Admissions Support
Our Services
Scholista supports families at different stages of the admissions process, from early high school planning to post-decision strategy. Every package is built around clear priorities, direct feedback, and a plan your family can actually execute.
Starter Audit
A no-brainer first step for families who want to try Scholista.
Starter Audit gives your family a fast admissions readiness review before committing to a larger advising package. Scholista reviews the student context, flags the highest-risk gaps, and gives you a written next-step plan.
This is the best first purchase for families who need clarity now but are not ready to choose a larger package.
Purchased Scope
One written admissions-readiness audit for one student, with an initial delivery target 3 business days after payment when the required intake is complete, followed by 7 calendar days of email clarification.
- One profile and readiness audit using the information supplied at intake
- Admissions, affordability, timeline, and application-risk flags
- A written five-action priority plan
- One follow-up email for clarification; no live session or essay review
Regular Price: $199
Starter audit price: $49
Start Audit Talk FirstOur promise: you get a clear next step, even if the right answer is not a bigger package.
Admissions Advantage
A focused 90-day application strategy engagement.
Admissions Advantage is for one student who needs a bounded college-list, deadline, session, and essay-feedback plan for up to 12 colleges.
Purchased Scope
A 90-day application strategy engagement for one student and up to 12 colleges, with an initial plan targeted 5 business days after payment when the required intake is complete.
- One 12-college list target balanced across 4 safety, 4 match, and 4 reach schools when verified data supports that mix
- Application and deadline checklists for up to 12 colleges
- One 45-minute kickoff and two 30-minute strategy sessions
- Coaching on up to 3 student-written essays, with one feedback round per essay
- Email support for 90 calendar days from payment
Regular Price: $1999
Founding-family checkout price: $299
Pay Securely Talk FirstOur promise: clear advice, honest fit guidance, and a recommendation you can trust even if the best answer is a smaller next step.
Next Steps Navigator
A focused response plan for one urgent decision issue.
Applications may be submitted, but the strategy is not over. Next Steps Navigator helps families respond wisely when decisions arrive and the path forward is not obvious.
Choose one waitlist, deferral, aid-appeal, or final-choice issue for a 14-day response engagement.
Purchased Scope
A focused 14-day response plan for one waitlist, deferral, aid-appeal, or final-choice issue, with an initial action plan targeted 2 business days after payment when the required intake is complete.
- Triage of one post-decision issue for one student
- One 30-minute strategy session
- One written action plan with deadlines and owner assignments
- One feedback round on one student- or parent-written response or appeal draft
- Email support for 14 calendar days from payment
Regular Price: $999
Founding-family checkout price: $99
Pay Securely Talk FirstOur promise: we will tell you what action matters now, what can wait, and when not to spend time or money on the wrong move.
Early Edge
A bounded 30-day early-planning engagement.
Early Edge is for proactive families who want to make smart choices earlier in high school. The package centers on a practical 12-month course, activity, summer, and testing roadmap rather than open-ended multi-year advising.
Purchased Scope
A 30-day early-planning engagement for one student, with a written academic and activity roadmap targeted 5 business days after payment when the required intake is complete.
- One 45-minute planning kickoff
- One written course, activity, summer, and testing roadmap for the next 12 months
- One 30-minute roadmap follow-up session
- A prioritized next-step checklist for the student and family
- Email support for 30 calendar days from payment; essay review is not included
Founding-family checkout price: $99
Ultra-low launch price for early families while Scholista validates paid onboarding.
Reserve Securely Talk FirstOur promise: practical strategy, clear priorities, and guidance that helps your student build the right story over time.
College Admissions Strategy Guides
These public guides answer the questions families often ask when the next step is unclear. Each one connects a specific admissions problem to a practical plan and the relevant Scholista support.
College Essay Coaching
Plan a focused essay process around story selection, prompt fit, revision rhythm, supplements, and the student's own voice.
Read GuideApplication Deadline Planning
Keep early action, regular decision, recommendations, transcripts, testing, scholarships, FAFSA, and CSS Profile tasks from slipping.
Read GuideParent Application Checklist
Give parents a practical role during application season without taking over the student's essays, choices, or voice.
Read GuideAdmissions Consultation
Know what to bring to a family admissions consultation and how to turn a short call into a concrete next-step plan.
