Services

We offer three services that both equip parents and students with the knowledge, tools and roadmap to navigate the college selection, admission and funding highway. Once you identify the service you need call our office at 203-571-0028 or email us at crivers@collegeplanningllc.com.

(Silver Level) Student Advisor Program

(Gold Level) College Bound High School Athlete Program

(Platinum Level) College Funding Program

Financial Aid Award Offers Review Service

***Parents can combine services if necessary.***

Service Descriptions

(Silver Level) Student Advisor Program

This program is for families that already have the money to pay for the cost of college and need an educational consultant to work with their student on finding a college that matches with their likes, interests and strengths as well as aligns with their career options.

• Assess students core strengths, personality, interest and values.

• Offer in-depth information regarding possible matching career options.

• Locate and evaluate potential colleges and universities that match the student's core strength's.

• How to gather the real specifics on each institution.

• How to keep your college selection options open.

• Step by step guidance on how to effectively search for the best school.

• Rules and procedures you must know.

• How to create an effective core application package.

• What to include in your application and what you must avoid.

• How to write a powerful essay.

• Tracking the progress of your applications.

 

(Gold Level) High School Athlete Marketing Program

This program is for the families of high school students who currently participate in athletics and want to attend college on a athletic scholarship.  This program will teach parents the basics of college athletics and how to package their student for the best chance at securing an athletic scholarship.

• How to Pick the Right Colleges to Contact
• How to Write a Great Cover Letter to the College Coach
• How to Create an Effective One-Page Resume
• How to Put Together an Athletic Recruiting Video
• How to Track your Communications with Colleges
• How to Structure Progress Reports to Update the College Coaches
• Attracts the college coach’s attention early in the recruiting process in order to get the athlete at the top of the coach’s recruiting list
• Provides strategies to maximize the potential athletic scholarships
• Provide strategies to pay for the balance of college expenses, if the student-athlete only receives a partial athletic scholarship

 

(Platinum Level) College Funding Program

This program is for families that don't have a plan to pay for the cost of college and need a comprehensive college funding plan in addition to a educational consultant to work with their student on finding a college that matches with their likes, interests and strengths as well as aligns with their career options.

***This is our premier service so the level of service is very extensive***

• Professionally produced “College Funding Planning Report,” which evaluates the family’s current financial situation, offers available options and strategies, and projects the amount of institutional funding that may be offered based on each school’s past awards.

• Assess students core strengths, personality, interest and values.

• Offer in-depth information regarding possible matching career options.

• Locate and evaluate potential colleges and universities that match the student's core strength's.

• How to gather the real specifics on each institution.

• How to keep your college selection options open.

• Step by step guidance on how to effectively search for the best school.

• Rules and procedures you must know.

• How to create an effective core application package.

• How and when to write your request letters.

• What to include in your application and what you must avoid.

• How to write a powerful essay.

• Tracking the progress of your applications.

• Private sector scholarship facts and myths.

• Types of scholarships that are actually available.

• Warnings to keep you from falling for a costly scholarship scam.

• Tips for locating scholarships right in your own backyard, including the top sixteen (16) sources that commonly award private sector funding.

• Specific and general private sector scholarship applications for which the student may apply.

• Acceptance and placement of private sector awards.

• Facts and myths regarding college funding.

• Top ten (10) funding tips that are a must.

• Proven timeline to keep the family on track throughout the process.

• Flow charts, newsletters, and procedural reminders to keep the family posted on the progress. 

• Telephone access to a live funding professional to answer any questions the family may have during the process.

• The workings of the process and what makes up the funding package.

• Complete listing of assets that are counted and those that are not.

• Guidance and suggestions on the positioning of assets and appropriate funding strategies to most-often enhance financial aid eligibility.

• Vital statistics on what percentage of the student’s need an institution historically offers, and what percentage of that funding is typically in the form of gift aid versus self-help aid.

• Additional insight on how to find the best educational value for your money.

• Assistance with the FAFSA.

• Assistance with the CSS/Profile financial aid application.

• Student Aid Report (SAR) evaluation.

• Completion and submission of any required Verification Forms.

• Assistance in completion of all miscellaneous funding applications that may be required by the institution (s).

• Special Circumstances and how they may apply to your family.

• Evaluation of all Award Letters (offers of funding) to determine if the amount being offered is common for a student with similar qualifications and circumstances.

• Devising and employing an appeal strategy if the funding offered is less than anticipated.

• Evaluation of all revised Award Letter (s).

• Arranging your funding offers in order.

• College’s financial aid distribution procedures and their affect.

• The fifteen (15) mistakes that must be avoided.

This service is for parents and students that have done all of the hard work of applying and getting accepted to colleges and have started receiving award letters from colleges.

This service includes the following:

• We utilize our proprietary resources to gather additional information from colleges to repackage your award offer for appeal.

• Evaluation of all Award Letters to determine if the amount being offered is common for a student with similar qualifications and circumstances.

• Devising and employing an appeal strategy if the funding offered is less than anticipated.

• Evaluation of all revised Award Letter (s).

• Arranging your funding offers in order.

• FAFSA evaluation to make sure that all mistakes are avoided and/or amended

• Student Aid Report (SAR) evaluation to ensure that all calculations are correct and match with awards letters.

• Completion and submission of any required Verification Forms.

• Assistance in completion of all miscellaneous funding applications that may be required by the institution (s).

• Special Circumstances and how they may apply to your family.

• College’s financial aid distribution procedures and their affect.

• Guidance and suggestions on the positioning of assets and appropriate funding strategies to most-often enhance financial aid eligibility for the next school year.

 

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