College admissions can feel overwhelming for parents and students. Families are expected to make important decisions about classes, extracurriculars, testing, internships, essays, applications, scholarships, and college lists – often without a clear roadmap.
College Counseling Support for Pleasanton Families
Olympus College Prep provides college counseling services for Pleasanton and Tri-Valley families who want a more strategic, structured, and personalized path to college admissions. Our counseling process helps students with course planning, student profile development, competition preparation, internships, community engagement, passion projects, applications, essays, scholarships, and financial planning.
Our approach helps students build a cohesive academic and extracurricular profile, not just complete applications at the last minute.
Whether your child is just entering high school or preparing to apply, a clearer plan can reduce stress and improve decision-making.
| SELECT | COMPREHENSIVE | FULL SCOPE With Aydin Mehrage |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Designed to target | Top 20–50 Universities | Top 10–20 National Universities | Ivy League, Stanford, MIT, Top UCs |
| 5-Pillar College Portfolio Advising | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Bi-Weekly Virtual Counseling | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Quarterly Check-Ins & Gap Analysis | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Weekly Office Hours | — | 3 Days/Wk | 4 Days/Wk |
| SAT/ACT/PSAT Prep | — | 1 class enrollment with Top 1% Score Guarantee | UNLIMITED class enrollment with Top 1% Score Guarantee |
| Included Complimentary Tutoring | — | $400 in complementary tutoring | $800 in complementary tutoring |
| AMC/AIME Tutoring | — | — | Included weekly AMC Preparation |
| Grade Monitoring | Not Included | ✔ Parent Notifications | ✔ Priority Oversight |
| College Applications | Up to 15 Schools 70hr Essay Curriculum | Up to 20 Schools 140hr Essay Curriculum | Priority Strategy + High-Volume Elite Applications |
| Research & Publication Guidance | — | ✔ | ✔ Premier Publication Strategy |
| Financial Guidance from Certified College Financial Counselor | — | ✔ | ✔ Private 1-1 Financial Consultations |
| Scholarship Application Support | — | 50 hrs Senior Year | Advanced & Competitive Scholarship Strategy |
| Grade Monitoring | — | ✔ Parent Notifications | ✔ Priority Oversight |
| Development Days | Study Skills + Internship Apps | 105+ hrs/year Curriculum | 130 hrs/year Advanced Curriculum |
| PRICING | $15k one-time tuition | $30k one-time tuition (Scholarships Available | $55k one-time tuition |
Students need a course plan that shows academic strength while remaining realistic and manageable through in-school and outside-school class options. We help families evaluate honors, AP, advanced, and elective choices in the context of the student’s goals.
Academic competitions can help students demonstrate subject-matter strength, especially in STEM, math, science, history, and other competitive fields.
Meaningful internships and academic experiences can help students explore interests and show initiative beyond the classroom.
Colleges want to understand how students contribute to their communities. We help students identify service and leadership opportunities that connect to their interests.
A strong passion project can help a student show intellectual curiosity, creativity, leadership, and follow-through. We help students develop projects that feel authentic and aligned with their goals.
Students can begin building stronger study habits, exploring interests through real-world internships and experiences, and getting ahead academically to stay ahead in high school.
Freshman year is the time to build academic consistency, choose the right course level, and beginning to explore interests in a meaningful way to develop a unique academic niche.
Sophomore year is often when students begin working through targeted advanced coursework, completing standardized testing, earning certifications, participating in regional through national competitions, and establishing a history of leadership outside the classroom.
Junior year is critical for building upon success, and garnering attention and awards within the academic field/niche the student is interested in. at this stage, all 5 college counseling pillars have been completed, and students are working on demonstrating outstanding mastery or achievement in one. Furthermore junior year is when students really begin to tailor their work to the universities they will be applying to.
Senior year requires strong execution: applications, essays, deadlines, financial planning, interviews, and final decision support.





Students can benefit from college counseling as early as 8th or 9th grade, especially if they are targeting competitive universities. Earlier planning gives students more time to make stronger course, activity, testing, and project decisions.
College counseling may include course planning, college list development, extracurricular strategy, test planning, essay support, applications, scholarships, financial planning, and student profile development.
A student profile is the overall academic and personal story a student presents to colleges. It includes grades, course rigor, test scores, activities, leadership, service, projects, interests, essays, and recommendations.
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