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We see college admissions in terms of "best fit", not "best colleges"; a match to be made, not a prize to be won. We resist college rankings and media hype. We challenge prevailing myths and trendy approaches, testing the worth of various options to determine what appears truly in each student's best interest.

We recognize that there is a broad range of developmental readiness among students for the college search, and that beneath all of the usual conversations about applying and getting in is the subtext of leaving friends and family and living independently away from home.

We regard college counseling as a natural series of steps in each student's continuing development. We encourage students to use the counseling process as a means to know themselves better, to ask, "Who am I?", "What do I do best?", "What makes me happy?", "How do I learn best?", and "What is most important to me?"

We serve parents as well as students, and the scope of our activities includes financial aid, standardized testing, college athletics, and how to identify resources available to help navigate the sometimes-turbulent waters ahead in order not to be overwhelmed.