What Do College Counselors Do
Many parents and students ask us a very simple question: What do college counselors do? After all, isn't applying to college as simple as taking a few tests, sending in your transcripts, and filling out some applications? The short answer is – not anymore! Getting into college is now a fierce competition among tens of thousands of students from all over the country to get a few hundred coveted spots. The process is complicated, stressful, full of decisions, forms, finances…and deadlines. Lots of deadlines. These days, to get into a great college, great grades and test scores aren't … Read More →
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Completing the Common App – a Step-by-Step Guide
This is your step-by-step, section-by-section guide to completing the Common App! Below you'll find instructional videos that will guide you through each section of the third "tab" in the Common Application - which is the heart of the application … Read More →
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What You Need To Know About Wait Lists
If you’ve received a college wait list offer, you may be wondering how this will impact your decision-making process. Here is a bit of information that may help you make some decisions! If I get a college wait list offer, should I take it? Most colleges require you to opt-in to accept a place on their wait list. You should accept a space on the wait list IF you truly want to attend that college and would choose it over the other colleges to … Read More →
Advice on East Coast College Visits
Here’s a quick tip for California families traveling east for college visits: don’t rent a car! Public transit and the train system on the east coast are great...take advantage! If you’re going to any combination of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore or Washington, D.C., there’s really no need to rent a car. You can get everywhere you need to go without fiddling with the map, paying tolls or figuring out why the attendant won’t let you … Read More →
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Advice on East Coast College Visits
Here’s a quick tip for California families traveling east for college visits: don’t rent a car! Public transit and the train system on the east coast are great...take advantage! If you’re going to any combination of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, … Read More →
About Magellan College Counseling
Magellan College Counseling can work with you in person or remotely.
Magellan College Counseling has offices in Los Angeles (including the San Fernando Valley, West LA, Beverly Hills, Thousand Oaks) and Boston, and anywhere you are.
Our services include helping to plan high school classes and extra-curricular activities, helping families plan their standardized testing timeline, creating a balanced college list, help with college essays, and assistance with the all stages of actual college applications.
And we're still with you when the acceptance letters start coming in.
While we're known for our college counseling in Los Angeles and Boston, we also serve clients all over the country with our remote counseling service. So if you're looking for "college counselors near me" and you are not in LA or Boston, don't worry. We can help no matter where you are, and we do it every day.
Learn more about all our college counseling services here. Or if you're thinking about relying on your high school college counseling services, read this first.
And if you've just got questions, call or contact us by email. We're happy to answer them for you.
