines
Telling Your Story
- Application development:
- Common App for Transfer, UC app, other college applications, activities list
- Personal statement & supplemental essay development
- Letters of recommendation
College Affordability Planning
At any point in the process, students & families can engage the support of TBU's College Affordability Specialist for a single consultation for individualized affordability planning. Additional resources are available to support your college affordability plans including scholarship and financiali aid planning through the TBU Membership Platform
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