Amy Kirkfield’s
Services & Packages
I believe that every student has the potential to reach new heights. Navigating the college admission process can feel overwhelming, but with the right guidance and partnership, it becomes an exciting journey of self-discovery and opportunity. My mission is to empower students with customized support that elevates their sense of self, opportunities, and future success.
- Personalized Guidance: Every student has a story. I help them tell it authentically.
- Building a Roadmap: From creating a balanced college list to crafting standout applications, I ensure that every step is tailored and actionable.
- Confidence & Clarity: I remove the stress and replace it with knowledge, strategy, and a sense of excitement for what’s to come.
Services may include:
- Use of a private portal with extensive tools for college research, application organization, and diagnostic testing
- Personality inventory and career assessment administration
- Career and major exploration
- Expert review of high school transcript, standardized test scores, and extracurricular activities
- Guidance on course selection
- Recommendations for standardized testing and planning (SAT, ACT, IB, AP, AICE), as well as resources for test prep tutoring
- In-depth exploration on college qualities, using tools such as Corsava Card Sort, to determine preferences and priorities
- Development of a personalized, balanced list of “best-fit” colleges
- Guidance on effectively researching and evaluating colleges to compile a final apply list
- Support and advising for campus tours and visits
- Guidance on teacher recommendations
- Essay support for the Personal Statement as well as Supplemental Essays, including brainstorming, developing essay ideas, revisions, and ensuring the student’s own voice is heard
- Guidance on building a detailed Activities List
- Guidance on strategies for application submission options (e.g., Early Action, Early Decision, Regular Decision)
- Financial Aid (FAFSA, CSS Profile) support and scholarship resources
- Interview preparation
- Support and guidance in reviewing offers of admission, evaluating financial aid packages, and navigating waitlists
- Support in the transition to college
Package options are crafted to help every student reach their peak. Options include:
ELEVATE
360
Comprehensive guidance from discovering strengths and interests to committing to a college.
ELEVATE EXPLORE
Beginning with exploration of careers and majors, we will build a customized roadmap to “best-fit” colleges.
ELEVATE ESSENTIALS
For the student who has a balanced college list, the focus is on applications, including strategy, essay support, activity list building, and more.
ELEVATE
EARLY
For younger students, the focus is on exploring interests and early consideration of college goals and how to achieve them.