Ms Irene Garcias

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Description of Services : • Work one-on-one with university applicants - 10th, 11th and 12th graders) to maximize their chances of being accepted into highly-selective US and Canadian colleges and Universities.
• Provide expert advice and personalized strategies throughout the entire application process, from planning students' last years of high school (extra-curricular activities, elective courses, academic focus, summer programs), to helping them put together the ideal college list that fits their qualifications, profile, interests and preferences, evaluating their chances of admission at each one.
• Help students navigate through the vast world of American college majors, minors and interdisciplinary study, in order for each one to choose a course of study that fits their interests, strengths and long term career goals.
• Advice each student on choice of admission program: Early Decision, Restrictive Early Action, Early Action or Regular Decision.
• Prepare applicants for standardized admissions tests - SAT, ACT, and TOEFL - with personalized individual and innovative lessons that fit each candidate's learning style, level and needs.
• Help students submit the best possible applications - essays, activities, short-answer questions, art portfolio (when applicable) and interview preparation - that will a consistent, coherent and compelling story stand out from what many admissions officers refer to as LMOs (like many others) within the ever-growing and competitive college applicant pool.
• Advice on what steps to take if waitlisted.
• Current clients include students from top Sao Paulo high schools, such as Bandeirantes, Chapel, Graded, Santa Cruz, Poli/USP, St.Paul's, Lycée Pasteur de São Paulo, and Dante Alighieri, as well as The American School of Paris.
• Have extremely successful record of getting students into one or more of their top choices.
• Accept a limited number of students per semester and work closely with each one, offering complete dedication both in person and remotely when needed.

Description of Experience : I am fully independent, taking only a limited number of students each semester in order to provide them with a high-quality and personal service. Just in the past four years, my students have gotten into many highly selective and selective colleges and universities, including, but not limited to, Harvard University, Yale University, Cornell University, Columbia University, University of British Columbia, UCLA, University of Southern California, UCSD, UCSC, UCSB, UC Davis, University of Notre Dame, University of Pennsylvania. Penn State University, Northeastern, Boston University, Boston College, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, Purdue University, University of Minnesota, Fordham University, Syracuse University, New York University, and Emerson College. I develop a close professional relationship with my students and their families, and most students remain my mentees and friends for life, seeking my advice on a number of personal and academic subjects long after our working relationship is over.