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College Counseling · Strategic Admissions Planning

How Close Is Your Studentto Their Dream School?

Many families have a target college in mind, but they do not know what it actually takes to become competitive for that school, that major, and that applicant pool. We build a personalized College Success Plan so families know where the student stands, what gaps need to close, and what steps come next.

No improvement? 100% Money Back.

Your student first receives 10 additional sessions free.

How the Seonbi Results Guarantee Works →

Complete the required homework, attend or make up every session, and follow the agreed-upon plan. If there is no measurable improvement after completing an eligible program, the next 10 sessions are free. If there is still no measurable improvement after those sessions, Seonbi Education will refund 100% of the eligible program tuition.

College List
  • Stanford UniversityReach
  • UC Berkeley · EECSReach
  • UCLATarget
  • UC San DiegoTarget
  • UC DavisLikely
Application Timeline
  1. JunProfile diagnostic
  2. JulEssay brainstorming
  3. AugCommon App draft
  4. OctSupplements
  5. NovEarly submissions
Course Rigor
7 APs
+2 vs. plan
Activity Depth
Leadership72%
Major-aligned55%
Essay Drafts
Personal StatementDraft 3
Stanford supp.Outline
UC PIQ #1Brainstorm
The Parent Thought Process

College admissions feels unclear. We make the path visible.

Why Personalized Strategy Matters

Selective admissions is too important to leave to guesswork.

432:1

In many public school systems, hundreds of students may share a single school counselor.

The issue is not just access to a counselor. The issue is that most students do not receive enough individualized admissions strategy.

Source: state-reported student-to-school-counselor ratios (varies by region)

60–80%

A large share of Ivy League and top-college students receive private academic support before admission — whether through tutoring, test prep, private college counseling, or elite feeder schools.

At Harvard, roughly one-fifth of surveyed incoming students reported using a private college counselor.

Highly competitive applicants often receive private support to get ahead

Many top applicants are not doing it alone.

Seonbi Education gives families the strategic academic support, college counseling, and execution plan needed to compete seriously.

Families need more than general advice. They need a clear strategy for the student's goals, major, timeline, and target schools.

The College Success Plan

A personalized roadmap for a stronger, more differentiated applicant.

1

Profile Diagnostic

Phase 01

We evaluate where the student stands today.

  • GPA & course rigor
  • Testing plan
  • Academic strengths and gaps
  • Extracurriculars
  • Leadership
  • Major & career interests
  • Dream / target schools

Goal: Understand the starting point.

2

Dream School & Major Strategy

Phase 02

We clarify what target schools and the intended major may require.

  • Reach, target & likely planning
  • Major-specific competitiveness
  • Academic expectations
  • Testing expectations
  • Extracurricular expectations
  • Differentiation opportunities

Goal: Make the target visible.

3

Academic & Testing Plan

Phase 03

We recommend the right level of academic support.

  • Course planning
  • SAT / ACT strategy
  • AP or honors planning
  • Tutoring recommendations
  • Study load recommendations
  • Academic accountability

Goal: Help the student become academically competitive.

4

Extracurricular & Leadership Strategy

Phase 04

We help students build depth, not just activity lists.

  • Passion projects
  • Leadership opportunities
  • Research or internship direction
  • Community involvement
  • Summer planning
  • Major-aligned activities

Goal: Build a profile with direction and impact.

5

Essay & Application Positioning

Phase 05

We turn experiences into a differentiated application story.

  • Personal statement strategy
  • Supplemental essay strategy
  • Activity descriptions
  • Major narrative
  • School-specific positioning
  • Interview preparation

Goal: Make the application memorable, specific, and hard to confuse with anyone else.

The Seonbi Results Guarantee

We Guarantee the Work and the Progress—Not an Admissions Committee's Decision

Before that happens, we give your student 10 additional sessions completely free.

For college counseling, measurable improvement is based on the agreed application deliverables, strategy, planning, essays, positioning, and completion milestones. College admission itself is not guaranteed.

