Services

1. Parent College Boot Camps via Zoom

NEXT SESSION BEGINS Spring, 2025!

Boot Camps are for parents of Sophomores or Juniors who are just getting started and looking for an overview of the college application process. Bootcamps will also help parents who feel overwhelmed by the process, and provide a supportive forum each week for parents to discuss relevant topics of interest and share concerns. Each session will provide parents with a reading list and other hand outs that will help them support their student's application process.

These are small groups -- no more than 5 parents in each Bootcamp -- who will meet via Zoom once a week for 3 weeks to discuss topics such as:

Putting together a great college list and choosing the right college

Avoiding the tyranny of the ranking system

The importance of internships and how to find them

How the financial aid process works

How your student can find scholarships and best position themselves for merit aid

A fourth meeting is a private advising session for each participant and their student. These sessions will be via Zoom and scheduled separately to accommodate parent and student schedules.

Price: $300

Spring 2025 Schedule - COMING SOON!

If you already have a group of 5 parents who want to meet for a Bootcamp, a private Bootcamp can be scheduled by contacting me at the tab above.

FOR QUESTIONS AND TO REGISTER:

Please go to the CONTACT ME tab above to submit your questions. If you are ready to register, choose the session you would like to attend and I will send you more detailed information on the Bootcamps and an invoice.

2. Individual Advising Sessions for Students and Parents

For students in grades 10-12, with or without parents, individual sessions may be scheduled directly. Each session is for one hour.

An initial 30-minute consultation session with the student and a parent will be for the family and advisor to get to know each other, go over goals and determine whether to engage in future college advising sessions. This initial session will be at no-cost.

Services Include

Information on summer opportunities and internships for specific career interests

Help with interview preparation (including mock interviews)

Feedback on correspondence and essays

Suggested college list based on student preferences, interests, academic record and financial aid needs

General guidance on scholarships and other financial aid issues

General guidance on completing the Common App and FAFSA

Price:

Initial 30-minute consultation, no-cost

Subsequent sessions: $300/ hour

Packages of at least 4 sessions, $225/hour

*For more information, or to request a no-cost, 30-minute consultation, please go to the Contact Me tab above.

3. Junior Package

September - June of Junior Year

Services Include

Individual advising sessions, and email, text and phone consultation as needed

Guidance on finding and applying for a summer internship that both helps the student to decide on a career path and enhances their college application

Interactive practice in interviewing for internships, scholarships and college admissions

Assistance in identifying the student's needs, preferences, skills, and motivations, leading to a to list of good-fit colleges

Assistance in identifying those colleges where the student will thrive and develop skills to become a successful and happy adult

Guidance on finding and applying for relevant scholarships

Guidance on making the most out of a college campus visit

Brainstorming college essay topics that will highlight the student's special qualities and get them noticed

Assistance in general grammatical editing of draft essays and feedback on all drafts

Parent info sessions as needed

Student Outcomes Expected

Participate in an internship or enrichment activity that is a capstone to the student's high school experience

Conduct the college application process as self-exploration, so that the student is mindful and deliberate when putting together their college list

Develop a list of good-fit colleges specific to the student, where opportunities provided by the colleges would fit the needs of the student and maximize their chances for success, and where the student has a good chance of being admitted and, if desired, a good chance of receiving a scholarship or need-based aid

Craft a well-written and interesting essay that helps the student stand out, showing the college who the student is and why the college would want them on campus.

Develop solid interview skills for college admissions, summer internships or scholarship applications

Price: $3,000

*For more information, or to request a no-cost, 30-minute consultation, please go to the Contact Me tab above.

4. Senior Package

June before Senior year to graduation

Services Include

Individual advising sessions, and text, email and phone consultation as needed

Brainstorming college essay topics; assistance with editing for grammar and usage

Assistance with fine-tuning college list, including suggestions for late additions

Advice on fall college visits, including overnight programs

Support in maintaining application schedule

Advice on identifying and applying to relevant merit scholarships

Guidance on applying Early Decision and Early Action, versus Regular Decision, to specific colleges

Guidance on making the final decision to accept an offer of admission

Guidance on making the most of your college experience from day 1!

