Black Excel will
tailor our seminars and/or lectures to your needs.
Excellent for
high school PTA's, church and other community groups.
Fees:
For Organizations:
$300 for 1-topic presentation (2 hours with Q&A)
$500 for 2-topic
presentation (2 to 4 hours with Q&A)
$700
(for 3-topic presentation)—all day or as necessary
$1,000
for presentations that cover 4 or more topics—all day into the
evening, as necessary. Organizers can shape format.
Presentations
can be in small, intimate rooms or in large auditoriums.
The number of
attendees can vary from 10 to 1000-plus.
B: Personalized,
One-on-One Counseling:
Personalized,
one-on-one counseling (catering to your specific needs)
can also take place at your home (if you live in the New York City
metropolitan area), or at other locations by arrangement. Query.
2-hour
consultation: $100.00 (covering whatever concerns you:
where to apply, how to get in, the odds, aid, scholarships, etc.).
3-hour
consultation (to a group of 2 or 3 students): $150, $200
(up to 6 students--$300).
These talks
are intimate and informal, with Q&A sessions included.
Usually these sessions
are handled by the founder, Mr. Black.
Sometimes other experts
in the field conduct them--former students
who were originally
counseled by Black Excel and went on to garner
graduate and/or
professional degrees.
C: Phone Consultations
(by appointment):
A half-hour counseling
session is $50. One hour: $75. You e-mail your
concerns and
questions. We research and prepare our responses
before we talk.
Ask whatever you like!
Generally, we advise
parent and student to use extension phones
so that both parties
can dialogue with us.
D: Black Excel’s
350-Plus Scholarship and
Get-the-Money-Guide:
$19.95
(Please note that we have
sold out of this package. This
information will be available
in our forthcoming guide to be
published mid-2000.)
This in one of our
best sellers. Not only do you get
information on all
the major and minor scholarships,
but our guide tells
you exactly what to do to apply
and put the
scholarship odds in your favor. It's a
step-by-step guide, pointing the
way to the best
get-the-money strategies. Financial
aid officers
at colleges and high school grade
advisors across
the country regularly order this
Guide. We send it
to you via Priority Mail (two-day
mail). You receive
the package 7 to 12days after we
receive your check.
E: Deluxe Admissions
"Getting In" Package:
$59.95
This is a personalized,
single-spaced (10-page minimum)
counseling letter
that we create specifically for you.
Students who have
received this instructional item have
gained admission
to schools like Spelman, University of
Michigan, Hampton,
Lincoln, Cornell, Clark-Atlanta,
Wesleyan, SUNY Albany,
Binghamton, Penn, John C. Smith,
R.I.T., Morehouse
and dozens of other schools.
How it works: You
give us the names of two colleges
that interest you.
You provide your SAT (PSAT) or ACT
score, your GPA (grade
point average), the name of your
high school and the
name of any special program you're
enrolled in: Bridge
to Medicine, Honors, etc. Also:
info on special talents,
honors, community or school
work. Preferred but
optional: your high school transcript.
Our letter tells you
how to prepare your application in
a beat-the-odds mode.
What does this mean? If means that
if you follow our
instructions you will be going into the
application pool
at your selected college at maximum
strength. Students
we have worked with have actually beat
out students with
higher GPA’s and test scores. Our letter
gives you the insider's
view on writing essays, getting recommendations, enhancing
your image, explaining special
problems and more.
Our price includes postage (Priority
Mail) and handling.
You receive the package approximately
three weeks after
we receive your order.
F: Get-Into-Medical
School Help Package:
$59.95
Students who have been counseled
by Black Excel about
getting into medical school
have been accepted and/or
placed on waiting lists
to the following schools, as well
as others:
SUNY Stony Brook, Syracuse, Boston
University, Mt. Sinai
School of Medicine, MeHarry,
Yale, Morehouse, University
of Michigan, Cornell, New
York University, SUNY Buffalo,
Howard and Penn State.
(Because of time constraints,
Black Excel has temporarily
discontinued our
Medical School Help Package.As a courtesy,
we will answer general
medical school admission questions--a
paragraph or two
via e-mail--without charge, responding as time
permits. In the "Subject"
column, write "Medical School Q&A."
For specific and
personalized questions that
cannot be answered
in a simple e-mail,
we will send you our fee
scale.)
