Brown Alumni Association

What is ACAP

• What do we offer
• How to get started
• Contact us

Alumni College Advising Program (ACAP): What do we offer?

ACAP is an independent college advising service, offered September through June, for the children of Brown alumni. This service is offered free of charge by the Brown Alumni Relations department, and is aimed at helping families understand and navigate today’s college admission landscape. Experienced counselors, both veteran admission officers, work with students on identifying colleges that match their needs and qualifications, discuss the actual application process and what makes a strong application, and consult with them as they make their final choices. Our work with students might include any of the following:

• Setting the context: admission landscape overview
• Review of student’s academic interests and record
• Review of tests and testing plan
• Review of extracurricular interests and activities
• Discussion of colleges/college list development
• Discussion of application process*
• Post-decision follow up

*ACAP counselors do not offer essay review and editing. However, we are happy to offer insight into how various choices such as topic and voice are likely to come across to admission readers.

Our approach is simple: understand the admission landscape, be true to yourself and thoughtful about your choices, and know that there are many schools out there that will be a great fit for you. Please note: ACAP is not an advocacy program and students do not have to have an interest in Brown to work with us. In fact, a third of the alumni children with whom we work are not interested in applying to Brown.

Our program offers up to 3 hours of counseling time per student, which typically includes an initial meeting here on campus. If you are unable to make it to campus, we’d be happy to work with you over the phone or by email. We begin meeting with students after January 1 of their junior year of high school. We are also available for quick phone or email consultation prior to that time.

How to get started

• Step 1: To secure an appointment, complete the ACAP Registration Form and contact Karen Wehr, Program Coordinator, at 401-863-9919 or Karen_Wehr@brown.edu.
• Step 2: We require some background information prior to our first meeting so we can get to know your son or daughter. Please fill out our Student Information Sheet and return it before your scheduled appointment. Note: Write “see attached” in the appropriate section on the sheet if you are sending separate documents for your transcript, testing, interests and activities, and/or a list of colleges you are considering.

Contact us

Phone: 401-863-9919 | Email: ACAP@brown.edu | Fax: 401-863-7070

Office hours:
September through June: Monday–Friday, 9:00 am–5:00 pm (EST)

Staff:
Jill Caskey ’85, Director (read bio)
Beth Ellis, Associate Counselor (read bio)
Karen Wehr, Program Coordinator (read bio)