OUR MISSION
Green Apple was founded on the premise that post-secondary planning should be organized, meaningful, reflective and creative.
Our consultants work with freshmen through seniors in high school and transfer students on undergraduate admission, as well as college students on graduate admission.
We value a comprehensive approach, helping students and families with all aspects of the admission process, including transcript guidance, course selection, academic planning, college list-building, and application and essay work.
Education is changing, and we are changing with it. Our outcomes grow out of the process and purpose we believe in.
CURRENT PROGRAM OFFERINGS
8TH AND 9TH GRADERS - *Enrolling Class of 2024, 2025, 2026
11TH GRADERS - *Enrolling Class of 2023
ALL STUDENTS - Grades 8-11, Transfer, Gap Year, Graduate (some fields)
We are currently full for Class of 2022 enrollment.
Interested in being placed on the waitlist?
Please note: Students must be registered and parents must sign a contract and provide credit card information before meetings are scheduled.
Pre-Comprehensive Pathway Program
Early enrollment in the Pre-Comprehensive Pathway Program includes Individual Meeting consultation from freshman through senior year.
Benefits: Automatic preference for Comprehensive Program, priority scheduling, guidance through entire process
Comprehensive Program
The Comprehensive Program includes three blocks of ten hours of consultation spanning junior and senior year.
Benefits: Priority scheduling, research and communication included, guidance through entire process
Individual Meetings
Hourly. Open to students in rising 9th-11th grade, transfer and gap year students, college students seeking help with graduate school, and parents.
Blocks of 10 hourly individual meetings available.
Writing Specialist Meetings
Hourly. Open to students in rising 9th-12th grade, transfer and gap year students, college students seeking help with graduate school, and parents.
FAQ
When do high school students begin with Green Apple?
We have packages that start freshman year, and we encourage early engagement to ensure consultant availability. However, most students begin some time in the middle of high school. Our most common program, the Comprehensive Program, commences in the fall of junior year, and students can begin signing up as early as March of sophomore year.
Do you offer hourly meetings?
Yes, we do offer individual meetings as well as longer term packages.
How do you match students with consultants?
Unless through direct referral, all prospective clients contact us for an initial phone consultation and are then matched with the consultant whose experience and availability are the best fit.
Do you fill up?
Yes, we do. While we try and accommodate students at least through Individual Meetings (assuming consultant availability), we typically fill up for Comprehensive Program students each year. Each consultant sets his or her number of Comprehensive clients on an annual basis.
Where are the meetings held?
Local students can meet with us in our office on Del Ray Avenue in Bethesda, Maryland, a few miles from Northwest Washington, D.C. or virtually, the preferred method for most clients. Students at a distance work with us virtually. Periodically, other meeting locations are utilized.
What are your outcomes?
Please see our reviews for testimonials and our list of last year's college matriculation. We measure our outcomes on how effectively we work with students and families to determine fit and achieve our students' end goals.
How is what you do different from what a school-based counselor does?
We know how large school counselor caseloads are, and how often their roles are divided amongst many different areas of developmental guidance. We are fortunate to work with far fewer students and to be able to work intensively during out-of-school hours. Our dive is necessarily much deeper.
Do you provide SAT/ACT tutoring?
While we make referrals every day, we do not provide in-house SAT/ACT tutoring.
Students from our Class of 2020 and 2021 matriculated to the following schools:
AMHERST
BARNARD (2)
BATES COLLEGE (2)
BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC
BOSTON COLLEGE (4)
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
BROWN
BRYN MAWR
CARLETON COLLEGE (2)
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY
COLBY
COLGATE (5)
COLUMBIA
CORNELL
DARTMOUTH (3)
DAVIDSON COLLEGE (3)
DENISON
DICKSON COLLEGE (2)
DUKE (3)
ELON (2)
EMORY (3)
FORDHAM
GEORGETOWN (11)
GEORGE WASHINGTON (2)
HARVARD (2)
HAVERFORD COLLEGE (4)
INDIANA UNIVERSITY (4)
JOHNS HOPKINS (3)
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
LOYOLA CHICAGO
MACALESTER
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
MIAMI UNIVERSITY
MIT
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (2)
NEW SCHOOL
NORTHWESTERN (3)
NOTRE DAME (3)
OCCIDENTAL
OHIO STATE (2)
PENN STATE (2)
PITZER
POMONA (2)
PRINCETON (4)
RICE (2)
SOUTHERN METHODIST
STANFORD (2)
ST. ANDREW'S OF SCOTLAND (2)
SWARTHMORE
SYRACUSE (4)
TUFTS (4)
TULANE (5)
U. CALIFORNIA DAVIS (2)
U. CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
U. CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ
U. CHICAGO (2)
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
U. FLORIDA (2)
U. GEORGIA
U. MARYLAND
U. MIAMI (2)
U. MICHIGAN
U. NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
U. PENNSYLVANIA (6)
U. PITTSBURGH (2)
U. RICHMOND (2)
U. SOUTH CAROLINA
U. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
U. TAMPA
U. TEXAS
U. VERMONT
U. VIRGINIA (6)
U. WASHINGTON
U. WISCONSIN (2)
VANDERBILT (2)
VILLANOVA (3)
VIRGINIA TECH (2)
WAKE FOREST (2)
WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (2)
WASHINGTON AND LEE
WESLEYAN (2)
WILLIAM & MARY (2)
WILLIAMS
YALE (5)