College Coordinates helps high schoolers build applications that actually sound like them, with real strategy behind every choice and one counselor who knows the whole picture.
It starts with a free session. We talk through your goals, your grades, and what you actually want out of college, then map a plan that fits.
Course planning, testing strategy, your college list, the essays. We work through it together, at a pace that fits your life.
By submission day you'll know why every school is on your list, what makes your application yours, and how to handle whatever comes back.
Start-to-finish support, from freshman-year planning to your final submissions. List building, school visits, essays, and every decision in between.
Learn moreWe find the story only you can tell, then shape it. A personal statement and supplements that sound like you, not a formula.
Learn moreA testing plan built around your schedule and your goals, including the honest question of whether to test at all.
Learn moreA focused push for 11th graders. Get clear on direction, build your list, and walk into senior year already ahead.
Learn moreA free online workshop for Jewish families weighing college decisions in the current campus climate. It runs on data rather than headlines: how to read a school's policies and culture, what your student's rights actually are, and which questions cut through a campus tour.
You leave with a scoring rubric, a rights cheat sheet, and a set of questions worth asking before you commit to anywhere. The next session is coming in September, with more dates through the fall.
College Coordinates is a solo practice run by Jake Beckman. You work directly with me on everything, with no hand-offs, no junior staff, and no templates. I've guided students through hundreds of applications at every kind of school, and I've learned the process works best when students are driving it, not just along for the ride.
The approach is honest, strategic, and low-drama. Most of the time things work out, and a lot of my job is helping you see why.
Genuinely personalized. Your college list doesn't come from a spreadsheet. It comes from knowing you.
No upselling. Solo practice means no one pushing services you don't need.
Long-term thinking. I'll work with you as early as 9th grade, because fit matters more than a name on a sweatshirt.
Direct access. You get my number and straight answers. That's the whole model.
Free strategy sessions. No pitch, no pressure, just a plan.
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