When I first met Mia, she wasn’t even sure if college was in the cards. She had dyslexia, limited extracurriculars, and hadn’t scored well on the SAT. Her confidence was low, and her family didn’t have tens of thousands saved for college. Together, we clarified her passion for psychology, targeted schools that offered both strong academic support and large scholarships, and built a powerful application that told her story and her experiences — including community service, her leadership projects, and her maturity built over years of being a dedicated babysitter. We worked on everything: her essay, her letters of recommendation, and most importantly — her belief in herself. In the end, Mia received a full-ride scholarship to a prestigious university to study psychology. She was absolutely overjoyed.