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Active Discovery
A cohort-based search model that shifts the focus from "getting in" to "finding fit" through mutual support, self-reflection, and self-advocacy.
College Access for All
Equitable, process-driven college guidance for Southcoast students who face barriers to higher education.
College Access for All ✦
Southcoast Massachusetts ✦
Equitable Counseling ✦
Process-Driven Guidance ✦
Southcoast Scholars ✦
Independent School Methods ✦
College Access for All ✦
Southcoast Massachusetts ✦
Equitable Counseling ✦
Process-Driven Guidance ✦
Southcoast Scholars ✦
Independent School Methods ✦
To provide equitable, process-driven college guidance to empower students in the Southcoast area who face barriers to higher education.
Three pillars guide
every student's journey.
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Narrative Cohesion
Synthesizing transcripts, testing, and extracurriculars into one clear, compelling, and authentic story about each student.
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Process Driven
Utilizing essential criteria to drive each student's search process from 9th grade through senior year.
A Prep Up cohort. Students move through the four-year program together — building habits, sharing the search, and supporting each other through it.
Lifelong Independent School
Educators.
Stuart Titus
Three decades at independent schools, including Director of Admission at Pingree School and Associate Director of College Counseling at St. George's School and Mercersburg Academy.
Lucia Jaccaci
30 years as an educator and administrator in the U.S. and China. Helped develop college counseling at YK Pao School in Shanghai; currently volunteers at Our Sister's School in New Bedford.