College counseling for students and parents.
Kerry Rock began working with college bound students in 2013 in Los Angeles. She saw a need to offer help supplementary to what the kids were getting from their school counselors. School counselors in California can have a ratio of 350 students to one college counselor and sometimes high-schoolers can benefit from a bit of extra personalized assistance in the college application process. Coming from a long career as a studio executive, a film producer and a casting director, Rock saw that the skills she had honed in those areas over 30 years would be very much germane to the skills needed to work with students and their parents in the college preparation and application process. The film business is very much about intuitive and successful 'matching' - script to director, actor to part and distributor to title. Being a good matchmaker is also instrumental to the work we do in college counseling.
Though based in Los Angeles, we can work with anyone, anywhere via Zoom or other video conferencing.
Our Main Mission - To help students and their parents plan a trajectory to both a desired and appropriate college path.
Some Areas Where We Can Help.
College Choice
Together with students and their parents, we can help build an appropriate college list keeping in mind academic, financial and social needs.
Financial Aid
As requested, we can help in applying for financial aid (via Fafsa and CSS Profile), institutional scholarships and assist in making sense of college financial award offers.
Standardized Tests
We can offer advice regarding standardized testing in terms of both optimum scheduling and test preparation.