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Your Teen's High School and College Admissions Strategy Guide

A planning guide for ambitious Bay Area families ready to help their teen build a smarter, more holistic strategy -- and a high school experience worthy of everything they're capable of.

10-Page PDF
20-Min Read
Rising 10th & 11th Graders
2026 Edition
Your Teen's High School & College Admissions Strategy Guide
Master Plan Academy -- masterplanacademy.org
  • 1 The Landscape -- what the admissions environment actually looks like
  • 2 The Snapshot -- a 5-dimension assessment of where your teen stands
  • 3 The Strategy Builder -- planning tools to start building a real direction
  • 4 What Comes Next -- how Designing High School closes the gaps
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What's Inside

Four sections. One complete picture.

01 -- The Landscape
The environment your teen is entering
What the college admissions environment actually looks like for your teen's graduating class -- and what it takes to stand out in a landscape increasingly shaped by AI and population growth.
02 -- The Snapshot
Where does your teen stand?
A 5-dimension assessment covering strengths and direction, career clarity, college admissions strategy, execution systems, and authentic accomplishments. Insights a GPA can't give you.
03 -- The Strategy Builder
Start building a real direction
Planning tools and questions -- including big-picture goals, this year's focus, and an honest self-assessment -- to help your teen start building before the pressure of senior year hits.
04 -- What Comes Next
How Designing High School closes the gaps
How the Designing High School program takes your teen from these questions to a complete, holistic college admissions strategy and high school plan -- built by them, before applications begin.
Who This Guide Is For

Built for ambitious families who are ready to plan ahead.

The Student
Rising 10th or 11th graders who are motivated, working hard, and ready to make it add up to something real.
The Family
Ambitious Bay Area parents who want to help their teen build a smarter, more holistic strategy -- not just accumulate activities.
The Timing
Families who want to get ahead of the pressure -- while there are still two or three years to build something real.
Ready to work through it?
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Neil Dandavati
About Your Instructor
Neil Dandavati

Neil Dandavati is the founder and lead instructor of Master Plan Academy. Unlike most academic coaches, his background spans teaching, consulting, technology, and government -- giving him a uniquely practical lens on what strategic thinking, career planning, and real-world execution actually look like across fields. He has built college, career, and technology curriculum that has reached 2,000+ students, and holds degrees from Harvard University and UC Berkeley. The result is a program built not just by an educator, but by someone who has operated at the intersection of strategy, technology, and real-world execution -- and knows how to teach it.

Harvard Kennedy School UC Berkeley 2,000+ Students Reached Former SFUSD Teacher Pearson Education partnership

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