Read GuideCollege Waitlist Strategy
Decide whether to stay on a waitlist, what to send, when to send it, and how to protect your backup plan.
Read GuideCollege Deferral Strategy
Turn a deferral into a focused update plan with continued interest, senior-year evidence, and realistic next steps.
Read GuideFinancial Aid Appeals
Prepare a stronger aid appeal with documentation, changed circumstances, and clear affordability framing.
Read GuideFAFSA vs CSS Profile
Understand how the two aid forms differ, what each may ask for, and how families can prepare before deadlines hit.
Read GuideBalanced College Lists
Build a list that balances reach, target, likely, cost, academic fit, and what the student actually wants.
Read Guide9th and 10th Grade Planning
Make early choices around courses, grades, activities, summers, and expectations before application season starts.
Read GuideCompare Exact Package Scope
Each checkout freezes the scope below into a fulfillment record with an assigned advisor, initial delivery target, support end date, and delivery checklist.
| Package | Price | Purchased Scope | Sessions | Essay/Response Reviews | Support Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter Audit | $49 | One written admissions-readiness audit for one student, with an initial delivery target 3 business days after payment when the required intake is complete, followed by 7 calendar days of email clarification. | 0 | 0 | 7 days after the initial delivery target |
| Admissions Advantage | $299 | A 90-day application strategy engagement for one student and up to 12 colleges, with an initial plan targeted 5 business days after payment when the required intake is complete. | 3 | 3 | 90 days from payment |
| Next Steps Navigator | $99 | A focused 14-day response plan for one waitlist, deferral, aid-appeal, or final-choice issue, with an initial action plan targeted 2 business days after payment when the required intake is complete. | 1 | 1 | 14 days from payment |
| Early Edge | $99 | A 30-day early-planning engagement for one student, with a written academic and activity roadmap targeted 5 business days after payment when the required intake is complete. | 2 | 0 | 30 days from payment |
Starter Audit
One written admissions-readiness audit for one student, with an initial delivery target 3 business days after payment when the required intake is complete, followed by 7 calendar days of email clarification.
- Price$49
- Advisor sessions0
- Essay/response reviews0
- Support7 days after target
Admissions Advantage
A 90-day application strategy engagement for one student and up to 12 colleges, with an initial plan targeted 5 business days after payment when the required intake is complete.
- Price$299
- Advisor sessions3
- Essay/response reviews3
- Support90 days from payment
Next Steps Navigator
A focused 14-day response plan for one waitlist, deferral, aid-appeal, or final-choice issue, with an initial action plan targeted 2 business days after payment when the required intake is complete.
- Price$99
- Advisor sessions1
- Essay/response reviews1
- Support14 days from payment
Early Edge
A 30-day early-planning engagement for one student, with a written academic and activity roadmap targeted 5 business days after payment when the required intake is complete.
- Price$99
- Advisor sessions2
- Essay/response reviews0
- Support30 days from payment
Questions Before You Buy
Use these answers to choose a starting point, decide whether to pay now or talk first, and understand what happens after checkout.
Which Scholista package should I start with?
Start with Starter Audit for one written readiness review. Choose Admissions Advantage for a 90-day, up-to-12-college strategy engagement; Next Steps Navigator for one decision issue over 14 days; or Early Edge for a 30-day, 12-month-roadmap engagement.
Can I pay now or talk first?
Families can pay securely from each package checkout link when they know what they need. If the fit is unclear, the free consultation is the better first step.
What happens after payment?
Scholista creates a fulfillment record and emails the receipt, frozen package scope, assigned advisor, intake steps, initial delivery target, and support end date.
Does Scholista guarantee admission?
No. Scholista provides strategy, organization, writing feedback, family planning, and decision support, but admissions, scholarships, financial aid, and school decisions remain outside Scholista's control.
Is Scholista only for high school seniors?
No. Seniors usually fit Admissions Advantage or Next Steps Navigator, while 9th, 10th, and 11th grade families can use Early Edge to plan courses, activities, summers, testing, and recommendation strategy earlier.
Our Promise
We give families honest guidance, direct communication, and a clear next step after every interaction. If a strategy is unrealistic or a package is not the right fit, we will say so early. Scholista is built to help your family make steady progress, not to overwhelm you with noise.
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