Note: A major
book by Isaac J. Black, The African-American
Guide to
Getting Into
Medical School is currently in preparation.
G: Free Essay Critique:
Send
your college essay to Black Excel for a free e-mail evaluation.
We
will inform you whether your essay is Super,
Good, Average or
Poor,
with a short note. In the "Subject" column,
write "Essay Help."
We
will respond as time permits.
Where Is Black Excel
Headed?
Black's Excel’s goal is be the preeminent
college help
source for African Americans
and students of color
nationwide. Just as organizations
like Kaplan and
Princeton Review have met
the needs of aspiring
mainstream college students and
their parents, we intend
to do the same for African Americans--with
books,
recordings, an educational test,
tours and help centers
spanning the country. Our people,
at all levels, need
to know not only what resources
are available but the
answers to the pivotal question
"What to do next?" about
their college needs and aspirations.
With our 501-C(3) tax-exempt status
in place, we are
expecting to receive corporate,
foundation and government
support. With these grants we plan
to provide classrooms,
computer terminals and staffed
locations affording
reference materials such as college
catalogs, applications,
books and other related resource
materials. And we will
continue to draw upon the expertise
of professional
educators. Our motto:"Assist
each student as if she or
he were your own child."
Since 1988, Black Excel has made
a name for itself with
very limited resources, garnering
a reputation for
providing information, support,
advice and guidance.
We have helped super,
good, average and "need-a-second-
chance" students get into colleges
at all levels across
the country. Our future
will be even more productive than
our past.
Spread the word: Black Excel
is on a mission!
-Isaac Black, Founder
email:ijblack@blackexcel.org
Black Excel’s Core
Staff:
Isaac
Black, the founder and CEO of Black Excel,
has several
degrees (A.A.S, B.F.A,
M.F.A). A graduate of the New York
Institute of Technology,
he has also studied at Brooklyn
College, Columbia
University and other institutions of higher
learning. A
social worker, he has been a nominee for "Employee
of the Year" at the
government agency where he worked for many
years. He
has also won CAPS and New York Foundation of the Arts
writing fellowships,
the Gwendolyn Brooks Literary Award for
fiction and Broadside
Press Award for poetry. Guiding Black
Excel, Isaac has
helped thousands of African-American students
navigate the college
admission process.Since 1988, he has been
a "regular" at high
school college fairs. He has also lectured
for community groups,
PTA's and organizations like the Urban
League.
Kristin S. Black, MD,
is the co-founder of Black Excel.
She has visited campuses
across the country to spread our
message. Kristin
is a graduate of Cornell University and the
Mount Sinai School
of Medicine. She has also studied at Harvard
as an Arthur Ashe
Fellow. As the winner of many awards for her
service to our community,
including the "Recognition Award" from
Cornell (perhaps
the most prestigious given by the school),
Kristin has been
a major resource here.
Thomas
J. Hubschman, our
Editorial Director, has been with
Black Excel since
1992. A graduate of Fordham University, he is
the publisher of
GOWANUS,
an online magazine for writers from
Third Worldnations.
Tom isa former editor of Brooklyn Free
Press. He has published
three novels, short stories, reviews
and articles.
Robert Pringle,a
graduate of City College of CUNY, directs
the Black Excel Public
Relations and Media Campaign. Robert has
worked as an Account
Executive/Art Director at Ogilvy Mathley,
McCaffrey & McCall,
Cheeseboro Ponds and Axlrod & Associates.
He has coordinated
advertising campaigns for Maxwell House
Coffee,
Pepperidge Farms
and other major firms. At Newsday, Robert was
responsible for over
$1.5 million in ad sales.
Eric Scott,of
C&C Films, has done a lot of the creative
workfor Black Excel.
A graduate of Purchase College of the State
University of New
York, he will be the guiding force of our
Media, Tape, and
CD wing. A Digital Effects Artist, Eric has
created graphics
for more than a dozen TV commercials. His
credits include McDonald’s,
Bally’s, Dark and Lovely, and Vibe
commercials. He is
presently working on a TV series called,
"Avenue E," and has
book, animation and recording projects
in the works.
24-Hour Black Excel Voice Mail: (212) 591-1936.
Please make checks payable to "Black
Excel".
Send to:
Black Excel
244 Fifth Avenue
PMB H281
New York, NY 10001-7604
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