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Admissions Essay & Interview Coaching!
Craft compelling narratives that captivate admissions committees.
Receive guidance on essay structure, content, and style to create impactful admissions essays.
Navigating the admissions process for middle school, high school, and college can be a challenging yet pivotal moment for students and their families. Our school admissions prep support is meticulously crafted to ease this journey, offering comprehensive assistance that enhances the chances of securing admission to the ideal educational institution. Our expert team, comprising seasoned educators and admissions specialists, understands the unique requirements and expectations of middle and high schools. We guide students through every step of the process, from crafting compelling personal statements and admissions essays to honing interview skills. Our tailored approach is designed to highlight each student's strengths, achievements, and aspirations, ensuring they present their best selves to admissions committees.
At the core of our school admissions prep support is a commitment to fostering academic success and personal growth. We recognize that middle school, high school, and college admissions lay the foundation for a student's future educational and professional endeavors. Through our program, students not only receive guidance on the technical aspects of the application process but also gain essential skills such as effective communication, self-presentation, and goal-setting. By empowering students to navigate the admissions landscape with confidence and resilience, we aim to set them on a trajectory for success in their academic pursuits and beyond.
Develop confidence and articulate your aspirations effectively during interviews.
Master the art of answering questions and showcasing your true potential with our interview preparation expertise.
effective communication, self-presentation, and goal-setting.
Through our program, students not only receive guidance on the technical aspects
of the application process, but also gain essential skills such as –
Through our program, students not only receive guidance on the technical aspects of the application process, but also gain essential skills such as –
Essay Advisor & Admissions Coach
Sarah nolan
MEET Our Admissions Expert
Sara, a personal essay writing coach with nearly two decades of experience, graduated with honors from Brown University in 2001 (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and earned her MFA in Writing & Poetics from Naropa University in 2009. Since then, she has passionately engaged in teaching, editing, and writing. Sara guides students from 6th grade and beyond to optimize their college admissions essays, emphasizing intelligence, insights, creativity, and relevance, Beyond academia, Sara finds joy in simple pleasures like a skillet with butter and garlic, viewing the world through a baby's eyes, and exploring works by James Baldwin on the On Being & Call Your Girlfriend Podcast.
Alongside teaching writing, critical reading, and grammar, Sara collaborates with NYC nonprofits like The TEAK Fellowship and JPMC The Fellowship Initiative to promote higher education access through impactful writing. Her students not only gain academic advantages but also acquire enduring skills for life enrichment. As a college-essay coach at JPMorgan Chase's The Fellowship Initiative and an editing consultant at Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO), Sara has been instrumental in guiding students to secure admissions to their top-choice schools, earning over 8.4 million dollars in scholarships collectively.
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interview tips & sample questions
The interview begins when you walk into the room, before you even sit down. Walk in with purpose, smile and make eye contact, and shake hands firmly.
Spend some time reviewing the materials on each school with which you will be interviewing and think about why that school would be a good fit for you. Look at school websites, Inside Schools, and the DOE Directory.
Think about what story you can tell about yourself that highlights your strengths and makes you stand out. Stories are always more compelling than a list of accomplishments.
Practice, practice, practice!
Review commonly asked questions and think about how you might answer them. Have an adult who is not a parent ask you the questions! If you are not sure how you want to answer the question, it is okay to pause! Give yourself time by saying “That’s a really interesting question…I’ve never thought about that before.”
In group interviews, make sure you get some air time. If the other person is monopolizing the interview, use something they said to segue into something about you, e.g., “It’s so interesting you mentioned that book – I am reading something very similar in my English class and it…”
Be yourself! The people running these interviews are there to get to know you, and they want candidates who have a strong sense of self.
The key to a good INTERVIEW is as simple as 1, 2, 3!
Eye contact | Firm hand shake | Preparation
Eye contact | Firm hand shake |
Preparation
Why do you think this school would be a good fit for you?
What is your admissions essay about?
What is your writing sample about?
What is something that is challenging for you?
What are you studying in school?
What are your favorite subjects and why?
What are your favorite things to do outside of school?
What is your favorite book and why?
Who do you admire?
What are you most proud of?
How would your family and friends describe you?
