Costa Educational Consulting specializes in guiding students and families through the college search and application process.

We partner with you to:

  • Explore

  • Thoroughly assess each student’s educational history and goals

  • Educate families about the current college admissions landscape

  • Define your aptitudes and strengths, and your personal criteria for the college search

  • Identify potential college fits, and support student research through our online portal

  • Guide planning for informative college visits.

  • Help each student develop and convey their unique extracurricular profile based on their interests and goals.

  • Apply

  • Develop your college list and application strategy, including where, when, and how to apply

  • Create a personal standardized testing plan

  • Guide completion of application components and preparation for interviews

  • Help students to genuinely present their strongest attributes

  • Support students in creating essays that feature their unique voice and communicate value-added information.

  • Thrive

  • Help students to identify supports and resources to ease their college transition

  • Educate students about strategies that will contribute to success and happiness in college

  • Counsel students and families about practical aspects of their college options, including residence options, social climate, and financial realities.

We work with most clients comprehensively, beginning in 10th or 11th grade, and get to know you as an individual. Your personalized timeline with achievable steps will create a sense of accomplishment and control over the college process. In some cases, we can set clear expectations for an hourly relationship. Please contact us to discuss your family’s needs.

Additional Service Options

  • Early High School Coaching

We help younger high school students to identify their aptitudes and interests. By encouraging experimentation, engagement, and reflection we aid students in finding experiences that energize them and positively impact their community. To help students make the most of their high school experience, we educate them about the importance of course selection, extracurricular activities, and summer planning.

  • College Transfer and Graduate School Application Support

We help undergraduate transfer and graduate school candidates to identify their goals, assess program options, and understand prerequisites, including coursework, work experience, recommendations, and standardized testing. By mapping out application components and deadlines we create a manageable timeline. We support the development of powerful statements of purpose that meet each school’s specific requirements.