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What is actually in a roadmap

A redacted look at a real roadmap, built for a student targeting engineering programs.

Most consultants ask you to trust a free consultation. I would rather show you the work. Everything below came out of an actual roadmap. Names and identifying details are removed. It corresponds to The Roadmap at $1,495, and it is the same document that sits underneath The Living Roadmap.

1. A right-fit school list, with the real numbers

Five to eight programs, each tiered as reach, target, or likely. For every school: the program-level admit rate rather than the misleading university-wide figure, published test ranges measured against this student's actual scores, what that specific school rewards, and the true cost after aid for this family.

This is the section that changes decisions. Families routinely rule out a school on sticker price that would have cost them less than the in-state option once aid is modeled honestly.

2. The extracurricular narrative

The through-line an admissions reader should be able to see across everything the student does. Not a list of activities, one coherent story, plus a straight read on where the gaps are and what would close them in the time remaining.

3. Where to show depth and leadership

Specific opportunities worth pursuing that demonstrate real depth in this student's field, chosen for this student rather than pulled off a generic list of impressive-sounding activities.

4. Target internships within driving distance

This is the section families are most surprised by. Real organizations near home, with contact details and whether they actually take high school interns. Not "get an internship," but which door to knock on and who answers it.

A redacted entry looks like this:

5. Cold-outreach email templates

Word-for-word scripts to land those internships, research spots, and recommendation letters, plus the follow-up and the thank-you note. Written for a sixteen-year-old to send, not for a parent to rewrite.

6. A season-by-season timeline

Every deadline, test date, and application window mapped from today through submission, so nothing sneaks up on anybody in October of senior year.

7. A testing and course plan

Which tests, when to take them, and the course sequence that genuinely strengthens the transcript for these particular target programs.

8. The top five next steps

A prioritized action list, so the student always knows the single most important thing to do this week. This is the page most families end up living in.

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