CollegewiseReviews of collegewise.com

Melissa Royal helped our twins realize their goal of getting admitted to the UCs and USC. She was amazing for us! We valued her supportive, nurturing disposition. She knew how busy our twins were with their course load and activities, and she was very patient and encouraging. She helped them stay on track early on in the process so they didn't have to stress near the deadlines. She made us feel comfortable throughout the whole process, eager to answer all our questions - I really appreciated her being available and being responsive, which was huge knowing the demands on her time. We highly recommend Melissa!

The college process has gotten hypercompetitive and frankly unmanageable for families. Our child started working with Christopher in 8th grade. This wasn't about getting into an Ivy league school for us personally, this was about having help on his educational journey finding the path that helped him determine his strengths, interests, and goals so he could ultimately identify and get into a college that would challenge him and make him happy. Christopher is perceptive, smart, funny, strategic, and a voice of reason in an overwhelming educational world. Working with them significantly reduced the stress for us as a family. Together they curated a list of universities perfect for our quirky kid, some of which we were completely unfamiliar with. Christopher supervised our kid crafting excellent applications, and our child got into every single school he applied to with significant merit money at all but one. In the end, our kid found and got into his dream school, which thanks to the merit money we could swing, and we couldn't be more thrilled.

I'll be the first one in my family to go to college in the US, so the application process was really confusing when we first encountered it. However, Collegewise and Melissa made the process so much easier to understand and tackle, which definitely helped me get into my dream school!

Sam was my counselor throughout my whole college application process and was a big help with all my decisions, from essays to my school list. Her guidance and experience helped me get into my dream school, and I am so grateful for her encouragement and feedback throughout my application process.

We learned of Collegewise via a friend who'd used their services and we can easily say it was the best use of the money we spent on our college serch journey for our Son. We worked with Ali Springer who i can't recommend enough. She was a great personality fit for our Son and kept him on track and stretched his imagination to schools which may not have been on his radar as well as coordinated many aspects of the process. My wife and I were at ease knowing he was in good hands. The process is stressful enough for child and parent alike but Collegewise made the difference for us and our Son from the beginning. I recommend them fully.

Lori was my counselor throughout my whole college application process and truly guided me in the right direction across all decisions, from essays to my school list. This guidance helped me get into my dream school, UCLA, and I am so grateful for her encouraging words, and feedback throughout my application process.

We moved to the US as my daughter started Junior year in high school - a very tricky time for any teenager academically, socially and from a perspective where we hadn't even been planning for her to attend college in the US. Sam Joustra at Collegwise was referred to us by a work colleague and her impact has simply been incredible. My daughter achieved college admission way beyond expectations and can't wait to start at her dream institution this summer. My son, who is currently a Sophomore, has already started working with Sam and even though he is the opposite of my daughter in almost every way, has also given tremendous feedback on Sam's sessions with him. Collegewise is not cheap but in my opinion I can't think of a better investment for my children.

My son had a great counselor in Sam J who guided him through the college process with patience and encouragement throughout. His experience (and ours as parents) elevated the creativity and confidence to pursue the university that was the best fit for our son.