TOOLS WE USE - MyCPC Portal
Current data. Clearer college choices.
One login gives your family everything in one place: testing timelines, college databases, application requirements, a shared calendar, and an essay management tool. No separate logins, no scattered spreadsheets — just one system your student and you can both see.
MyCPC TOOLS
DASHBOARD
“the panel facing the driver of a vehicle or the pilot of an aircraft, containing instruments and controls.”
CPC is the air traffic controller, providing the orderly and expeditious flow of guidance and content. The students use their dashboard to control their college planning, fly the plane, and gain confidence to stick to the landing!
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Easily identified assignments keep the student on track.
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Text conversations improve engagement and accessibility between chats.
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Simple session scheduling and unlimited access.
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Transparency for parents to ensure their student is on course.
TESTING
The standardized testing environment is evolving, and the relative importance of standardized tests is unique to each student.
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Providing accurate guidance with current data eliminates wasted resources and unnecessary stress.
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Review standardized tests’ relative level of importance.
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Consider a test timeline.
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Confirm no registration deadlines are missed.
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Provide visuals for reaching goals.
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Support self-study schedules.
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Refer tutoring if ROI is likely.
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Evaluate if scores improve or detract from the student’s application.
COLLEGES
We simplify the college research and application process by ensuring content is current and relevant to each student’s goals. There is no one-size-fits-all package at CPC.
We challenge students to think more deeply, beyond the usual variables, to reimagine their college experience.
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CPC kick-starts each student’s research by matching student-centric criteria to quality schools.
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Fresh data, objective analysis, and personal insight drive our college list recommendations and assigned admission probabilities.
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Students access a full library of independent research and unique content with a single username and login.
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Our college note chat box provides real-time support as students research schools.
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Guidance on when to take advantage of early application opportunities – and how to be ready when the time comes.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Applications might seem simple initially, but they take more time and effort than expected. CPC reduces the workload by organizing all required details and dates for each student’s college list in one place. Sure, you can hunt and peck for this information online, but wouldn’t you rather spend that time elsewhere?
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Application, material, and financial document deadlines by application type
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High school curriculum track – for example, how many foreign languages or lab science courses does your dream school recommend?
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Testing requirements – SAT/ACT, Test-Optional, Test-Flexible, Self-Reporting, Official Score, and AP tests
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Academic and Other Recommendation letter requirements
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Institutional scholarship opportunities
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Portfolio and audition requirements
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ROTC and Service Academy requirements
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Common Data Set – Relative Value of Importance in Academic and Non-Academic Factors
CALENDAR
Using a calendar to keep track of important dates is a life skill. With so many things going on in a student’s life, it is easy to miss a deadline. Students can quickly view and add events to their calendars and receive notifications to keep them on track.
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Standardized test registration deadlines and test dates
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College planning assignments
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Application deadlines
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Financial Aid document deadlines
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Application material (test scores; recommendation letter; transcript) deadlines
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Scholarship deadlines
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Student personal events such as Campus Visits and Admitted Student Days
ESSAYS & RESUMES
For most students, the college application is the first time they have to market themselves — and it’s daunting. As we like to say: “We don’t make you taller. We help you stand up straighter.”
We don’t hand students a generic prompt, and we don’t write a word for them. We help them surface the moments and experiences only they could write about, then coach them through drafting and revising it — so the essay sounds like them, because it is them. Resumes and activity lists get the same treatment: real feedback that makes their actual experience land.
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Writing organized by school and topic, so nothing gets lost
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Brainstorming that draws out genuine, personal content
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Structure and outline support to get past the blank page
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Coaching and feedback on drafts, revision by revision
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Resume and activity-list feedback
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Coaching on cover letters for recommender requests
