Why work with Great College Advice?

Whether you’re aiming to get into a top college/university or you’re hoping to lower your tuition bill, Great College Advice has helped hundreds of families just like you. Our counselors develop strong mentoring relationships with students in order to reduce stress through this complicated process. We’ve worked with students from across the country as well as many international students. We also offer stand-alone college essay guidance and our unique Roadmap Planning Service. We’re proud to share testimonials from satisfied, successful clients.

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I can’t stop looking at his grinning face in the photo we took last night right after he found out. I am somewhat in shock as we all knew this was a long shot, even if he is an amazing student and human being. Thanks for all of your help and support. We know it made a huge impact on the entire process.

R. may have texted you, but I just wanted to share the good news: R. just got accepted to UChicago in the ED2 round. We are very happy about the outcome, especially after this very challenging and long application process. We wanted to express our gratitude to you for all your help. Thanks for your guidance to R. and your patience throughout. Thanks so much!

I have no doubt that Sam would not be attending Williams College next year if it wasn't for Karen. She really helped us explore and implement interesting summer experiences that helped form Sam over the years. Through all this she helped Sam in his becoming a fuller human being. So really, it isn't just that he was able to get into a great school, but she also helped us provide experiences that took Sam deeper in his development.

Enjoyed working with Sarah during the college planning and admissions process! Her suggestions pushed me to write better essays and present myself in the best light to AOs.

The most obvious service that Jamie did for Irving was helping him focus on the writing of a well-crafted, well thought-out admissions essay. But the bigger, more subtle thing Jamie did was help my son figure out what it is he wanted from a college, what he thought that college could do for him, and what he imagined that relationship would look like. The result was my son was enthusiastically accepted by his top pick. A smart, kind and clever dude. Perfect fit for my kid.

I want to thank you both, especially Sarah, for the superb guidance James received during his application process. It was at just the right level of content as he feels pride in having created all the content himself and can take pride in his work, and It was delivered with just the right touch, enough to motivate him to produce consistently in an ambitious timeframe under heavy academic load and frequent sports commitments. James was accepted into many of the schools where he applied and was waitlisted at some--no small feat for an engineering program applicant. Ultimately, he chose to attend a non-engineering program at UC Santa Cruz. GCA saved us a great deal of time and, frankly, strife. We feel it was worth every penny.

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