Dear family,
I’m grateful you’re interested in us and what we love to do: encouraging and shaping students to be best prepared for college.
I know there’s a lot to do during high school and high expectations and unclear requirements, especially from top colleges, can make high school overwhelming and at times even unfair. However, I want to assure you, there is a college for you and we will find your best fit.
I lead our counselors at Learning Lab to simplify a family’s experience preparing for college application with our own LEAD planning methodology and mentor students to discover their passions and what makes them different starting from 9th grade. All to bring out a student’s full potential.
Getting to college is a journey, not just a destination. Together, we create a personalized plan with you to turn anxiety and stress about preparing for college admissions to excitement and inspiration to go on a student’s discovery journey!
Thank you again for your interest and please book a free consultation with us to get your own personalized plan.
We work with students (9th - 12th grades) and their families to plan and set goals, develop healthy habits, and coach them through their whole college application (e.g. course selection, activities planning, essay editing). We share information with families about how the college admissions process works. We give students feedback and advice on what they’re taking in class and what they’re doing out of class that can best represent their potential as a college applicant. Throughout, we communicate with families on their student’s progress while respecting the student's privacy.
High School Academic Counseling
12 Monthly 1-on-1 Meeting per year (1 hour)
Course Planning
Extracurricular Review and Recommendation
Activity Suggestions, Volunteer, Leadership
SAT / AP Preparation Advice
Activities and Accomplishment Documentation for College Application
Email + Text Correspondence (48 hour turnaround)
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Summer Camp Application Preparation
5 Hourly Private Meetings + Unlimited remote essay review
Creating a summer activity list (e.g. summer camps, internships, volunteering, etc.)
Applications (up to 3): positioning, ideation, hands-on editing
Application review and submission
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Full Service College Application Counseling
Guiding and assisting with application paperwork and admissions essays for selected private or public Universities (Note: UC System is one application)
Meeting cadence and frequency to be agreed upon for each student
Personalized experience from a relatable counselor including access to counselor’s phone number
Recommend major / program fit
Recommend reach, target and safety schools fit + list
Essay ideation, outline, editing
Remote essay editing sessions agreed to be upon for each student
Extracurricular advice + review
Letter of recommendation advice and review
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Healthy Habits Development
1-on-1 private weekly meetings
Frequent text correspondence
Overview of study and homework habits, strategies, attitude
Improve exam preparation
Time management between hobbies and work (e.g. gaming, sports, club, etc.)
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Daniel has been an experienced college counselor for over 8 years and part-time tutor in various subjects for over 12 years serving the best students in the Tri-Valley area. He co-founded The Learning Lab to pursue his passion for helping students discover their identity and passions through the college application process. With the goal of inspiring students, he regularly shares his 6 years of experiences in consulting and tech as a product manager and security engineer ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies after graduating from UCLA for his Bachelor in Economics and UC Berkeley for his Masters in Engineering.
In his spare time, he’s qualified for the National USA Triathlon Championships, travels around the world for scuba diving, and enjoys reading about existential philosophy.
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