The November Sprint: For high school seniors -- and their moms -- with looming college application deadlines...
FAST Track Help with Essays, Applications and the College List to STAND OUT...and GET IN
For Class of 2025 Seniors facing Early Decision, Early Action and Regular Decision deadlines...in perhaps the most CHAOTIC, NONSENSICAL year of college admissions EVER...and their parents who don't want to scream and threaten them all Fall!
How will your child get picked out of a crowd? Are you willing to roll the dice and hope their essays and applications are "good enough?"
The applications and essays are the last chance, Final Argument to make why YOU should be admitted to that college.
Discover how our "insider" advice, brainstorming and editing of your child's college essays, "punching up" of your kid's applications...will help him stand out from HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of near-identical competitor-applicants...and multiply his odds of admission to his Dream Colleges
Re: How to answer the question, “Why should we take YOU compared to these 50,000-90,000 other applicants with the same grades and test scores?
The November Sprint Program is designed to help your child stand out against thousands of competitor-applicants like a diamond at a coal convention...
...to maximize their chances of getting into their "Dream College" that they're dying to attend...
...by helping them create polished, RIVETING, stand-out college applications and essays that resonate with each admissions officer that reads them...
...and without YOU screaming, threatening or otherwise lifting a finger!
Picture how great it would feel to know that your child completed his applications and essays in a stress-free manner...
...and magically submitted them to a balanced, strategic list of colleges eager to "bribe" them to enroll with offers of fat, juicy merit scholarships!
It's tougher than ever for an admissions officer to know what your child is REALLY bringing to the table....
...And it's harder than ever for many students to get admitted to college in today's DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) Environment
Even before coronavirus and the antics of Lori, Felicity et al, applying to college ain't what it used to be, thanks to rampant grade inflation that makes it damn near impossible for admissions officers to determine how a child will perform in college...
...NOT TO MENTION mind-numbingly similar, even suspicious extracurriculars such as service trips, volunteering and clubs, glowing teacher and guidance counselor letters of recommendation plastered all over today's college applications!
Nor is it a piece of cake for your poor kiddo to persuade his admissions officer that he deserves to be admitted!
Your child must state his case via a manner of writing never-before undertaken, unrecognizable to your average English teacher, and far different than any other writing assignment he encountered in school.
What makes your child different?
How will he stand out and tell his story, the "closing argument" that convinces an admissions officer to roll out the red carpet and invite him to the exclusive party, behind the velvet ropes?
That's what kids' essays and applications must do.
The Common Application, Coalition Application and other applications are the last, best chance at persuading the admissions committee that your child is THE ONE.
Specialized “Insider” Expertise to Fast-Track Your Child to College Success
Your child will complete her essays and applications quickly and efficiently, because she won't have any doubts about what direction to go.
She won't have to wonder "Is this what admissions officers are looking for?" or stress out because "I have nothing to say!", because we will pinpoint what should be stricken, which should be amplified and when to change directions on an essay or application.
This is an INCREDIBLE, unique advantage and opportunity.
The Bottom Line
You'll have confidence and clarity, because we have helped hundreds of students -and advised on thousands of college essays - in our 20+ years in college advising.
Contrast this with your English teacher’s background or even that of other college essay advisors, who NEVER SET FOOT inside of a Top 25 college’s admissions office. They are not “Insiders.”
Let’s be honest: they are merely GUESSING about what goes into a college essay.
Are you willing to risk your child's college future on their hunches?
In contrast, our experts. That means zero guesswork.
Here’s what you get when you enroll in the November Sprint Program©
- Up to 15 total college advising hours, including bi-weekly “Deep Dive” sessions (Zoom or face-to-face) with Andy Lockwood and our college advising team to
- Review, edit, brainstorm your Personal Statement
- Review, edit, brainstorm your supplemental essays
- Review and edit your Common Application, esp. the Activities Section
- Review and tweak, if appropriate your college list to ensure that it is balanced and strategic
- Decide to which colleges you should submit the SAT or ACT, which to go "test-optional"
- Identify any strategies to qualify for need-based or merit-based aid
- Map out a game plan for the Fall, with milestones and deadlines
- "Accountability Calls" to ensure that you're on schedule and hitting all agreed upon milestones, answer questions (the calls are "use or lose" ).
- Up to three (3) edits/rewrites of Common Application essay
- Up to two (2) rounds of edits for supplemental essays for six (6) colleges
- Additional editing, proofreading and strategic review of Common Application and all other applications, particularly the Activities Section
- The Big Bonus: Financial aid applications preparation. You'll save hours, and you won't make any deadly, horrible mistakes on the complicated FAFSA and overly-complicated CSS Profile, or any other applications! (This is a bonus, you do not have to apply for financial aid.). Value: $3,500
- Bonus #2: access to proprietary software that helps ensure a balanced and strategic list and identifying merit aid opportunities at each college on your list. Value: $497 but potentially worth a LOT more :)
Total, Real World value of bonuses: $3,997
Register Now and Give Your Child The Edge He or She Deserves...and NEEDS...in Today's NEW and Ultra-Competitive College Admissions Landscape!
Because of the personal nature of this program, we can take on a maximum of 12 students. Spots are awarded first-come, first-served.
Questions? Email [email protected] or call 516.882.5464
Andy and Pearl were both invaluable from start to finish as were trying to help our oldest son navigate the college application process! Andy helped us create a well-balanced list of schools and showed us how to effectively communicate not only Harry's accomplishments, but who he is and what he has to offer the colleges on his list. Pearl made the process of financial aid forms completely stress-free. Harry was admitted into his dream school as well as most others on his list, and we could not be more pleased with the Lockwood team!
Jen Larson, Huntington, NY
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Hi Andy, I just had to let you know the ripple effect of your help with Izzy and Xander.
Ellie (in pink) got kicked out of the Oregon State Volleyball team because of bad grades.
We connected her with Debbi, and now she is thriving. We would never have ben able to offer this kind of support without YOU!!
We think of you often, and our ROI on our investment in YOU is infinity.
Grateful for you, always!
Louise Barnard and Mark Barnard, Head Volleyball Coach, Oregon State University
Enroll Today!Nicholas Becker graduated Stanford in July, one of only 34 out of 1800 undergrads who were insane enough to go for physics undergrad degree. In addition, he went into the coterminus program his senior year, meaning he started a masters degree in computer science, so is 1/2 finished with that at graduation. Yes, I'm bragging.
But none of it would have been possible without Pearl and Andy Lockwood's guidance. And you can quote me on that in all of your marketing materials. Along with the appropriate royalties sent our way. (Or free for you to use if you don't make any sarcastic comments about the dude with the gray hair and receding hairline.)
Cheers,
Chris Becker, Atlanta, Georgia
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I shouldn't have to say this, but I'm going to press ahead: we cannot guarantee admission to any particular college.
Guarantees are stupid, because there are so many factors out of our control -- your child's effort, the raw number of competitor-applicants at a given college, the grades, statistics and characteristics of every other competitor-applicant, you get the point.
Nor is it ethical to offer a guarantee, as we have witnessed in the recent past.
So if someone is offering you a promise or guarantee that seems too good to be true, my advice is to run, not walk, away.
The only promise I will make is that we will give you our best possible, independent, agenda-free advice to help your child present him or herself in the best, most optimized way to each of their admissions officers. The same advice that we've given our clients who got into the most elite colleges in the world, including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Duke, etc. etc. etc.
If your child is coachable and ready to roll up his sleeves and get to work, then you're a good fit for us and this program.
