I’d be happy to talk with you about our services and how we can help you save money in the college search and application process. As you point out, academic scholarships are the #1 way in which students are able to earn themselves a quality education at an affordable price. I encourage you to give me a call at 720.279.7577. I worked with a young woman from Tennessee last year, and I have students attending both Rhodes and Sewanee. I’d be delighted to talk to you.

Regards,
Mark

My husband and I are hoping to find someone who can help us apply for scholarships and grants for our daughter (sophmore in high school). She is an honor student who takes mostly honors and AP classes. She wants to go to a university in Tennesse….I am a teacher so she will qualifiy for a 25% discount for attending a state college. I feel like she would come closer to qualifying for an academic scholarship…she does not play sports and she isn’t in the band.
Could you please share some information about your fees and services?

Thank you,
Jamie

I would be happy to chat with you about how to help your daughter apply for scholarships. As you may know, colleges themselves are the largest source of scholarships for college, and if your daughter is a good student, she may be eligible for thousands of dollars in grants and/or tuition discounts. The trick is to find the colleges that most want her particular attributes. When we make a good match between the student’s desires and talent and aspirations, then colleges are more likely provide the sort of financial resources you are talking about.

Please give me a call at 720.279.7577, and I’ll explain more about how we can help you and your daughter save money.

Thanks for your inquiry!

Best regards,

Mark

I have to state here that I was not the student my son is. We are very proud of him and want to provide the best education we can possibly get for him. He is open to the idea of boarding school, we have requested information from 7 of what looks to be the top schools for us to review.

I came across your site here while loking for professional help with this. We are not sure where to go from here since never in our wildest dreams would we have thought these kind of opportunities would arise. We are torn between boarding schools and day schools, as well as which ones would be best to attend.

We live in TX and could very much use the help of a professional to help us out with this. I don’t know if you can help with the High School decisions or maybe help direct us to someone that can.

Thank you

Like any other profession, one will find excellent consultants as well as hucksters, and parents do have a responsibility to do a bit of due diligence when seeking a consultant. That’s why I’m always happy to let prospective clients talk to my past clients. It’s one good way to determine whether I’m able to deliver on my promises.

As you point out, it’s also important for parents (and students) to realize that getting Great College Advice is not the same as “off-loading the enter college prep and planning process to someone else.” My colleagues and I are strive to be the guide from the side, helping students make good decisions, and offering new ideas and insights into the process. We always reinforce the fact that this process and decision is the responsibility of the student. We can be helpful in many very specific, very valuable ways. But in the end, the student must lead the way. We’re happy to help make the journey more productive and more pleasant.

Also, while experts can certainly make life easier, families must realize that this will not allow them to off-load the entire college prep and planning process on someone else.

BTW good advice!

Thanks,

Johnny
http://collegetidbits.com