FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

Here are some examples of the areas you can expect to work on with your SOS4Students coach.

• Planning for the week
• Breaking down large assignments
• Utilizing accommodations
• Helping you advocate for yourself with professors
• Essay research planning and execution
• Managing academics, work/internships, and personal obligations
• Building effective habits
• Designing schedules that work for your needs

Absolutely. This is something to discuss with your SOS4Students coach as part of your regular session work.

SOS4Students finds that students at the college level are better served by consistent support over the course of their term, whether that’s a semester or trimester. Committing to 12 sessions allows us to provide you the necessary support and follow-through to build and reinforce strategies and new skills, as well as for you to practice them consistently. Lack of consistency can lead to “triage mode,” where problems that could’ve been avoided become urgent.

Of course, whether it is extending your 12-session package to get you through finals or adding additional sessions (which must be agreed upon by your coach) during the week. Your package is a minimum of 12 sessions, and we can add more sessions to your package at the current billing rate at any time.

Coaching is a weekly commitment—a time that should be honored even when you’re busy studying or working on a project. In fact, at times when you are particularly busy or stressed is probably when you need coaching support the most.

Generally, you will see your SOS4Students coach at the same day and time each week. While you can see your coach more frequently, remember that booking 50-minute sessions back-to-back on the same day or booking two sessions during the same week counts as two sessions against your 12- session commitment.

All sessions are 50 minutes. Double sessions can be scheduled as needed and according to coach availability. Double sessions count as two sessions.

Sessions can be online or, if you are local to the San Francisco Bay Area, we encourage you to have your sessions in-person at either our Walnut Creek or Oakland office. For online sessions, your coach will provide the link to the preferred online platform.

We know class schedules change due to adds and drops, work requirements, and other activities. We do our best to accommodate any changes..

Please let your coach know as soon as possible if/when you anticipate a change to your regular session dates or times. Also, be aware that any shift in your availability may mean the coach you’ve been working with might not be available. In the event that your schedule no longer works with your coach, the SOS4Students team will work with you to find a coaching session at a time that works for your schedule. Please note, in the event there are no available coaching times that fit your schedule, you will be placed on a waitlist with priority placement for your available times.

The extent to which a parent is involved in college coaching is totally up to you. As a college student, you can ask to have a parent attend sessions if you want, or you can ask the parent not to attend. Similarly, including parents (or not) on communications is totally up to you and is usually discussed during the initial conference. If you do wish for your parents to attend meetings and/or receive session summaries, we will ask you to sign a Release of Information.

Yes, of course. Billing is based on the credit card or other payment method on file and is arranged as part of the College Coaching Package commitment. Billing can be directed to a parent or to the college student if you want to be responsible for payment.

The full cost of a 12-session package is payable prior to starting college coaching sessions with SOS4Students. Our sessions are 50-minutes each with an initial commitment of a minimum of 12 sessions. The cost of each 50-minute session starts at $215 per session. All fee information is included when an official coaching session day/time is offered.

Once committed to, a 12-session package cannot be canceled. All sessions committed to must be used before the end of the school year during which the sessions were purchased. For example, if you buy a 12-session package at the start of the 2024-2025 school year, those 12 sessions must be used before the end of school in the spring of 2025.

We strongly encourage students NOT to put off using their sessions until the end of a semester or the school year. Coaching is more effective when sessions are held weekly rather than bunched up at the end of a semester. Plus, coaching availability typically does not allow for the scheduling of bulk sessions.

In all cases, except for genuine emergencies, we require 48-hours’ notice by phone, text, or email to cancel a scheduled session. Otherwise the session will be counted against your 12-session commitment.