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Don’t leave your admissions up to chance… Choose us.

We’ve supported thousands of families through the college admissions journey, and now we are offering strategic college consulting and application support to our students, starting as early as freshman year. First Choice Prep can now be your one-stop shop for everything college admissions related – we will work together to guide your child through every step of the college selection and application process, including the test prep.

How We Support You Through The College Admissions Process 

Strategic Consulting Starting as Early as Freshman Year

We work together to set an academic and collegiate vision to maximize your child’s potential. We’ll create a road map and follow the path to build a strong resume, including course selection, extra-curriculars, engagement in school and community, volunteerism, summer plans and relationship building. Throughout consulting, we’ll also explore careers, majors, and college options as we develop a personalized college wish list. And of course, we’ll offer guidance (and a discount) in college admission test planning and preparation.

College Application Advising

Starting at the end of Junior year, we build a student profile and develop a personalized college list. With our proven timeline and framework, we’ll work through all the components of all your applications, your personal statement, supplemental essays, extracurricular list, and recommendation letters to ensure accurate and on-time submission.  We’ll also conduct interview prep and mock interviews. And given that we’re test prep experts, we’ll also continue to support you through any tutoring you may need throughout your Senior year.

After The Application… We’re Still Here.

Even after you hit submit, there are final steps… and we are still in your corner.  We’ll track your acceptances together and support you in any communication or advocacy you may have to do with colleges. We’ll also offer scholarship opportunities, financial strategies, and support you as you make your final CHOICE! We’ll ensure a smooth enrollment and transition, and of course, we’ll celebrate your success.

Why Choose First Choice Prep?

Our One-Stop Approach

College admissions can now be a start to finish process with First Choice Prep. We’ll lean into the existing relationship we have with your child and family to support you throughout the entire process. Everything we do is in-house so you’ll be working with the same team of people throughout the entire process. Plus, we offer a discount for combining our services.

Our Experienced Counselors

Our Elite tutor Jay Cha has more than a decade of college advising experience and has supported more than 200 students in gaining access to top tier schools. With his leadership, we will be offering personalized guidance to students on the entire college admissions process, including resume building, test prep, and applications. As you may know, our team consists of professional tutors and college counselors, as well as writers and educators that will offer guidance on essays, to maximize the support you receive throughout the process.  We also have experience with athletic recruitment and arts portfolio preparation.

Our Student Focus

We know that this process can be stressful and challenging for kids – so step one is authentically caring about every student and getting to know each child – their goals, their ambitions, and their interests. If you’ve worked with us before, you already know this. But this is the basis of personalizing our approach to college admissions and tailoring the process to each student.

We are so happy with our experience at First Choice Prep. Our daughter was finally able to achieve the ACT score she had dreamed of and we are thrilled. We will 100% use FCP again with our son.

Dara, Montvale, NJ

Kurt from First Choice Prep was an incredible choice for my daughter’s SAT prep. He helped her reach her goal and increased her confidence when it came to testing day.

Elizabeth B., Short Hills, NJ

Nick was instrumental in helping our son increase his SAT Score by 200 points! His effective teaching style enabled my son to balance his course load and SAT prep without undue stress

Lori H., Livingston, NJ

First Choice Prep is my first choice for tutoring! They exceeded my expectations for both my children and personalized a plan tailored to my kids’ strengths and weaknesses.

Wendy L., Livingston, NJ

First Choice Prep is awesome. They have tutored three of my children who have gone on to great schools (Yale, Harvard and Stanford). They still stay in contact with my children and are available to help at the college level too.

Ann B., New Vernon, NJ

The team at First Choice Prep was exceptional from start-to-finish. First Choice Prep was instrumental in making a daunting and stressful process much more manageable.

Denelle W., Summit, NJ

James speaks in a way that makes kids ‘hear’ him. He was easy to talk to, and tailored the verbal reviews to my son’s math brain. He went up 330 SAT points.

Chris L., Randolph, NJ

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