What are you doing with the rest of your life?

Where you attend college can affect the rest of your life. It’s a tough decision… one that deserves quality, personalized attention. A trained educational consultant has the time, the expertise, and the information you need to make this complex decision.

College Bound can help students and their parents understand the multitude of available options after high school leading to educational and career success. Through ongoing personalized counseling students are able to make informed choices, successfully complete the application process, and achieve their own individual goals.

How College Bound Serves Students and Parents

College Bound offers a broad range of personalized services which directly address the needs and interests of high school sophomores, juniors, seniors, and their parents. The counselor will:

• Evaluate the student’s academic and personal credentials.

• Recommend high school course selections.

• Plan the best times for scheduling SAT Reasoning Test, SAT Subject Tests, ACT and other appropriate standardized tests.

• Refer students to qualified tutorial services, as necessary.

• Develop a preliminary list of appropriate college choices, taking into consideration diverse factors including:

• Explain and assist in the application process:

• Guide families in planning productive, informative college visits.

• Inform students about creative summer activities, employment opportunities and internship programs.

How You Can Use College Bound

College Bound provides an opportunity for the student and parents to get involved in this important process together. The educational consultant will assess the student’s credentials, explore educational and career options, evaluate the needs and goals of both the student and the family, and make preliminary suggestions about college choices.

If you decide to continue with College Bound, the initial consultation fee is applied to the full counseling service. The comprehensive service provides you with unlimited access to the educational consultant, from the selection and application process through final decisions, including advice and assistance during the college years.

College Bound Serves Special Students

College Bound provides special services for special students. Throughout the years College Bound has helped numerous students with learning disabilities and other special needs to achieve educational and career success through specialized counseling. The counselor can identify colleges and universities which provide special programs and can supply information about post high school vocational and educational alternatives.

The “Who” Behind College Bound

Shelley Levine has been helping high school students and their parents navigate through the college admission process for over 20 years.  Founder of MATHWORKS, Shelley is an expert in the area of standardized test preparation.

Shelley is a Professional Member of Independent Educational Consultants Association, Member of Higher Education Counseling Association and Potomac and Chesapeake Association of College Admission Counseling. Shelley has successfully completed the Practices and Principles Institute through IECA and has received a Certificate in College Counseling through UCLA graduate school extension program.  Shelley has written for  the Washington Jewish Week, has been a speaker at local college fairs and many area high schools, and has been featured on ABC Nightly News and an AP online video production.