The reason our students arrive at senior year ready, not scrambling.
Most students start their college essays from a blank page.
They face a deadline and no clear sense of what to say, compressed into a few stressful months of senior year. iSTORIva™ begins earlier, and with a different question. Not “What should I write about?” but “What do I understand about myself?”
What iSTORIva™ Is
iSTORIva™ is Compass Admissions Partners’ signature framework, and the foundation of how we work with every student, in every grade, from the first conversation to the final application. Rather than starting with prompts, students start with inquiry. That work shapes their academics, their activities, their college list, and eventually their essays.
A Story Bank
Real material to draw from, built long before the deadline.
The Double Dip ™
Every session builds a skill and produces application material at the same time.
Writing That Is Theirs
Students do their own thinking. The work belongs to them.
Information Sessions
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