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A Starting Line
A Starting Line is a women-owned strategic college admissions consulting with a combined 40+ years of direct experience in higher education and admissions.
Leveraging the latest data, our extensive experience, and insights directly from admissions offices, we make your child’s high school and college admission planning enjoyable, exciting, and less stressful.
Let us help you chart the optimal path to achieve your child’s goals.
The G.E.M™ Method
Glean
Empower
Masterpiece
Glean
Finally, we help craft a compelling and cohesive application - a masterpiece that reflects their unique self. Essays, resumes, interviews - all aligned to shine with clarity and intention, to showcase the student in the best lights
Empower
Finally, we help craft a compelling and cohesive application - a masterpiece that reflects their unique self. Essays, resumes, interviews - all aligned to shine with clarity and intention, to showcase the student in the best lights
Masterpiece
Finally, we help craft a compelling and cohesive application - a masterpiece that reflects their unique self. Essays, resumes, interviews - all aligned to shine with clarity and intention, to showcase the student in the best lights
A Starting Line’s Premium Proprietary Methodology gives your family a straightforward and clear path for successful admissions through the college planning maze
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We all know that colleges want to see that a student has…
How Should We Research Colleges?
10/05/2026
Once you’ve thought about your student and the kind of environment where…
In addition to deciding what colleges to apply to — and how…
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