The document discusses how the college application process has become more complex over time with more deadlines, complicated applications, and greater challenges for admission and financial aid. It then provides statistics showing increases in tuition rates for colleges in South Carolina from 2009-2010 to 2010-2011, with increases ranging from 3.5% to 14.75%. The rest of the document introduces Dr. Jim Overton as an independent educational consultant who helps students individually with the college application process by providing services like assisting with applications, editing essays, helping students find target schools, and advising them on financial aid and scholarships.

1. Providing Service,
Adding Value
Independent Educational
Consultant
Dr. Jim Overton
August 19, 2010

2. Remember Those
Good Old Days?

3. Choosing a College
Was Easy

4. Applications
Were a Piece
of Cake

5. There Were
Few Deadlines

6. Admission Was
Practically
Guaranteed

7. No Need to Worry
About Financial
Aid or Scholarships

8. College Was Affordable

9. Now It’s More
Demanding

10. Applications
Are More
Complicated

11. Deadlines, Deadlines, Deadlines

12. Admission Is a
Greater Challenge

13. Financial Aid
and Scholarships
Are Important

14. Costs Go Up Every Year

15. 2009-2010 2010-2011
College
Tuition Increase Tuition Increase
Clemson 4.50% 7.50%
Coastal Carolina 3.50% 4.90%
Coll. Charleston 6.00% 14.75%
Francis Marion 3.60% 6.50%
Lander 8.50% 4.50%
S.C. State 8.40% 5.70%
The Citadel 3.60% 13.00%
USC Aiken 4.90% 6.00%
USC Beaufort 3.60% 9.50%
USC Columbia 3.60% 6.90%
USC Upstate 3.60% 5.00%
Winthrop 4.00% 5.00%

16. What Do You Do?

17. School Counselors
Are Increasingly
Overwhelmed

18. Friends and Family

19. “We’ll Just
Handle It
Ourselves”

21. I Help Students
Find Colleges
That Fit

22. Individualized
Support

23. List of Target Schools

24. Admission Test Focus

25. Application
Assistance

26. Essay
Feedback

27. Monitoring Deadlines

28. Plan Campus Visits

29. Interview Practice

30. Scholarships

31. Flexible
Office Hours

32. Central Location
1345 Garner Lane, Suite 101-A
Columbia, SC 29210

33. www.collegeconsultantsc.com