Our goal is to be your family’s trusted guide through high school and the college admissions process, and we recognize that success means something a little bit different to every family. We’ve helped countless students navigate the path to the best schools for them by:
Our consultants are extremely talented college students or recent graduates from universities. Since they just went through the process themselves, the latest trends in admissions are fresh on their minds. Our consultants also live on the campuses, so they understand intuitively the culture and type of applicant each school is looking for.
Well, first our hiring standards are extremely selective. We screen consultants based on resume, looking for indications of strong passion and excellent interpersonal skills. They complete several interviews and mock sessions. Then, we require them to complete an intensive writing examination.
Next, we have a rigorous training process. Before consultants interact with even a single client, they must complete several certifications in admissions knowledge, college essays, emotional management, and more.
The result is a team of highly professional college admissions experts with recent first hand experience. Best of all, our mentors are close in age to high school students, allowing them to connect on a personal level that is absolutely critical in a process that is all about developing your unique profile.
We train each consultant rigorously in the CEC Admissions Curriculum.
In high school and the admissions process, written communication is critical. From producing compelling personal essays to representing yourself accurately on the Activities List, our consultants are highly trained to further sharpen their writing chops.
At CEC, we understand intuitively that the admissions process is an emotional roller coaster — happiness, sadness, stress, and frustration abound. As such, we train our consultants to improve their EQ, empowering them to become uniquely effective mentors for high school students.
For us, the mentor-mentee relationship is everything. Making sure each student gets paired with the perfect consultant for them is of the utmost importance to us. We spend a lot of time getting to know students via questionnaires to ensure the optimal pairing is made.
Our unique model allows us to maintain very close 1-1 relationships that are backed by tens of thousands of data points. Since our network affords us the chance to work with so many students each year, we can achieve the scale required to make recommendations backed by real admissions data.