Ace Your College Applications
Personalized guidance for your path to success and a brighter future
About Us
Our Philosophy
At Brighter Days Advising, we believe that college counseling should be a collaborative and supportive process. We strive to empower students to take ownership of their college search and application process while providing guidance and expertise.
Our Approach
Our approach is to get to know each student individually to understand their unique strengths, interests, and goals. We provide personalized guidance throughout the entire college application process: improving fundamental skills, test advice, researching colleges, writing essays, submitting applications, finding scholarships, and negotiating aid packages.
Our Expertise
Brighter Days Advising helps students get accepted into top colleges across the country. Anita Morais, the lead adviser, attended Northwestern University (BS), worked in consulting, attended UCLA (MBA), and worked in Marketing, Sales,and Big Data for the last 20 years. She is the mom of two sets of twins, two in college and 2 on their way to college. She is phenomenal at organization, time managment, project management, and creative writing. She has trained small and big teams and project managed very complex endeavors. She ultilizes these skills now in the world of college counseling to effectively guide students. She reduces stress and worries of students and parents by providing an understanding of the college process and how to thrive in it and after. She is up to date on the latest college application trends, school requirements, admission decison making factors, and career trends. You can trust Anita to be your guide.
Our Services
We offer a wide range of services including college selection, fine art application guidance, essay writing, interview preparation, audition preparation, portfolio submissions, and financial aid and scholarship guidance. We are knowledgable about colleges and conservatories nationwide. Our goal is to help students make informed decisions and submit strong applications.
Brighter Days has packages to match your needs!
We know every students situation is a bit unique. As such, we have packages that are flexible. Dive in for focused help on picking classes, selecting enrichments paths, picking colleges, testing plans, essay development. You can choose what you need. Or if you want a partner across the entire process, a comprehesive package could be the solution.
Contact us for a free 30 minute consultation!
If you have college questions or need support, reach out now to schedule your free session.
Brighter Days Advising Reviews
Developing Skills
Our Introspective Approach
Our Introspective Approach
At Brighter Days Advising, we will arm students with skills to succeed in and out of class rooms.
Anita taught me how to interview and conducted mock interviews. She helped me get into my two dream schools. She is the best!
- Sam
Our Introspective Approach
Our Introspective Approach
Our Introspective Approach
We take a student-centered approach to college counseling. You can't figure out where you want to go or what you want to achieve, if you don't know yourself. We have a process to get deep into what makes you tick to illuminate the path for you.
With Anita, she got to the core of who I was. My strenghts and weaknesses. How I operate
We take a student-centered approach to college counseling. You can't figure out where you want to go or what you want to achieve, if you don't know yourself. We have a process to get deep into what makes you tick to illuminate the path for you.
With Anita, she got to the core of who I was. My strenghts and weaknesses. How I operate in the world. This was useful for college selection, essay writing, and major selection. She helps you have fun going deep into who you are. I learned so much about me!
- Brooklyn
Sage Advice and Service
Our Introspective Approach
Sage Advice and Service
Brighter Days combines the realities of paying parents with the desires of students to identify sound solutions. A perfect fit schoool can vary student to student and household to household.
Brighter Days guided my child to apply to schools with vast resources for merit scholarships on top of financial aid. She really helped make my son'
Brighter Days combines the realities of paying parents with the desires of students to identify sound solutions. A perfect fit schoool can vary student to student and household to household.
Brighter Days guided my child to apply to schools with vast resources for merit scholarships on top of financial aid. She really helped make my son's desires possible. We could not have navigated these complex applications without this help!
- Sophia, mom of a senior
cOUNSELING SOLUTIONS
Early College Planning
$750 - Best freshman or sophmore year, strategize to make a student college ready (classes, enrichment, extracurriculars, volunteering, etc)
Comprehensive Package
Fine Arts Comprehensive Package
$7000 - Includes college planning, perfecting the list, and project management/guidance/editing help throughout the process
Fine Arts Comprehensive Package
Fine Arts Comprehensive Package
Fine Arts Comprehensive Package
$9000 - Includes everything in comprehensive package plus help understanding which schools require multiple applications and strategy insights on the inclusion of videos, portfolios, and audtions.
Intense Essay Weekend
Fine Arts Comprehensive Package
Bespoke 4 hour Service Blocks
$2500 - Behind in your essays and responses and need intense help? This is the solution to help.
Bespoke 4 hour Service Blocks
Fine Arts Comprehensive Package
Bespoke 4 hour Service Blocks
$1500 - 4 one hour blocks of time to be used for any college or educational service that you need. The choice is yours - so you decide!
Executive Skills, Financial Skills, Study Skills, and Networking Skills
Executive Skills, Financial Skills, Study Skills, and Networking Skills
Executive Skills, Financial Skills, Study Skills, and Networking Skills
$1500 - 4 one hour sessions on these topics to enable your success socially, fiscally, and organizationally. Prep now to be impactful at college and at your career.