COLLEGE ADMISSIONS CONSULTING
The Right Guidance Can Change What Comes Next
College admissions brings important decisions and competing priorities. We help you understand what matters and move forward with clarity.
Clarity Is What We Bring.
We start with the student. Then we bring the pieces together, keep the process on track, and help you navigate what comes next with confidence.
Knowing What Matters Is the Hard Part.
Families have more college admissions information and tools than ever. We help you understand what matters for your student and set the right priorities.
Insight
Understand what matters and make informed decisions.
Coordination
Keep priorities, decisions, deadlines, and work connected.
Progress
Turn decisions into clear next steps and keep the process moving.
Ways We Can Support Your College Journey
College & Academic Strategy
Make informed choices about academics, testing, timing, and college planning.
College Research, Fit & List
Find colleges and programs that fit your student’s goals, priorities, and circumstances.
Student Profile & Activities
Make thoughtful choices about activities and present your student’s experiences authentically.
Essays & Application Story
Develop authentic, effective essays and a coherent application story.
Application Strategy & Execution
Build a sound application strategy and keep workload, review, and submissions on track.
Decisions & Next Steps
Navigate interviews, updates, waitlists, admissions decisions, and final college choices.
College Consulting That Fits Your Needs
College Flex 5
Expertise Where You Need It Most.
5 Consulting Hours · $2,500
When you need expertise for a focused need or priority.
College Flex 10
Expertise for the Priorities You Choose.
10 Consulting Hours · $4,800
When your needs require greater depth or involve more than one priority.
College Core
A Connected Approach to Your College Journey.
20 Consulting Hours · Contact Us
When you want more structure across your college journey.
College Plus
An Immersive Approach to Your College Journey.
35 Consulting Hours · Contact Us
When you need clarity about what matters, how to decide, and when to act.
College Flex
Put expertise where it matters to you.
Whether it’s an essay, a college list, or even figuring out your priorities, we can shape our work around your needs.
Ways You Can Use College Flex
✓ College-list strategy
✓ Essay development & review
✓ Application planning
✓ Activities & profile work
✓ Interview preparation
✓ And more
College Flex 5
5 Consulting Hours · $2,500
When your need is a focused priority
College Flex 10
10 Consulting Hours · $4,800
When your need is multiple priorities
College Core
A Connected Approach to Your College Journey.
Your college journey has many moving pieces. We keep the bigger picture in view, connect what matters, and adapt with you as things change.
✓ Understand the Big Picture
See how academics, testing, activities, college choices, and applications fit together for your student.
✓ Decide What Matters
Focus on the college list, essays, applications, and other priorities that deserve attention now.
✓ Coordinate the Moving Pieces
Keep strategy, deadlines, applications, and decisions connected as the process unfolds.
✓ Act With Purpose
Turn decisions into clear next steps and keep important work moving.
College Plus
An Immersive Approach to Your College Journey.
We bring context, perspective, and expertise to help you understand what matters, think through important decisions, and turn them into action.
✓ Understand What Matters
Bring your student’s goals, circumstances, choices, and active work together to understand what deserves attention.
✓ Think Through Important Decisions
Use context, perspective, and tradeoffs to make better-informed choices.
✓ Turn Decisions Into Action
Connect decisions to essays, applications, deadlines, and other work that needs to happen.
✓ Know When to Act
Recognize when opportunities, changing circumstances, deadlines, or decisions call for attention.
What Families Experience
Colleges Our Students Have Been Accepted To
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Brown University
• Duke University
• University of Michigan
• Georgia Tech
• Swarthmore College
• Duquesne University
• Clemson University
• University of Pittsburgh
• University of Pennsylvania
• Johns Hopkins University
• University of Virginia
• Boston University
• NYU
• Northwestern University
• UCLA
• Columbia University
• Penn State Honors
• Cornell University
• Emory University
• UNC–Chapel Hill
• University of Richmond
• Santa Clara University
• Tufts University
How Consulting Hours Work
Consulting Hours are time spent working directly with your Pittsburgh Prep consultant.
Professional work needed to support your consulting, such as preparation, research, review, feedback, and planning, is included and does not reduce your Consulting Hours.
Whether you choose Flex, Core, or Plus, your Consulting Hours mean the same thing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to common questions about College Consulting at Pittsburgh Prep.
Can I get help only with an essay or college list?
Yes. Flex can be shaped around focused needs, multiple priorities, or even figuring out what deserves attention.
When should a student start college consulting?
Earlier runway can help, but there is no rigid grade requirement; later targeted support can still create value.
How can Pittsburgh Prep help with essays, college lists, applications, and deadlines?
We start by understanding the student, then help students and families understand what matters, make informed choices, and keep important work moving. Depending on the engagement, that can include building a college list, developing authentic essays, planning application strategy, managing deadlines, reviewing applications, and preparing for submission.
How do I know whether College Flex, Core, or Plus is right for us?
The right fit depends on how you want Pittsburgh Prep involved, not simply how many Consulting Hours you need. College Flex lets you focus our expertise on selected needs and priorities. College Core provides more structure across your college journey. College Plus provides a more immersive relationship when you need clarity about what matters, how to decide, and when to act.
Can College Flex help if I'm not sure what I need?
Yes. You don’t need to have everything figured out before starting College Flex. If one of your priorities is determining what deserves attention, we can use professional time to help you work through that too.
How do Consulting Hours work?
What if I need more consulting time later?
You can purchase more Consulting Hours if your needs grow. If the way you need Pittsburgh Prep to work with you also changes, we can help you determine whether a different College Consulting approach would be a better fit.
How do I get pricing for College Core or College Plus?
Contact us to discuss your student’s needs. We’ll help you understand which approach may fit and provide the relevant options and pricing.
