College Prep
Weekend Workshop
WITH BRIGHSTAR COACH AND NICHOLSON TUTORING
Join us for a unique and powerful College Prep Weekend Workshop, hosted by Brightstar Coach and Nicholson Tutoring on the first two weekends in August, 2025. Students will leave these sessions having completed SAT Test Prep, Common App and Essay Prep, and Wellness! Register by June 15th.
College Prep Weekend Workshop
SERIES DATES - BOTH WEEKENDS INCLUDED
Saturday / Sunday Aug 2/3
Saturday / Sunday Aug 8/9
TIME
9:00am - 4:00pm
LUNCH BREAK NOON - 1:00PM
LOCATION
Chapel Hill
INVESTMENT
$3,750 per student
PRICING IS ALL-INCLUSIVE EXCECPT STRENGTHFINDERS AND PRACTICE TEST
TEST PREP
Complete test prep for both 1) the reading and writing and 2) math sections of the SAT being held on August 23, 2025
COMMON APP / ESSAY PREP
College list development
Completed resume
Guidance and navigation through all aspects of the common application + application process
Completed “activities” section
Brainstorm for supplemental essays for 8 -10 colleges
WELLNESS
Optional 15 Minute Yoga Wind down session daily
FOLLOW UP
Test prep on August 13/August 20: students sign up for one 2-hr block to review skills and answer questions in the Nicholson Tutoring Online Classroom.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: All materials will be provided. Lunch every day will be provided. Students will need laptops.
ITEMS STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE PRIOR TO AUGUST 2:
1) Take a practice SAT or provide a recent SAT score to be used as a baseline score 2) Take the Clifton Strengthsfinder test ($24.99) and come to first session with top 5 strengths
ABOUT ANITA & BRIGHTSTAR
Brightstar Coach was created after my work with 4000+ undergraduate students (as a career coach & academic advisor) at Duke University. I began noticing similar themes that arose among the students. They were the brightest young people I’ve ever met, but in the internship and career process, fear and stress became obstacles to authenticity and productivity.
In other words, many of my advisees focused so much on the end goal (that usually included securing a job at McKinsey or Goldman Sachs) – that the process became mired in anxiety and unforgiving comparisons to peers. The students who were the most at ease could be the most authentic. They could then tap into their strengths and set achievable and realistic goals for themselves.
I now realize that the best thing I can do for my advisees is to simplify the process — ask them to breathe, to slow down and find the common thread that connects their skills and experiences. I help to give them perspective so they can be their very best. We then work together to develop a strategy, an action plan, a systematic an attainable set of goals and a timeline.
