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We had an excellent experience working with Collegewise, especially Ali Springer, my daughter’s college counselor, and Sakhi Patel, her SAT prep tutor. We were initially referred by a friend, and based on our experience, we are now recommending Collegewise to others. One aspect we particularly appreciated was being offered a choice of counselors, allowing our daughter to select someone she felt comfortable with and trusted. As immigrants, we knew there were many nuances in the college admissions process that we were unfamiliar with, and with full-time jobs, we simply didn’t have the time to do extensive research on our own. Ali was absolutely wonderful in connecting with our daughter and guiding her through the process. She provided a clear framework for decision-making that balanced a “student at the wheel” approach and incorporated criteria from us, parents, and strong oversight. Her availability was also a critical factor for us — unlike other consultants we interviewed who had rigid schedules, Ali was flexible and accessible, which was essential given our daughter’s demanding school and sports commitments. By taking the lead on the process, Ali saved us an enormous amount of time, stress, and potential conflict with our teenager. We are happy with the multiple out-of-state college acceptances our daughter received and fully plan to return to Collegewise when our second child begins this journey.

Matt Doyle was awesome. He understood our child, connected with him and helped him navigate the process in the best ways.

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Christopher Logan is exceptional! Enough said.

I worked with Kaila throughout my process and she was nothing but incredible! She really helped to smooth out any questions or uncertainties I had throughout the process and I credit a lot of my success to her and all the help she gave! It was so much beyond a transactional relationship.

Jessica was awesome! She made the search and application process easy on us as parents and kept Ella on track. She applied to 6 schools on the Common App and 3 UCs, and was accepted to all 6 Common App schools. Now we're just waiting to hear about the UCs. CollegeWise was absolutely the right fit for our daughter and her goals. Thanks so much!

Todd Faubion was extremely supportive and helpful in helping me craft a compelling and stand out Statement of Purpose and supplemental essays for my graduate school applications for a Master of Public Health (MPH). His process took me through multiple drafts and really allowed me to write statements that were unique and highlighted my strengths, as well as contained all of the material that top programs are looking for. Thanks to Todd's support, I was accepted to all 6 programs that I applied to including Johns Hopkins University, Yale, Brown, and the University of Washington. As I prepare to make a final decision on where to pursue my graduate degree, I am so thankful to have had Todd help me along the way and push me to craft applications that demonstrated my passion and skills successfully to so many amazing programs. If you are thinking about working with Todd, I could not recommend him more!

We worked with Paige at Collegewise. My son found her to be super supportive, responsive, and very helpful in his writing for all the supplements and essays that were required for his many, many applications. She helped him brainstorm and hone his topics for each school. Ultimately, he got into his top choice as an out of state student, and he firmly believes it may not have happened without Paige's help. From the parent perspective, we were totally hands off. Paige was great in keeping him on track and on time for everything. We can not recommend Paige at Collegewise enough.