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Providing Service, Adding Value

Independent Educational Consultant

Dr. Jim Overton

August 19, 2010

Remember Those Good Old Days?

Choosing a College Was Easy

Applications Were a Piece

of Cake

There Were Few Deadlines

Admission Was Practically

Guaranteed

No Need to Worry About Financial

Aid or Scholarships

College Was Affordable

Now It’s More

Demanding

Applications Are More

Complicated

Deadlines, Deadlines, Deadlines

Admission Is a Greater Challenge

Financial Aid and Scholarships

Are Important

Costs Go Up Every Year

College2009-2010

Tuition Increase2010-2011

Tuition Increase

Clemson 4.50% 7.50%

Coastal Carolina 3.50% 4.90%

Coll. Charleston 6.00% 14.75%

Francis Marion 3.60% 6.50%

Lander 8.50% 4.50%

S.C. State 8.40% 5.70%

The Citadel 3.60% 13.00%

USC Aiken 4.90% 6.00%

USC Beaufort 3.60% 9.50%

USC Columbia 3.60% 6.90%

USC Upstate 3.60% 5.00%

Winthrop 4.00% 5.00%

What Do You Do?

School Counselors Are Increasingly

Overwhelmed

Friends and Family

“We’ll Just Handle It

Ourselves”

I Help Students Find Colleges

That Fit

Individualized Support

List of Target Schools

Admission Test Focus

Application Assistance

Essay Feedback

Monitoring Deadlines

Plan Campus Visits

Interview Practice

Scholarships

Flexible Office Hours

Central Location

1345 Garner Lane, Suite 101-A Columbia, SC 29210

www.collegeconsultantsc.com