College admissions support
College admissions support as an employee benefit.
Applying to college is a long project with many deadlines, and most families are managing it alongside work. Office Hours gives employees' families counselor support for the college list, application essays, and the timeline, organized in one account and sponsored by their employer.
What is included
College-list planning
Counselors help students build a list of schools that fits their academic profile, interests, and practical constraints such as cost. The list and its notes live in the family's account, so the student, parents, and counselor are looking at the same thing.
Essay feedback
Students submit application essays and personal statements for substantive feedback on content, clarity, and how well they come through on the page. The feedback is about the student's own writing, and the student stays the author. Submitted essays stay in the family's account.
Application timeline
Families receive a deadline checklist based on the student's graduation year, covering the steps that shape the admissions process, and can mark each item's progress as they go.
The counselor’s role, and the automated read
Office Hours counselors respond to a family’s requests about the college list, essays, and applications, and work with the family’s history in view.
A student can also ask for an automated first read of an essay or activity list. It points at specific passages and asks questions; it does not write anything for the student. Every read is recorded, and the family can see that record in their account. When a student wants a counselor’s view, they send the draft to one.
How families stay organized
The college list, submitted essays, requests, sessions, and deadline checklist sit in one family account. Parents and students do not have to reassemble the picture from email threads before each conversation.
How employers offer it
College admissions support is part of the Office Hours benefit alongside tutoring and family workshops. Your plan sets which employees are eligible and how much one-to-one counselor time, if any, is funded. Office Hours runs the program and reports to your benefits team at the program level only.
Common questions
Which students is this for?
High school students in grades 9–12. Earlier years are a good time to start the college list; essay and application work usually concentrates in the last two years of high school.
Who writes the essays?
The student. Feedback from counselors and the automated first read points at specific passages and asks questions. Neither writes or rewrites text on a student's behalf.
Does a person review every automated read?
No. The automated read is a starting point that the family sees directly. When a family wants a counselor to look at an essay or activity list, they send it to one, and the counselor sees the draft and the earlier read together.
Is admissions support covered by the employer?
One-to-one counseling is covered up to any allowance your plan funds, at no additional cost to families. Families who want more, or whose plan does not fund one-to-one time, can book sessions at the agreed corporate rates.
Can you guarantee admission?
No one can. Office Hours helps students plan, write, and stay organized; admission decisions belong to colleges.
What does the employer see?
Aggregate program figures: enrollment, participation, on-demand workshop views, deadline-checklist progress, and total hours used from any funded allowance. Employers never see which colleges a student is considering, their essays, or their application status.
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