There's a better way to get through the college process,
start to finish.
It starts with a plan.

Most families experience this as years of arguments, missed deadlines, last-minute scrambles, and mounting anxiety. I'm a PMP-certified project manager, and I run the college application process the same way I run everything else: with a real plan, clear milestones, and someone accountable for execution.

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The college application process, managed.

College Chartered is not traditional college counseling. I don't write their essays, outreach emails, or complete their scholarship applications for them.

What I do is manage everything around it.

I build the plan, own the timeline, run the check-ins, and make sure every deadline is hit. Your student has a structure they can work within. You have visibility without being responsible for enforcing it. And the process gets done, on time and without chaos

Running a complex, high-stakes project without a project manager is how things go sideways. That's as true for college applications as it is for anything else.

"Working with Megan has completely changed how our family is experiencing this process. I feel in the loop without feeling responsible for keeping everything on track — she owns that, and it's made an enormous difference. I'm able to actually engage with my daughter about college in a way that feels supportive instead of stressful. The arguments we used to have just aren't happening anymore.

What's surprised me most is how much my daughter has gotten out of it. She's made real connections with faculty at several of her target schools — something I never would have thought to do, let alone known how to coach her through. She's motivated, she's engaged, and the whole process feels manageable in a way it absolutely did not before we started working with Megan. I don't know how families do this without someone like her."

— Heather Fitzgerald, parent of 2027 graduate
  1. Fall, Junior Year

    Kickoff & Discovery

    Values, goals, and the long list. What does your student want? What matters? What are we building toward? This is the foundation everything else sits on.

  2. Winter/Spring, Junior Year

    Research & Outreach

    Campus research, professor outreach, narrowing the school list. Your student develops real criteria for fit and starts making meaningful connections which help narrow and focus the process.

  3. Summer Before Senior Year

    Strategy & Setup

    Final list locked. Application strategy set. Common App prep begins. By September, we're ready to execute.

  4. September–November, Senior Year

    Application Crunch

    Weekly check-ins, deadline tracking, submission. This is where having a plan pays off. No scrambling or last-minute chaos. We execute together.

  5. Senior Spring

    Decisions & Finish Strong

    As acceptances and offers arrive, decisions are made, but the work of graduating isn't done. I help your student keep their eyes on the prize through the end.

A shared plan, tracked in real time, from junior year through graduation.

School List Development

Start with 20+ options. Narrow systematically to 8–10 schools that fit academically, culturally, and personally. A list your student actually wants to work through. I help your student with research and filtering this list.

Professor Outreach Coaching

As the list is being reviewed, your student connects with faculty at target schools. This helps them learn about the school and program, and make a meaningful impression on faculty. I coach them through it.

Timeline & Deadline Management

A shared project plan from fall of junior year through submission. You'll always know where things stand, and so will your student.

Structured Check-ins

Lighter touchpoints early, weekly sessions during application crunch (September through November of senior year). Consistent, accountable, predictable.

Parent Communication

Regular updates so you know where things stand, without becoming the one responsible for keeping them on track.

Senior Year Check-in

A dedicated check-in on your student's senior year commitments: grades, activities, anything that could affect admissions. I help them stay focused and on track amid strong bouts of senioritis.

Flat fee. No hourly surprises.

Full Engagement

$5,000

Junior year through graduation

For families who want full support from the beginning: a real plan, consistent accountability, and someone managing the process all the way through submission. Flat fee, payable in four installments over the course of the engagement.

Early Start Session

$500

Single 90-minute session · Available anytime

For families who aren't ready for full engagement but want to get oriented early. Understand the application process, review what to build toward, and ask every question you didn't know you had. One session can meaningfully change how the next two years go.

A project manager
who gets it done.

I'm Megan Notarte, a PMP-certified executive with 15+ years managing complex initiatives at technology organizations. I've spent my career building systems that help people navigate complicated, high-stakes processes without losing their minds.

When my own family went through the college application process, I ran it the same way I run everything else: a real plan, clear milestones, structured check-ins. It worked. College Chartered is what I built from that experience.

I'm a project manager who has guided students through this process from start to finish and who will make sure it actually gets done.

Let's talk.

A free 30-minute call to see if College Chartered is the right fit for your family.

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