DIY

Lead the process yourself, with our expertise on call

For families who want to do the work on their own terms: practical tools, honest feedback and a community to ask questions, without a full consulting package.

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MEMBERSHIP

Admission Central

Your expert college counseling team, on call.

Weekly live access to Christine and the team, without the five-figure price of private counseling.

  • Weekly drop-in office hours for parents
  • Monthly office hours for students
  • A weekly newsletter, guides and session recordings
  • A community of families going through it together
  • 20% off every course, workshop and program

$88 per month

Join Admission Central

TWO READERS · ONE ESSAY

The Essay Review

Christine and Grace both read your essay and show you how it's landing. This isn't an editing service: you get a road map for revision, and the essay stays yours.

For college, transfer, graduate and private school applicants, year-round.

  • A recorded review from both readers
  • A marked-up Google Doc within three days
  • One follow-up review of your revision

$500 per essay

Limited to 20 reviews a month

Admission Central members save 20%, or $100 an essay. Join

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RESOURCES · OPENING SOON · FROM $7

Guides, workbooks and templates

Ten guides and templates, from the first campus visit to May 1 of senior year: the same tools our families use, built from 35 years of sitting beside students. Copy them into your own Google Drive and work at your own pace. Every one is included with Admission Central.

Browse the resources library

FOR JUNIORS AND SENIORS

Application Season Kit

Essay Brainstorm Guide, Essay Organizer, Résumé and the Research Spreadsheet & Application Tracker.

$43 kit · $51 separately

THE WHOLE LIBRARY

The College Resources Kit

All ten guides, from the sophomore-year timeline to the deferred and waitlisted guide.

$79 kit · $135 separately

GRADES 9 TO 11 · SENIORS · DECISIONS

Single guides

The Timeline, Common Data Set, financial aid, summer projects, visits and interviews, and the deferred and waitlisted guide.

$7 to $20 each

FREE

The Language of Admissions

Our family glossary, plus free access to GradBetter, our college research platform.

Free, available now

COMING SOON

On-demand video courses

Learn the process at your own pace, from building a balanced college list to writing a personal statement that sounds like you. Join the waitlist to hear first when courses open.

More ways to learn

LIVE OR RECORDED

Webinars

Small, interactive sessions twice a month, with just 10 participants each. Every session includes a PDF and the recording.

$75 per session

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FRIDAYS AT NOON

Drop-in office hours

A relaxed group session to ask questions, or simply listen in and learn from other families.

$50 per session · Free for Admission Central members

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BY CHRISTINE CHAPMAN-FIERZ

The book and workbook

College Isn't the Prize, Earned Confidence Is, and its companion workbook for the kitchen table.

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Want more personal support?

Explore one-on-one consulting or our group programs, or start with a Profile Review.