Parent talks & community conversations
Approachable, candid discussions that help families understand the process, ask better questions, and support their students.
For schools & organizations
Bring Tiffany to your community.
An experienced voice. A personal connection.
College planning raises real questions, for the student staring at a blank document and for the adults trying to help without taking over. We bring years inside admissions offices and independent school counseling suites into the room, and turn those questions into something families and educators can actually use.
Let’s build your session
Ways we can work together
Built to fit the room,
not the other way around.
Personal statement & essay workshops
Hands-on sessions that help students find real material in their own lives, including our five-day Common App workshop format for smaller groups.
College readiness workshops
Interactive sessions on college research, building a balanced list, and the transition to campus, with time for students to reflect and put ideas into practice.
Professional learning
Sessions for educators, counselors, and student support teams on recognizing student strengths and guiding families through college planning.
School & organization partnerships
A tailored series or ongoing collaboration shaped around your community’s needs and existing support.
Start with a question that matters
Conversations we can bring
to your community.
Getting in as yourself
How students can recognize their strengths, find their story, and build applications that sound like them.
What a 3.9 doesn’t tell you
How admissions officers evaluate students whose strengths don’t show up as a GPA or a title, including students with learning differences, nontraditional interests, or unconventional paths, and how families can present that story clearly.
The best line is usually buried in paragraph four
A hands-on essay workshop where students learn to find and use real material from their own lives instead of writing what they think sounds impressive.
Accepted. But ready?
The life skills students need after the acceptance letter arrives: asking for help, managing their own schedule and responsibilities, making decisions on their own, and handling unfamiliar situations without a parent nearby.
Why the likely school needs a second look
Admit rates have shifted at flagship and popular schools. This session walks through why old assumptions about “safe” options no longer hold, and how to build a list where every likely school is one a student would actually be glad to attend.
Navigating college admissions as a first-generation family
A first-generation perspective on the college process, explaining the jargon and unwritten rules that families without a college-going background usually have to learn the hard way.
The student who thinks differently, not less
Supporting neurodivergent learners through a process built around one idea of “readiness,” drawn from Tiffany’s experience as both a counselor and the parent of a neurodivergent son.
Caring without managing the spreadsheet
How to stay involved in a student’s process without taking it over. Practical guidance on when to step in, when to step back, and how to talk about deadlines without becoming the enforcer.
Ninth grade is not too early, and that’s the problem
Course selection, summer plans, and early habits in ninth and tenth grade now shape college outcomes more than they used to. This session covers what families and counselors can do about it before it becomes a senior-year scramble.
Built around your community
What do you want them
to leave with?
An auditorium full of parents needs something different from a small group of students staring at blank essay documents.
We’ll start with your audience, the questions they’re asking, and what you want them to leave with. Then we’ll shape the topic and format around those goals.
A voice from both sides of the desk
Over twenty years in admissions and school counseling.
Tiffany has read applications as an Assistant Director of Admissions at MIT and an Assistant Dean at Colgate, then spent a decade directing college counseling at an independent school and leading a team at IvyWise. She is an inaugural member of Princeton University’s Admissions Counselor Advisory Board and served on the faculty of Southern ACAC’s Dry Run program, training the next generation of counselors. Her thoughts have been featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education and The Boston Globe.
Let’s build your session
Start with
your audience.
Tell us who’s going to be in the room, what’s on their minds, and any date you’re circling.
Prefer email? info@seenandaccepted.com