Event overview
Join Prepory for a free in-person event designed to help families in the Greater Chicagoland Area take on the college admissions process with a clear strategy. During the event, we’ll cover:
- What top universities look for in Chicago applicants and how to stand out
- How GPA, test scores, extracurriculars, and essays factor into admissions decisions
- What to know about getting into the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern, the University of Chicago, and beyond
- Common mistakes students make during the college admissions process and how to avoid them
- Q&A time with a Former Admissions Officer, bring your questions!
Location:
Community House Winnetka
Room 101
620 Lincoln Ave.
Winnetka, IL 60093
Date:
Saturday
August 29th
11am
Meet your event hosts:
James and Alison
James is Prepory’s Program Manager and a college admissions professional with over eight years of admissions office experience. Before joining Prepory, he served as an Admissions Officer at Purdue University, where he reviewed thousands of applications. His students have been accepted to some of the nation’s most selective institutions, including the University of Chicago, Princeton, Stanford, Northwestern, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and beyond.
Alison is an Enrollment Manager at Prepory and a distinguished admissions expert with over a decade of experience advising students in the highly selective global admissions landscape. With deep expertise in Ivy League universities and other top-tier institutions, her students have earned acceptances to every Ivy League university, as well as premier institutions including Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and all of the University of California campuses.
Why Prepory?
of admission to colleges with acceptance rates below 15%.
served worldwide by our college admissions experts.
enrolled in Prepory’s college counseling services.
to at least one of their top 5 schools.
OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ADMITTED TO TOP SCHOOLS
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Prepory has helped me with my college application processes since 9th grade, always providing me a quality, friendly, and professional service. Today almost four years after, I don't know if I would have expanded and applied my college prospects without their help. They help me revise my supplement, link me to admission officers, and informational webinars. Aside from these valuable services, all my coaches have been extremely friendly and supportive. Each session is like talking to an old friend or family. I am infinitely grateful to Prepory for these years of service.
I know that without the guidance, support, and knowledge offered by Prepory, I wouldn’t have had the confidence or know-how to navigate the college admissions process and get to where I am now. Prepory changed my life.
Prepory helped our daughter navigate the strenuous application process by breaking it down into manageable tasks, on a set timeline, in order to make it to the finish line - without last minute cramming!
I would have left a similar rating even if my son had not got into several top schools. In terms of this, Bruno, my son's coach, worked with him to ensure that no matter what the outcome, he had done all he could to put himself in the best position. The fact that Bruno recognized what message my son wanted to convey and did not put his own spin into the process, meant a lot to our family. We understand that results matter, and we achieved that, but it was not at the expense of anything that was important to my son.