If you came to this school what elective would you create? (Note that your child should be sure to know what electives are ALREADY at the school.)
If you came to this school what club would you create? (Note that your child should be sure to know what clubs are ALREADY at the school.)
What questions do you have for us? (Your child should have at least 2 questions ready that are NOT already answered by the website or promotional materials.)
Questions designed to see how you think, and whether you can think creatively:
If you could be one animal what would it be and why?
If you could be one ice cream flavor what would it be and why?
If you could have one superpower what would it be and why?
If you could change one thing about the world, what would you change and why? How?
Why are manhole covers round?
How would you test a calculator?
Below are SAMPLE interview questions, based on an informal survey of past NYC public middle school and high school admissions experiences.
Standard questions:
Preparing strong compositions for the official portfolio.
Students will be asked to complete observational drawing assignments daily using a variety of media. Class critiques and feedback will be conducted weekly.
The first class will focus on identifying and using the elements and principles of art.
Portfolio Prep consists of three main parts:
After the initial meeting, a typical class would run as follows:
- Observational warm up (5-10 minutes)
- Studio time and homework feedback
- Gallery walk/class critique (5-10 minutes)
- Observational warm up (5-10 minutes)
- Studio time and homework feedback (30-40 minutes)
- Gallery walk/class critique (5-10 minutes)
Learning the elements and principles of art
Mastering observation and other foundational skills
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Ron Mandal
A self-portrait in graphite
(focus on proportion, value, & texture)
A complex still life in graphite
(focus on space, composition,
proportion, value, & texture)
A figure drawing in graphite
(focus on proportion, shape, composition,
space, line, & value)
A fantastical sandwich
(focus on creativity, color, texture,
composition, & perspective)
A pointillism still life in marker or oil pastel (focus on color, texture, & perspective)
A two-point perspective landscape in watercolor or ink wash (color, line, proportion, detail)
An abstracted study of a close-up object using pen & ink (line, texture, value, repetition)
A creative piece of their choosing.
A self-portrait in graphite
(focus on proportion, value, & texture)
A complex still life in graphite
(focus on space, composition, proportion, value, & texture)
A figure drawing in graphite
(focus on proportion, shape, composition, space, line, & value)
A fantastical sandwich
(focus on creativity, color, texture,
composition, & perspective)
A pointillism still life in marker or oil pastel (focus on color, texture,
& perspective)
A two-point perspective landscape in watercolor or ink wash
(color, line, proportion, detail)
An abstracted study of a close-up object using pen & ink
(line, texture, value, repetition)
A creative piece of their choosing.
pencils | markers | pens | paper | oil pastels | watercolors | brushes
By the end of the course, students will have the following works completed:
Recommended materials:
PORTFOLIO Work from previous students
Is your child wanting to build their art portfolio? Let us help!
Pieces by Samiha Rashid & Ron Mandal
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Seventh graders applying for high school this fall will now have access to talented musicians, artists, dancers, actors, and singers to help them prepare auditions to performing arts schools such as LaGuardia High School, Frank Sinatra, and more!
LaGuardia High School, the 9th specialized school, holds auditions for talented students city-wide in the fall of 8th grade. Many students choose to begin preparing for these auditions as early as spring of 7th grade. LaGuardia adjusted their admissions rubric last year to place significantly more emphasis on audition results in their admissions process.
LaGuardia holds auditions in the following areas: Dance, Drama, Fine Arts, Instrumental Music, Technical Theater and Vocal Music. Students may apply to as many areas as they would like within the school.
Seventh graders applying for high school this fall will now have access to talented musicians, artists, dancers, actors, and singers to help them prepare auditions to performing arts schools such as LaGuardia High School, Frank Sinatra, and more!
LaGuardia High School, the 9th specialized school, holds auditions for talented students city-wide in the fall of 8th grade. Many students choose to begin preparing for these auditions as early as spring of 7th grade. LaGuardia adjusted their admissions rubric last year to place significantly more emphasis on audition results in their admissions process.
LaGuardia holds auditions in the following areas: Dance, Drama, Fine Arts, Instrumental Music, Technical Theater and Vocal Music. Students may apply to as many areas as they would like within the school.
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