Focusing on Teen Mental Health - Magellan College Counseling

Get Your Senior Started!

Click here for all the info about the College App ZAP, our budget-friendly college application expediter for SENIORS ONLY! This program includes some recorded content, tons of downloadable templates and resources, PLUS three one-on-one meetings with one of our counselors, customized to your needs.

Essay Tips for Rising Seniors

Here are the Ten Commandments of college essays! They may not be a religion to you, but to us they are!
Did you know that college essays have six distinct phases? If you’re just getting started with your college essays, this might help you get going.
What's the goal of your college essay? We answer this and four more burning college essay questions in Top Five Questions About College Essays.

SPOTLIGHT ON COLLEGE COST

If you're concerned about the rising cost of college, check out our Financial Aid series:

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Teen Mental Health and College Applications

_{Our feature article on the blog for September is this piece on Teen Mental Health. We all know it's a huge issue today. Read about how you can be a supportive parent as your child embarks on their college admission journey.}

Overwhelmed by the college admission process?

You can take on the task of nagging your child about essays, letters of rec, applications, all that fun stuff. Or you can outsource that accountability (and the eyerolls from your teen) to us! Contact us today to schedule your free consultation. We're booking clients in the Class of 2024, 2025 and 2026.

FREE College Admission Clinic

If you have a younger high school student, check out our FREE College Admission Clinic, a self-paced course that will help you understand how college admission has changed in recent years.

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PARENT CORNER

Concerned about the rising cost of college? Falling in love with the wrong school could cost you a boatload.

Information is power!

Learn how colleges determine how much you can afford, and how they fill that gap - or don't - through our financial aid series.

College Cost and Financial Aid

Financial Aid Basics

College Merit Aid

Host A Virtual "College Info" Seminar For Friends

Are your friends starting to think about (read: get anxious about!) college? You can host a private virtual college admissions information seminar for your friends who have high school students! We can tailor our presentation for parents of 8th, 9th, 10th or 11th grade students.

We do not charge for presentations.

GIRL SCOUT COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE BADGE

Are you a Girl Scout Troop Leader?

Magellan College Counseling can help your Scouts earn their College Knowledge badge!

Our 2-part presentation covers three of the five topics required for girls to earn their badge.

Get in touch to ask us to present to your Troop!