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College Planning PhD, Inc.

Student Counseling Services

Provided by the CPN Network

The approach we use to most effectively help Students make decisions about the future is to combine a Personalized Private Interview with the results of a state of the art Student Assessment tool.

• Student Assessment

• Personality profile evaluation

• Advanced search of careers, majors & studies based on specific student interests

• Innovative college search based on demographics & personalized areas of importance

• Personalized Private Student Interview – Designed By A Ph.D., An M.I.T. Graduate & Former University Professor Extremely Knowledgeable About Admissions Practices

o The interview will be conducted by a NACAC Certified Counselor – many who were previously Admission Officers at Major Universities Across the Country

o Written Report Will Be Provided To The Parent & Advisor Along With A Summary Of The Interview & Recommendations For The Student

Student Assessment takes place by providing the Student with full access to an interactive, online research and evaluation tool. The tool helps the Student to identify key interest areas, potential majors, and career options that may be a good fit and links these to a comprehensive database of national colleges and universities. We evaluated several other online research and assessment tools and found the one we offer to be extremely accurate, informative, and useful. It is backed by extensive research, was developed and is licensed to us by the organization that administers the ACT.

The Personalized Private Student Interview is our opportunity to focus on the Student. This is a mentoring/counseling/coaching session in which the Interviewer will determine where the Student is in his or her thinking about colleges, majors, and careers. The Student’s Assessment results are reviewed with the Student during the interview. During the interview, the Student is encouraged to become engaged in the decision-making process, and is provided with information and resources that will help the Student make these important decisions.

After the interview, the Student, Parents, and Financial Advisor are provided with a written document that summarizes the Interview and makes personalized recommendations. Students and Parents are encouraged to continue communication with the Interviewer throughout the Student’s decision-making process.

We believe very strongly that it is not in a Student’s best interests, nor ethically appropriate, to provide Students or Parents with a list of schools to which a Student “should” apply, and this will not be done. We will encourage Students to investigate majors and careers that we determine may be of interest and that may utilize current abilities and skills. However, we believe that limiting a Student’s self-perception of his or her potential by rigidly defining a future career area for the Student is not helpful, and this will not be done.