College Readiness Counseling
Prepare for admission to your dream schools!
Complimentary 25-Minute Consultation
Consult one-on-one with CAC Founder Nena Malhotra to learn more about her expert admissions counseling services and determine whether they’re right for your family.
Required for all prospective students.
College or Art School Roadmapping
3 hours of expert, personalized guidance from CAC Founder Nena Malhotra.
If you want your teen to gain admission to their dream college, and even land a merit scholarship, College Roadmapping is essential.
After reviewing your teen's goals, transcripts, and résumé, CAC Founder Nena Malhotra will spend up to three-and-half hours preparing a course just for them. Then, over three hour-long sessions personally tailored to your teen, Nena will share hard-won information to help your family understand the college admissions process from the inside out, and guide you to make the smartest, most strategic choices!
Session 1: Understanding the many types of undergraduate school your teen could attend, and how they compare in terms of educational experiences and outcomes.
Session 2: The factors taken into consideration at various types of program, and their relative importance to your teen.
Session 3: Roadmapping a personalized plan to gain admission and scholarships!
The insider information Nena has to offer you will truly surprise you and empower you to make the best, most informed decisions.
Highly recommended for all students grades 8 - 11.
$650
Internship Intensive
5 hours of expert, personalized counseling with CAC Founder Nena Malhotra.
Students serious about getting into a top-tier school* or earning a merit scholarship to a private school need to show outstanding extracurricular achievement. CAC Founder Nena will guide your teen to:
Identify their areas of academic or professional interest
Construct a résumé
Discover and/or create rewarding opportunities in professional, academic, and/or vocational realms
Enhance their professional skills, including networking
Continue building their résumé!
Students will walk away with a toolbox they’ll use to get ahead in high school, college, and the workforce.
*Top tier = admission rate of 25% or less
Available to students grades 10 - 12, college students.
$1,290
Passion Project Intensive
10 hours of expert, personalized counseling with CAC Founder Nena Malhotra.
With a strategically executed passion project, your teen is exceedingly more likely to be admitted to their dream college. Nena’s Passion Project Intensive is a game-changing, eye-opening, life-altering experience.
Whether their interest is medicine, music, paleontology, or baking, Nena will guide your teen or young adult to
Identify their areas of academic or professional interest
Ideate a project that reflects their skills, interests, curiosities, and values
Garner support for the project
Execute the project
Expand on the project once it reaches maturity
Past students have created a podcast, authored books, executed arts installations, and founded a nonprofit--the kind of stuff admissions officers can’t help but notice.
Available to students grades 10 - 12, college students.
$2,500
College Readiness Hourly Rate
Get the information and evidence-based advice you need when you need it. CAC Founder Nena Malhotra is here to help your teen make smart, strategic choices about:
Standardized testing
Course selection
Extracurricular activities
Summer planning
And much more!
Recommended for grades 8 - 12; college students.
$65/15 minutes or $250/Hour
College Admission Counseling
Apply for admission to your dream schools.
Complimentary 25-Minute Consultation
Consult one-on-one with CAC Founder Nena Malhotra to learn more about her expert admissions counseling services and determine whether they’re right for your family.
Required for all prospective students.
College Admissions Counseling
12 hours of expert, personalized college admissions counseling plus three 15-minute parent-teacher meetings with CAC Founder Nena Malhotra
Even the best students and strongest writers need help with the college application process. Nena will help your teen:
Identify the best-fit schools for that reflect their interest, strengths, and preferences
Build a balanced list of reach, target, and likely options
Create a unique and winning admissions strategy
Write standout essays that win hearts and minds
This package is best for:
1) Students applying to up to four private colleges, or
2) Students who are exclusively applying to the University of California (UC) system and Cal States.
We highly recommend your teen get started in the spring of their junior year. Openings are limited to 15 students at a time.
$3,000
Full-Service College Admission Counseling
25 hours of expert, personalized college admissions counseling plus six parent-coach meetings with CAC Founder Nena Malhotra.
Even the best students and strongest writers need help with the college application process. Nena will help your teen:
Identify the best-fit schools that reflect their interest, strengths, and preferences
Build a balanced list of reach, target, and likely options
Create a unique and winning admissions strategy
Write standout essays that win hearts and minds
Prepare for interviews
Plan video submissions and portfolios
This package is for:
1) Students applying to up to 15 private colleges, or
2) Students applying to the University of California (UC system) plus up to 10 private colleges.
We highly recommend your teen gets started in the spring of their junior year. Openings are limited to 15 students at a time.
Available only to students in grades 11-12.
$5,900
Scholarship Counseling
4 hours of expert, personalized scholarship counseling with CAC Founder Nena Malhotra.
Get expert advice and help selecting and applying for scholarships!
$750
Available only to students in grades 11-12.
Additional College Admissions Counseling Hours
Expert, personalized college, scholarship, or graduate school counseling with CAC Founder Nena Malhotra.
We do not offer hourly College Counseling services except to supplement an existing College Admissions Counseling package.
$250
Available only to students in grades 11-12, college, or graduate school.