Review of college applications and essays

Student Outcomes Expected

Develop a list of good-fit colleges where the student feels they will thrive

Write well-crafted college essays that showcase student's unique personality and talents

Submit applications to colleges in a timely fashion, paying attention to deadlines

Submit FAFSA in the fall of Senior Year

Be aware of specific scholarship deadlines and apply early

Once the student has committed to a college, develop a game plan for college success to be ready by Day 1 to take advantage of what the college has to offer

Price: $3,000

*For more information, or to request a 30-minute, no-cost consultation, please go to the Contact Me tab above.

3. Full-Service College Package

Fall of Junior Year - Graduation

Services and Outcomes

Combination of both packages. See above for details.

Price: $5,000

*For more information, or to request a 30-minute, no-cost consultation, please go to the Contact Me tab above.

Eileen Kropf - A Global Perspective on College Advising

Having managed the College and Career Center at one of the nation's top STEM high schools, worked in US Embassies overseas as a Foreign Service Officer, and directed study abroad programs, I bring a unique set of skills and experience to advising high school students embarking on the college journey.

I work with students individually to help them identify their passions and talents, and find a college that gives them the best possible launch into adulthood. I do this through one-on-one advising sessions with students, as individual meetings or as part of a package that spans the Junior and/or Senior Years.

I also work with parents to help them understand the many choices out there and how they can help their student navigate the college application process. I do this through individual sessions with parents as needed, as well as through 4-week long parent "Boot Camps."

Please contact me to learn more about my services, including:

Individual advising sessions for students
Junior and Senior advising packages
Parent Boot Camps

SERVICES

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1. Parent College Boot Camps via Zoom

​

NEXT SESSION BEGINS Spring, 2025!

​

​​

These are small groups -- no more than 5 parents in each Bootcamp -- who will meet via Zoom once a week for 3 weeks to discuss topics such as:

​

Putting together a great college list and choosing the right college

​​

Avoiding the tyranny of the ranking system

​​

The importance of internships and how to find them

​

​How the financial aid process works

​​

How your student can find scholarships and best position themselves for merit aid

​

A fourth meeting is a private advising session for each participant and their student. These sessions will be via Zoom and scheduled separately to accommodate parent and student schedules.

​

Price: $300

Spring 2025 Schedule - COMING SOON!

​​

If you already have a group of 5 parents who want to meet for a Bootcamp, a private Bootcamp can be scheduled by contacting me at the tab above.

​

​

FOR QUESTIONS AND TO REGISTER:

​

Please go to the CONTACT ME tab above to submit your questions. If you are ready to register, choose the session you would like to attend and I will send you more detailed information on the Bootcamps and an invoice.

​

​

2. Individual Advising Sessions for Students and Parents

​​

For students in grades 10-12, with or without parents, individual sessions may be scheduled directly. Each session is for one hour.

​​

An initial 30-minute consultation session with the student and a parent will be for the family and advisor to get to know each other, go over goals and determine whether to engage in future college advising sessions. This initial session will be at no-cost.

​​

Services Include

​​

Information on summer opportunities and internships for specific career interests

​​​

Help with interview preparation (including mock interviews)

​​

Feedback on correspondence and essays

​​

Suggested college list based on student preferences, interests, academic record and financial aid needs

​

General guidance on scholarships and other financial aid issues

​

General guidance on completing the Common App and FAFSA

​​

​​

Price:

​​

Initial 30-minute consultation, no-cost

Subsequent sessions: $300/ hour

Packages of at least 4 sessions, $225/hour

​​

​​

*For more information, or to request a no-cost, 30-minute consultation, please go to the Contact Me tab above.

​​​

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3. Junior Package

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​September - June of Junior Year

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Services Include

Individual advising sessions, and email, text and phone consultation as needed

​​

Guidance on finding and applying for a summer internship that both helps the student to decide on a career path and enhances their college application

​​

Interactive practice in interviewing for internships, scholarships and college admissions

​​

Assistance in identifying the student's needs, preferences, skills, and motivations, leading to a to list of good-fit colleges

​​

Assistance in identifying those colleges where the student will thrive and develop skills to become a successful and happy adult

​​

Guidance on finding and applying for relevant scholarships

How the financial aid process works

September - June of Junior Year