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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 two on their way to college. She is phenomenal at organization, time management, 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 decision-making factors, and career trends. You can trust Anita to be your guide.

Developing Skills

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

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 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

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's desires possible. We could not have navigated these complex applications without this help!
- Sophia, mom of a senior

Early College Planning

$750 - Best freshman or sophmore year, strategize to make a student college ready (classes, enrichment, extracurriculars, volunteering, etc)

Perfecting the College List

$2500 - From January of junior year to October of senior year

Comprehensive Package

$7000 - Includes college planning, perfecting the list, and project management/guidance/editing help throughout the process

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

$2500 - Behind in your essays and responses and need intense help? This is the solution to help.

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

$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.

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