What We Do



What We Do
Our goal is to help students worldwide prepare and apply for creative programs in higher education. We fulfill this goal by offering customized college counseling for creative students. Depending on your needs, here’s what we’ll do:
- Discover your specific ambitions, interests, and plans to understand which creative programs in higher education will achieve your unique goals.
- Create a well-rounded, preliminary selection of collegiate creative programs. Let us guide you through exploring available paths to narrow your options to a best-fit list.
- Assist you in crafting your portfolio and the academic assets each creative program requires so that you can submit an outstanding application for admission.
Our assistance, decades of experience, and expertise have helped over 800 students prepare strong portfolios and applications for collegiate art and design programs.
Who We Serve
We can assist you in achieving your creative goals in higher education if you’re one of the following:
- A high school student eager to explore and apply for college programs that prepare you for a rewarding career in art and design.
- A transfer student hoping to sharpen your creative skills at another college or change majors and apply for an art and design program.
- A graduate student pursuing a Master of Fine Arts or other advanced art degree, regardless of whether you were an art and design major as an undergraduate.
- A career changer looking to switch gears professionally by attending a college program to finetune your art and design skills.
If you check one of these boxes, we’d love to learn more about you and support you in your next academic step!
*** If you’re an independent educational consultant and need help advising your US or international art and design students, let’s discuss co-consulting to see if it’s a good idea. Please reach out using the contact form below.***
What We Value
At Portfolio College Counseling, we’re guided by seven core values:
- Imagination: Original work is born from curiosity.
- Intentionality: Deliberate decisions lead to one-of-a-kind creative pieces.
- Compassion: Students are unique and deserve to be acknowledged as such.
- Exploration: Investigating different creative programs is critical to finding the right fit.
- Adaptability: Roll with the punches and move forward positively when obstacles arise.
- Relationships: Establishing trust elicits meaningful communication that enhances collaboration.
- Participation: Mutual effort, engagement, and communication are keys to success, as one-sided relationships produce zero to few benefits.
Living out these values has produced beneficial outcomes for our team and students.
What We Believe
Our core belief is that you are unique. As such, we promise to provide you with college counseling around your specific needs, abilities, and objectives. That way, you can tell a story that presents your unique self, including your talents and achievements, to collegiate art and design programs.
Let's Connect
Finding the right college counselor is the key step in a successful college planning process. To help decide whether our services are the best path forward for students, we offer a 20-minute, complimentary phone meeting to introduce ourselves, get to know you and explain our process. Afterward, we’ll prepare a written proposal to outline our plan for working with you, that includes a suggested sequence and associated fees. Each plan for counseling is customized, based on the student’s abilities, skills and educational objectives.