College Admissions Made Easy
No scandals. No shortcuts. Just long term victory and good ol’ fashioned AWESOMEness.
College Planning with BrainStorm is the best investment you’ll ever make!
Admissions Boot Camps
Summer and fall mini-camps for high school students, featuring BrainStorm CEO and Chief Brainiac, Scott Doty.
Private Consulting
Comprehensive, customized, fun, drama-free, and calibrated to the family’s aspirations and the student’s capabilities.
BrainStorm Exclusive:
RightSchoolTM system for creating outstanding matches for the student!
BrainStorm’s College Planning Experts Will:
Assess the student’s probability of admission at various colleges.
Analyze goals and desires in order to recommend good school matches.
Create strategies around college application timing to maximize success.
Coach the student through the college essay writing process.
Assist with college applications and interview prep.
Provide constant encouragement and support.
Ideal Match Guarantee
If the tutor we match with your student isn’t an ideal fit, we’ll send a new mentor your way for a FREE first session!
Christmas Guarantee
If you begin College Planning with us before July 1 after junior year, you will be into college by Christmas morning!
The Wonderful Dilemma:
If you begin with us before July 1 following junior year and follow through on our suggestions, chances are extremely high that you will have the ideal problem of both admission to one of your top few schools AND admission with significant merit scholarship to one of your safeties. Then which of the options will you choose?
As our client, be aware that our goal is to create this lovely dilemma for you!
Private College Consulting Packages:
4-Hour Package
With this college planning package, families and/or students work with one of BrainStorm’s college admissions experts for a total of four hours. Additional hours can be purchased individually as needed.
Use the four hours to focus on any area of the admissions process that suits your needs – college planning at BrainStorm is completely customized! Get help with discovery (finding the right schools), strategy (deciding when to apply and where), essays, applications, interview prep, and more!
College consulting is done in-person and remotely, and in whatever format you prefer.
Remote consulting includes phone calls, texts, emails, research, and essay editing.
4-Hour SAC Package
Designed for students with learning disabilities or special learning needs, the 4-Hour SAC Package includes research, correspondence, advocacy coaching, documentation advising, and other elements of the application process.
Unlimited Package
The Unlimited Package is the complete solution in the quest for the coveted acceptance letter from your number one reach school. With this package, families and/or students have unlimited hours with one of BrainStorm’s college admissions experts.
Students receive guidance through all phases of the admissions process, from discovery to applications for up to twelve schools. Like all tutoring at BrainStorm, the Unlimited Package comes with our Perfect Match guarantee.
The Unlimited Package does not include specialized career counseling, customized financial advising, or above-and-beyond research and application efforts for scholarships. All of these services can be purchased for an additional fee.
SAC Unlimited Package
Designed for students with disabilities or special learning needs, the Unlimited SAC Pacakge includes research, correspondence, advocacy coaching, documentation advising, and other elements of the application process.
All In Package
The “All In” Package includes an Unlimited Package + Customized Financial Advising & Specialized Career Counseling.
Specialized Career Counseling
Specialized Career Counseling may include Meyers-Briggs, PLACE, and other profiling mechanisms as suggested by our career counselors.
Customized Financial Advising
Customized Financial Advising includes the following: a full assessment of the family’s financial obligations, assets, and investments; advising regarding budget, allocations, and specialized financial instruments for college expenses; and coaching through the FAFSA and CSS Profile execution. The family is permitted voluntarily to elect further work with the Financial Advisor for additional fees.
BrainStorm Exclusive:
All College Planning clients have access to Scott’s exclusive webinars, seminars, & videos.
Unlimited Packakge College Planning Clients enjoy almost $700 in discounts on other BrainStorm services.
College Admissions Boot Camps:
Summer Bootcamp
Focus on step-by-step completion of the Common App and the brainstorming, drafting, and editing of the Common App essay.
Fall Bootcamp
Focus on step-by-step completion of the Common App and the brainstorming, drafting, and editing of the Common App essay. Knock out those early apps in one big weekend!
BrainStorm Exclusive:
During each Admissions Boot Camp, we sponsor socioeconomically disadavantaged students from the Bergen County area for free College Planning.
Because we care. We really do.
Our Team:
All BrainStorm College Advisors & Coaches have at least 5 years with BrainStorm, and/or have degrees in relevant fields, and/or hold college advising certifications at the state or national level. Most have Master’s degrees and years of experience in the field.
Additionally, each one is BrainStorm Certified for professionalism, competence, & emotional intelligence AND is trained personally by BrainStorm’s founder & Chief Brainiac, Scott Doty.
College Planning is another extension of BrainStorm’s mission to create outstanding life opportunities for our students and their families.
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