As a former television journalist, I have a unique perspective on how to develop and create a compelling story. Through creative and strategic educational and extracurricular decisions in addition to crafting unique application essays and video introductions, I've helped students get into Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, UPenn, Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell, Duke, Grinnell, The University of Texas Austin Health Science Honors Program, Texas A&M and more. I would love to help your student do the same.
Areas of Expertise
Educational Strategist
For the past five years, Charmaine has been helping students with course selection, extracurricular activities, and summer internships to be able to position themselves as a one-of-a-kind applicant to admissions officers. Her students have been admitted to top Ivy Leage institutions and other highly ranked universities. She can help you too.
Crafting Creative Essays and Videos
At top-tier colleges, many of the candidates are already excellent students who have stellar grades, test scores, and extracurricular activities, so essays provide an additional way to differentiate candidates and understand their entire profiles and personalities. As a result, essays are extremely important at these schools, even for those with stellar academics.
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However, because many schools have gone test-optional or test-blind, this breakdown has shifted slightly. In these cases, test scores no longer contribute for 15% of the total, implying that other aspects of your application, such as essays, are given even more weight and consideration.
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You may be shocked to learn that essays are so significant, but keep in mind that there are at least four academically prepared candidates for every open slot at elite colleges. Admissions authorities need the essays to assess an applicant. Essays are your one and only chance to express yourself, your unique experiences, and your point of view.
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This category is Charmaine's favorite. She is an award winning journlaist that can help position your applciation. She will bring all the pieces of the applciation together with amazing essays that admissions counselors want to read and to showcase a student they will ultimately want to admit!
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Building Unique Extracurriculars
Your participation in high school extracurricular activities can provide you a competitive advantage when applying to colleges. Choosing the right ones that have a huge impact are imperative. These activities will demonstrate your uniqueness beyond your transcripts and exam results, as well as your leadership abilities and willingness to serve your community. Some summer internships and activities are competitive. Charmaine can help craft your resume and essays to give you the best chance of being selected.
My Approach
Hiring an award-winning television journalist as a college consultant can provide many advantages to prospective college students. Charmaine brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in research, creative communication, and critical analysis that can help students navigate the complex and often overwhelming college application process. She is passionate about education and helping students succeed. Her goal is to increase their chances of being accepted to the college of their dreams and set themselves up for a bright and successful future.
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She started the process of college consulting five years ago, first with her own two children, who are now attending Harvard and Grinnell. She has since branched out to help other students. I learned that most high school counselors have way too many students to be able to focus on the college applciation process, nor is that their area of expertise. Charmaine says "I had to become my own expert but I knew that I had the background and skill set to be able to help my son and daughter create a winning combination of coursework, extracurriculars and essays to help get them into top schools. They both were very successful with multiple Ivy Leage and selective college acceptances. Now, I want to take my knowledge and share it with you." Coming up with a college plan early on at the start of high school is intensive and time consuming and takes a lot of thought and planning, but well-worth all the effort.
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Charmaine's Education Evolution starts with a solid course planning session, followed by a blueprint for unique and impactful extracurricular activities. These two programs will build upon each other tying the entire applciation all together with an outstanding personal essay and supplemental essays that will bring your entire college presentation full-circle.
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Charmaine works in hourly sessions and will give you tools and guidance as often as you need it. Check out her growing list of videos for helpful tips and tricks along the way. Book your first 30-minute complimatary session with Education Evolution now.
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