Complete the required homework, attend or make up every session, and follow the agreed-upon plan. If there is no measurable improvement after completing an eligible program, the next 10 sessions are on us. If there is still no measurable improvement after those sessions, we refund 100% of the eligible program tuition.

1.Complete the Agreed Plan
2.Receive 10 Free Sessions
3.Still No Improvement? 100% Money Back
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Dedicated Counselor

A dedicated college counselor watching the plan.

College planning should not be a one-time conversation. It should be an active system.

Every student is paired with a dedicated counselor who guides the success plan and sends recommendations when something starts to drift.

Families should not wait until senior year to discover the plan was not working.

Grades Dropping

If academic performance starts slipping, the counselor recommends the right tutoring, study structure, or support before the problem compounds.

Habits Not Improving

If planning, consistency, or task completion is not improving, we adjust the executive functioning support system.

Testing Behind Schedule

If SAT or ACT progress is behind the target timeline, we revise the testing plan and recommend the right level of preparation.

Extracurriculars Lack Direction

If activities feel scattered, we help students build a more intentional extracurricular and leadership strategy.

Essays Lack Differentiation

If the narrative feels generic, we help students clarify their unique story, intellectual direction, and positioning.

Course Plan Misaligned

If course selection does not match target schools or intended major, we recommend a stronger academic path.

Differentiation

Great applicants are not generic.

Selective colleges are not only asking, "Is this student qualified?" They are asking, "Who is this student, and why do they matter?"

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The Generic Application

What admissions forgets

The Differentiated Application

What admissions remembers

The goal is not to make students sound impressive. The goal is to make them sound real, focused, and impossible to confuse with anyone else.

Who It's For

Built for ambitious middle and high school families.

01

Middle School Families

Start early with course planning, habits, academic strength, and long-term direction.

02

Freshmen & Sophomores

Build the foundation: academics, activities, testing timeline, and extracurricular depth.

03

Juniors

Strengthen the profile, finalize testing strategy, plan essays, and build the college list.

04

Seniors

Execute applications, essays, supplements, interviews, and final positioning.

Highly Selective Admissions

Experience with highly selective admissions.

Seonbi Education helps students build the academic strength, testing strategy, extracurricular direction, and application positioning needed for highly selective colleges.

We help many of our students gain admission to Top 50 schools by systematically strengthening their academics, habits, testing, activities, and application narrative.

Our strongest outcomes come when students participate in the full academic program: tutoring, executive functioning, SAT/ACT strategy, college counseling, and consistent follow-through.

Results vary by student. Outcomes depend on the student's starting point, participation in the full academic program, consistency, family follow-through, target schools, intended major, and the competitiveness of that year's admissions cycle.

Selective admissions requires
  • Academic excellence
  • Strategic testing
  • Meaningful extracurricular depth
  • Clear intellectual direction
  • Differentiated essays
  • Strong application positioning
Going It Alone

No coordinated strategy

  • Unclear application narrative
  • Activities may feel disconnected
  • Essays may sound generic
  • School list may be reactive
  • Academic support may come too late
  • Family is left guessing
With a Dedicated College Counselor

A connected admissions strategy

  • Clear application narrative
  • Major-aligned positioning
  • Essay strategy built around the student's story
  • School list connected to goals and profile
  • Early recommendations when the plan drifts
  • Academic, testing, activities, and essays connected into one strategy

Your College Success Plan is backed by our Results Guarantee.

Complete the agreed deliverables and counseling plan. If we cannot produce measurable progress, we make it right.

Complete the required homework, attend or make up every session, and follow the agreed-upon plan. If there is no measurable improvement after completing an eligible program, the next 10 sessions are free. If there is still no measurable improvement after those sessions, Seonbi Education will refund 100% of the eligible program tuition.

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Free College Strategy Call

Build Your Student's College Success Plan.

Tell us your student's goals, current grade level, and dream schools. We will help you identify the next best step.

  • Dedicated college counselor
  • Personalized profile diagnostic
  • Major-aligned strategy
  • Differentiated application positioning

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