COLLEGE APPLICATION CONSULTANTS, INC.
VERO BEACH, FLORIDA

is every student’s guide to the powerful packaging weapon known as the Hook – a special talent, achievement, or personal quality that will leap off the page of a college application and catch the eye of admissions officers. Through an inside look at the secrets of real students, who describe how they succeeded in today’s high-stakes game of college admissions, readers will learn how to: nationally recognized independent college consultant and writer Pam Proctor – cited by the media as a “cheerleader extraordinaire” for college-bound teens – reveals the "packaging" secrets that can help any student maximize the odds of admission to his or her favorite college. This comprehensive, updated guide to college admissions contains the best strategies for mastering complex application requirements; writing essays; employing a résumé; dealing with deferrals and wait lists; reporting SAT and ACT scores; preparing for interviews; and networking with admissions committees. also includes more than 30 actual college essays that students from every background have used to gain admission to a wide variety of superior colleges. Most important, the book features the powerful packaging tool called the "Hook" – a special talent or achievement that leaps off the page of a college application and catches the eyes of admissions officers. Students may have excellent grade point averages and high standardized test scores. But without powerful Hooks, they will be at a disadvantage in this competitive admissions environment. Using real-life anecdotes and examples from winning applications, Pam provides students with a step-by-step program that will enable them to determine and develop their unique "Hook," and then package and market themselves at every stage of the admissions process. College Application Consultants is a professional organization that works with motivated students and parents to help maximize opportunities for college and graduate school admission. to brainstorming and writing essays…to polishing an eye-catching r�sum�…to networking with college admissions staffers…to playing off the SAT against the ACT…to making strategic decisions every step of the way. Our students have gained admissions to the nation’s most selective colleges and universities, including the Ivy League, Little Ivies, Stanford, Northwestern, and accelerated medical programs.  On the graduate level, clients have been admitted to leading MBA programs, law schools, graduate schools, and medical schools. Contact Pam for private consulting for college and graduate school admissions   Over the past few years, hundreds of my students have heard and heeded that message. They have worked hard to find a Hook and package it through every page of their application in order to get a leg up in admissions.” William (“Bill”) Proctor, a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School and the author, coauthor or ghostwriter of more than 80 books, including international bestsellers, has helped scores of students vastly improve their scores on the PSAT, SAT, and ACT – by hundreds of points in a number of cases. His tutoring has paved the way for many who have become National Merit Finalists and Commended Scholars. Bill’s systematic, analytical approach to test prep has helped students realize their goals of gaining admission to their dream colleges, including schools in the Ivy League, Little Ivies, Stanford, Northwestern, top State schools and accelerated medical programs. In addition, Bill has had significant success working with students taking the SSAT, GRE and other standardized tests. He has also helped many students improve their writing proficiency for school assignments and extracurricular projects. “The benefits of prepping for the SAT and ACT aren’t limited to doing well on a particular test. In fact, the skills required for the grammar, essay-writing, reading, and vocabulary sections are life skills. English communication, including the ability to write well, is essential both for college admissions and for later success in the real world.” The College Hook, Second Edition: Packaging Yourself to Win the College Admissions Game College Application Consultants is a professional organization that works with motivated students and parents to help maximize opportunities for college and graduate school admission. to brainstorming and writing essays…to polishing an eye-catching r�sum�…to networking with college admissions staffers…to playing off the SAT against the ACT…to making strategic decisions every step of the way. Our students have gained admissions to the nation’s most selective colleges and universities, including the Ivy League, Little Ivies, Stanford, Northwestern, and accelerated medical programs.  On the graduate level, clients have been admitted to leading MBA programs, law schools, graduate schools, and medical schools. Contact Pam for private consulting for college and graduate school admissions