This information-packed workshop will include: a timeline (starting from as early as 8th/9th grade or as late as 11th grade); how expectations of US and Canadian universities critically differ from European schools; general essay advice; emphasis on extracurricular activities and passion projects for elite admissions; special points of interest and importance for French residents; merit scholarships vs. financial aid; and more.

About Kazz Regelman: Kazz Regelman is a private college counselor who has coached students into acceptances at a long list of institutions, including Stanford, Harvard, Dartmouth, Duke, Johns Hopkins, USC, Cornell, Bowdoin, UChicago, Carnegie Mellon, Barnard, UCLA and other Ivy League, elite, and—most importantly— great-fit colleges. Her students frequently receive merit scholarships based on school selection, strategy, and essays. She is a graduate of Princeton, a Fulbright scholar, National Merit winner, and widely published journalist who founded GetIntoSchools.com with the aim of making the college admissions process both significantly less stressful and more successful. She is bilingual, has lived in Paris for many years, and raised her own children in French and international schools, but she’s also a long-time San Franciscan and deeply knowledgeable about the unique UC application process. Her philosophy is for students to end up at schools that are a great fit for their personality, interests, and goals—schools where they will thrive.