Chester from Dutchess County, NY
Chester, a student from Dutchess County, New York, came to us with a 3.2 GPA and a Regents-level curriculum. He was interested in studying Business and had dedicated much of his high school experience to competitive soccer.
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Amelia from the Hudson County NJ Area
Amelia, a student from Hudson County, New Jersey, came to us with an exceptional weighted GPA of 100.55 and the most rigorous curriculum available at her private parochial high school, which did not offer AP or IB courses.
Gabby From the Bergen County NJ Area
Gabby, a student from Bergen County, New Jersey, came to Signature College Counseling with a 4.0 recalculated GPA and an exceptionally rigorous academic record that included 20+ Honors and AP courses.
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Vicky from the Essex County NJ Area
Vicky, a student from Essex County, New Jersey, came to us with a strong 3.9 GPA and a rigorous course load that included more than six advanced classes. Interested in Health Sciences and actively involved in their school’s Health Sciences pathway and related clubs, Vicky was motivated, curious, and eager to explore environments where they could grow academically and socially.
Jordan from the Hudson Valley NY Area
Jordan, a student from New York’s Hudson Valley, came to us with an exceptional weighted GPA of 99.8 and a solid academic foundation that included AP coursework, dual enrollment classes, and three years of a foreign language. He was exploring engineering as a potential major and brought a strong record of involvement, including earning his Eagle Scout rank, working as a retail associate throughout senior year, serving as a sleepaway camp counselor, and maintaining a consistent weight-lifting regimen.
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Yana from the Rockland County NY Area
Yana, a public high school student from Rockland County, New York, came to us with a 3.0 GPA and a Regents-level curriculum, earning membership in the National Honor Society through consistent effort and commitment.
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Melissa from Chicago, Illinois
Melissa is a brilliant, humble, kind, and diligent young lady who attended a public school in Chicago, IL. She wants to become a pediatric physician; this has been her desire and focus most of her life, which is of no surprise. Although she has struggled with some health issues, anyone who meets and gets to know her would never know, as she manages her life from commuting to and from school via the subway each day, takes the most rigorous classes offered, and is successful at everything she does.
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Audrey from Brookfield, Connecticut
Audrey was a straight-A student in high school with very strong course rigor. She was diligent, focused, humble, and completely enveloped with our environment. It was clear to me from the start that she would make a positive change in our world one day.
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Jessica from Washingtonville, New York
Jessica was a straight A student in high school, diligent, bubbly, friends with many, and completely into dance, music and theater. She was unsure what she wanted to major in (which is completely fine for anyone who is 17 years old!) but knew she wanted to be surrounded by the arts and continue her passion, in an extracurricular forum, through her college years.
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Susie from Palisades, New York
Susie, who attended Tappan Zee High School in Orangeburg, NY, is a positive, funny, outdoorsy young lady who had an interest in agriculture.
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Brody from Florida, New York
Brody, who attended Seward High School in Florida, NY, is a reserved, analytical and intellectual young man who had an interest in computer science, but also was exploring a myriad of other majors.
Alexa from Princeton, New Jersey
Alexa, who attended West Windsor-Plainsboro High School near Princeton, NJ, is a quiet, mature, diligent, independent, and expressive young lady who wanted to major in economics and possibly computer science at a school that had a strong liberal arts curriculum.
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Anita from Warwick, New York
Anita came to us in the middle of her junior year. From Warwick, in Orange County, she attended Warwick Valley High School. A hard working, diligent, respectful and focused young lady, Anita excelled in her math classes and knew that she wanted to apply to college as a business major. Her grades were solid, in the low to mid 90’s, taking some challenging courses throughout high school, including AP’s and honors classes.
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Aubrey from Carmel, New York
Aubrey, who attended Carmel High School in Putnam County, is a diligent, energetic young lady who wanted to major in business. Her transcript was solid with grades being in the 90’s throughout high school with a couple of grades in the 80’s mixed in. Her parents are divorced and it was important that she receive funding to assist her parents in putting her through college.
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Joshua from Suffern, NY
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Charlotte from Wappinger’s Falls
Charlotte, who attended Roy C. Ketchum High School in the heart of Dutchess County, came to us in the middle of her junior year after we had worked with her older brother a few years prior. A high-achieving student with excellent course rigor, Charlotte is incredibly diligent and a deep thinker.
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Jared from Cornwall NY
Jared, from Cornwall, NY is one of the nicest young men you will ever meet. Respectful, sociable, hard working, incredibly diligent in everything that he undertakes. During high school, he took all of the most challenging courses.
Elona from Cold Spring NY
Elona came to us over the winter break holidays of her junior year, attending Haldane High School in the small community of Cold Spring, NY, where her graduating class is less than 80 students. Her quiet yet open persona warmed me to her immediately.













































































































































