Mission:
Passion.
Giving students tools to navigate college & pursue their passion
Giving students tools to navigate college & pursue their passion
What holds you back from getting the most out of college?
As independent college coach, I mentor students to help them navigate the college experience. I specialize in students with executive function challenges; depression and anxiety; trauma and stress to organize and plan their study and assignment schedules and to work with college student disability services to maximize success.
I have over 25 years mentoring high school and college students and I can help you to ask and answer the questions that drive those worries.
Is the common app essay stressing you out? What makes a great essay and how to do you communicate who you are and what you are passionate about?
I specialize in working with students with executive function challenges; depression and anxiety; and trauma and stress, to compose a strong common app essay.
Five weekly session package:
Week 1 - Brainstorming and planning
Week 2 - Choosing prompt and topic
Week 3 - Developing essay and tone
Week 4 - First draft
Week 5 - Final draft
Do you have a sample of your writing that shows that you are capable of college level thinking and analysis?
This package prepares the student to write an independent paper that can be used as a writing sample or a springboard into the kind of work you will be doing in college.
Five weekly session package:
Week 1 - What is the problem that you most want to solve
Week 2 - Brainstorming and planning
Week 3 - Reasrch skills
Week 4 - First draft
Week 5 - Final draft
Suzanne Perkins, M.Ed., Ph.D.
Dr. Perkins is a former special education teacher and current educational neuroscientist specializing in executive functioning and stress disorders in youth.
She studied sociology of education at Hampshire College, has a master’s degree in education from Harvard, a certificate of advanced graduate study in special education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and earned a Ph.D. from the Combined Program in Education and Psychology at the University of Michigan.
Her postdoctoral work in developmental neuroscience focused on the role of trauma in cognitive development.
Find out if college coaching is right for you.
Improve your chances for college success through a package or ongoing coaching. Sign up for a program here.
I maintain a waitlist of students for a full or partial scholarship. Contact to be put on the waitlist or to inquire about the scholarship program.
Help students without the means to cover program fees to receive needed support. Coming soon!