Projects, presentations, and consulting work
Options for College is a high-quality vendor of consulting services, presentations, workshops, and seminars. From 2007-2009, Options for College trained over 150 counselors in the United States and abroad, and performed dozens of talks and workshops. In 2009, Options for College has already presented at the Irvington Public Library, Marist High School (with the Archdiocese of Newark), the Rudolf Steiner School, as well as begun developing curriculum and instructional models for the Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University. Other professional activities in the realm of consulting will be listed soon. Past activities include:
2008 Talks and Programs
Bespoke Education at the Yale Club of NYC: College admissions and testing
Merrill Lynch Parent Network: Where should I apply, and how: a look at the college admissions process
NYU Family Life Center: Get Ready for the College Search: The Next Steps in the College Admissions Process
Young Presidents Organization: Finding the Right Fit: Choosing the College That Suits You Best
Training and consultation
The Princeton Review, India (Delhi, India)
Christian Unified Schools of San Diego (El Cajon, CA)
The Yeshiva University High School for Boys (New York, NY)
The Rudolf Steiner School (New York, NY)
School Choice International (White Plains, NY)
Princeton Review, Delhi, India
With a stated goal to define itself by the quality of the college and graduate school placement and admissions advice provided in northwest India, the Princeton Review/Manya Group of Delhi, India, contracted Options for College to train its 90-person staff in two areas: a) how to provide advice on selecting US universities to its more than 1000 clients, and; b) how to work with student applications in order to improve the success rate of its students. Options for College provided more than 50 hours of in-person training seminars along with support materials of exemplary student work and organizational resources. TPR India and Options for College continued their relationship into 2008, and are quoted on the testimonials page.
Christian Unified Schools of San Diego
Options for College provided remote training to the resident college guidance staff at Christian High School in Ej Cajon. Training included focused looks at the organization, outreach, and counseling roles of a resident guidance staff. OFC provided three day-long sessions of training, helped shaped the college guidance schedule and procedures, and contributed to creating school reports and guidance materials to serve the district.
The Yeshiva University High School for Boys
As the YUHSB college guidance office transitioned in terms of staff and organization, Options for College was brought in to define the goals of the college guidance office's priorities, practices, and work with students. OFC conducted weekly meetings with the staff at YUHSB, as well as small group meetings with the students and monthly schoolwide presentations on the college admissions process. OFC also developed the student resource book that is distributed to each college-bound senior.
The Rudolf Steiner School
When the Rudolf Steiner School faced a difficult mid-year vacancy in its college guidance office, it called OFC in order to provide weekly, on-site services in order that its seniors received the college advice they deserved. OFC helped students with everything from applications to college selection to planning visits, working both on-site and via e-mail to make sure that students applied on time, and as effectively as possible, to the right match of schools.
School Choice International
SCI worked with OFC students from as far away as England and Hong Kong to provide seminars to students who were on tours of American universities from overseas. These seminars frequently helped students make sense of the differences and similarities among the schools they had just visited, and gave them solid first steps towards making applications to those schools that they felt were the best matches.
Contact us
Please call Options for College at 646-378-7863 to discuss what your organization might need in terms of trainings, seminars, presentations, and materials. You can also e-mail us at info@optionsforcollege.com with a detailed description.