Do you offer hourly or a la carte services?

Yes — and there’s a reason not every firm does. Hourly and a la carte work can be genuinely useful in the right situations, and genuinely frustrating in the wrong ones.

These options are best for students who already have a coherent strategy and need a targeted second set of eyes: pressure-testing an essay, sanity-checking a school list, or preparing for an interview. In those cases, a focused engagement can deliver exactly what’s needed without forcing anyone into a larger package that doesn’t make sense.

What hourly work is not designed to do is replace comprehensive consulting. If what you actually need is someone diagnosing the full picture, shaping the narrative, and quarterbacking the process over time, a one-off session won’t deliver that — and pretending otherwise helps no one. We’re careful about this distinction precisely because we want expectations to stay aligned with reality.

We offer flexibility because some families truly need only a narrow slice of help. Our job on the consultation call is to be honest about whether that’s you. If it is, we’re happy to meet you there. If it isn’t, we’ll tell you that too — before you spend money on the wrong solution.