Pam's Services
About Pam Proctor
She’s been called a “cheerleader extraordinaire” for college-bound students.
Pam Proctor, founder and President of College Application Consultants, Inc., knows what it takes to help students maximize their chances for admission to the colleges of their choice. For more than 20 years, she’s helped scores of American and international students navigate the college admissions process successfully.
A former senior editor of Parade magazine and writer of 10 nonfiction books, Pam helps each student find and maximize a “hook” — the one talent, skill or personal quality that will leap off the pages of a college application and catch the eye of admissions officers.
“The hook is more than a mere ploy to win over college admissions committees,” says Pam. “It can become a confidence-building, inspirational vehicle for self-discovery.”
Pam’s promise: “Everyone has a hook!”
Pam's Services
College Consulting
SAT /ACT/ PSAT Prep
Professional Writer
Motivational Speaker
With Pam’s private, individualized program, students will set themselves apart on every page of their applications
Standardized testing still matters, and for students to get an edge, targeted one-on-one prepping with College Application Consultants’ tutor, Bill Proctor, is the key
Pam’s 10 books range from a memoir of a former Vietnamese refugee … to a veterinarian’s inspirational journey with alternative medicine … to her acclaimed college admissions guide, The College Hook
“Inspirational,” “practical,” “encouraging” — that’s how parents, students, and teachers describe Pam’s college admissions presentations at schools, bookstores, and other venues around the country
College Consulting
SAT /ACT/ PSAT Prep
With Pam’s private, individualized program, students will set themselves apart on every page of their applications
Standardized testing still matters, and for students to get an edge, targeted one-on-one prepping with College Application Consultants’ tutor, Bill Proctor, is the key
Professional Writer
Motivational Speaker
Pam’s 10 books range from a memoir of a former Vietnamese refugee … to a veterinarian’s inspirational journey with alternative medicine … to her acclaimed college admissions guide, The College Hook
“Inspirational,” “practical,” “encouraging” — that’s how parents, students, and teachers describe Pam’s college admissions presentations at schools, bookstores, and other venues around the country
Pam's Services
College Consulting
With Pam’s private, individualized program, students will set themselves apart on every page of their applications
SAT /ACT/ PSAT Prep
Standardized testing still matters, and for students to get an edge, targeted one-on-one prepping with College Application Consultants’ tutor, Bill Proctor, is the key
Professional Writer
Pam’s 10 books range from a memoir of a former Vietnamese refugee … to a veterinarian’s inspirational journey with alternative medicine … to her acclaimed college admissions guide, The College Hook
Motivational Speaker
“Inspirational,” “practical,” “encouraging” — that’s how parents, students, and teachers describe Pam’s college admissions presentations at schools, bookstores, and other venues around the country
The College Hook
“With her businesslike tenor and candid advice, Pam Proctor presents a user-friendly roadmap for college applicants covering everything from Hook-development to choosing schools, composing essays, and ‘working’ the waitlist … The College Hook is an excellent resource for prospective students, parents, and counselors alike.”
— Julie Vultaggio
NACAC Bulletin, March 4, 2009
Pam in Print
Students do not have to spend a summer abroad for an essay-worthy experience. When Mary Lang Gill was a rising senior at the Atlanta Girls School, a private school, she hired Pam Proctor, an independent college counselor and the author of “The College Hook,” a college admissions guide. After learning that Ms. Gill loved to paint, Ms. Proctor connected her to the Florida Highwaymen, a band of renegade painters active during the 1950s and ’60s.
“I spent a whole day with them,” painting and observing, said Ms. Gill, who just graduated from Dickinson College. “It was one of the coolest things ever, and I love that and I got to put it on my application.” Ms. Proctor said she spent a great deal of time with students helping them find the right topic for the college essay. “Picking the essays is as important as writing them,” she said. After that, she said, the stories “write themselves.”
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