Fees

Even though I'm the counselor of a school, I also help applicants as an independent educational consultant (no conflict of interests). I look for an excellent match between applicant and university, and in the absolute benefit of both. I have many friends in college admissions, and I respect them, so I only recommend applicants to them that will be good students or contributors. Likewise, I recommend my applicants only colleges where they will be productive and happy. It's all about the match, a two-way street, not just brand-names or a supposed prestige!

Starting at any time from when they enter high-school up until their senior year, I help a handful of college applicants, guiding them in their academic and extra-curricular life until they become succesful college students. Having only a handful of students allows me to provide the necessary dedication that applicants need to go through this hectic and stressfull process. To choose the applicants that I will invest my time in, I evaluate English proficiency, academic record, non-academic record, and family background.

My fees are payable only in USD, with special discount rates for multiple applicants or other reasonable causes.

Through as much time as we need (personal sessions and phone/internet), my help includes step-by-step guidance on how to construct a rich life and a rich resume that will be well looked upon by colleges and universities. I do everything from motivating students academically and recommending extra-curriculars, summer courses, and activities, to guidance on: SAT and TOEFL preparation, career selection (based on talents and passions), college selection, interviews, correspondence, recommendation letters, student transcripts, legalizations, translations, US embassy procedures, and more. I also guide you on what NOT to do. Together, we fill in the baffling application forms. Most important of all, I help you show the universities who you really are, through the essays.

I'm known as the King of Essays because no one can guide Venezuelan or other Latin-American applicants better in essay writing. I help bring out the "communicator" in applicants. Together, we choose the topic, set the structure, go through the drafts, revise, and grammar check to make sure that your essays fully communicate your ideas and feelings in a clear and memorable way. I know how university admissions departments think and what they really expect from an essay (it's not what you think it is), and it is very different from what a mere English teacher or your English-speaking uncle will tell you.

I am an accredited College Admissions Counselor, member of the National Association for College Admission Counseling and the Independent Educational Consultants Association. I also visit college campuses on a regular basis and I attend all major educational conferences to be in the forefront of college admission trends. I am not a consulting firm, so I will help you personally. It is your life, your future and a huge college investment. Don't ruin it by getting the wrong advice.

The standard flat fee is $5000. I charge not per application (suggested number is 8), but for providing an applicant a spot among my 10 individual applicants (maximum), and making sure he/she get's in to a college that will lead them to a fine professional life.

NOTE: For price comparison, high-level independent counselors such as Katherine Cohen and Michelle Hernandez charge around $30.000 per student. What I offer my students is MORE PERSONAL and MUCH cheaper! Oh, and so far, I have a 100% success rate to students' target universities. I get them into the best universities that their grades, test scores, and personality will allow, and sometimes even more. When students follow my advice, they get in.

For graduate students, I only offer essay assistance. I do not offer the full assistance package to graduate students because my guidance specialty is in undergraduate studies. However, in essays, no one can do it better. So if you're a graduate applicant and you're only interested in having my opinion on your essays, feel free to contact me.

For those students that only require choosing, creating, strengthening and/or correcting their essays to meet the standards of admissions committees, the fee per essays are: up to 500 words ($300), 501 to 800 words ($400), 801 to 1500 words ($500), 1500 to 2000 ($600). For price comparison, please compare to www.essaysolutions.com or any other essay revising service.

This is for those students that will do their own applications, but need help in getting started. I will study students' profiles, including vocational analyses to see if their profiles match their aspirations. I will suggest colleges that make good matches for them. I will also provide the steps to watch out for, the dates, and the insider tips that only experienced counselors know. I will give them a class on what admissions offices really want to hear when they ask those strange essay questions. In all, I will talk to them like a close friend, letting them know the "DO's and DONT's" of the college application process and answering all their questions. My mission is to get them enthusiastically jump-started and save them a lot of time and stress. The fee for this package is $1000.

For English preparation, I work together with History Major and Certified ESL teacher Chelsea Olson. She prepares my future college applicants in standard American English, so they may reach the adequate level to be competitive.

Payments for college applicants (undergraduates and graduates) may be in two parts if necessary, one at the beginning of the application process and the other near the end. For tutored students, it is at the beginning of the school year. Payments are by check, transfer or deposit to a US bank account.

SOME FRIENDS I HAVE HELPED OVER THE YEARS IN APPLICATIONS, ESSAYS AND OTHERS

SAUL LUSTGARTEN, Gabriela Apeloig, Deborah Apeloig, Daniela Apeloig, Sylvia Apeloig, Luisa Arnal, Felipe Arreaza, Bernardo Asuaje, Hilel Azerraf, Carlos Bacalao, Carlos Baiz, Francisco Baiz, Maayan Barashi, Nimrod Barashi, Meyrav Barak, Sheryl Bassan, Andres Beker, Esther Benayoun, Salvador Bentolila, Alegría Beracasa, Gabriela Beracha, Vivian Birnbaum, Harry Birnbaum, Daniela Birnbaum, Vanessa Birnbaum, Nicole Brener, Sammy Bronfenmajer, Daniela Bronfenmajer, Alberto Caldera Radonski, Jesus Carvallo, Ximena Carvallo, Adriana Cohen, Alan Cohen, Ana "Hannah" Cohen, Eduardo Cohen, Elsy Cohen, Francis Cohen, Gabriel Cohen, Jonathan Cohen, Michael Cohen, Thalma Cohen, Alejandro Coriat, Joseph Costi, Alberto Chocron, Miguel Chocron, Nissim Darwiche, Federico D'Apuzzo, Mariana D'Apuzzo, Alejandra Esayag, Alan Eskenazi, Ilan Eskinazi, Stephanie Essenfeld, Israel Feuerberg, Johnatan Fincheltub, Aida Fogel, Santiago Fontiveros, Beverly Frieder, Aaron Fuhrman, Aileen Gartner, Sammy Gartner, Donna Garzon, Adriana Grauer, Daniel Grauer, Viviana Gibelli, Eric Halfen, Andres Haratz, Cindy Hassan, Joanna Hausmann Jatar, Adriana Herdan, Bernardo Herdan, Amanda Holder, Leonardo Horowitz, Salomon Horowitz, Sofia Imber, Adriana Jaroslavsky, Luis Jugo, Denise Katz, Alexandra Knafo, Michel Kreisel, Andrea Kreisel, Viviana Kreisel, Jacobo Koenig, Michael Landau, Leonardo Lanes, Aileen Lanes, Abby Lapscher, Yoel Lapscher, Simon Lapscher, Shirli Lapscher, Jonathan Levine, Yvonne Levy, Debora Lindenfeld, Carolina López, Erik Lustgarten, Danny Lustgarten, Jessica Lustgarten, Mónica Lustgarten, Rachel Mayer, Dana Meilijson, Maickel Melamed, Kevin Moscatel, Daniel Nussenbaum, Isaac Peckel, Jacky Poler, Carlos "Kike" Rodriguez, Alejandro Roizental, Daniel Rosenfeld, Zygmunt Rotter, Daniel Simkin, Bianca Sitzer, Noah Slimak, Maria Corina Smith Pocaterra, Maria Elisa Smith Pocaterra, Esther Sterental, Moises Sterental, Michelle Strulovic, Adriana Sultan, Daniel Sultan, Gabriel "Lucho" Sultan, Maximillian Sultan, Tatiana Sultan, Alan Vainrub, Claudia Vainrub, Esther Vainrub, Veronica Vainrub, Andres Van Dam, Sharon Waich, Carlos Wainberg, Yair Wainberg, Galit Wainberg, Daniel Weininger, Daniel Wiesner, Nicole Wiesner