At Great College Advice, we are like personal shoppers. We help you find the colleges and universities that fit you best…and help you get in.
We learn everything about you so that we can understand what you are looking for in a college. Like tailors, we measure you up. We figure your preferences, your priorities, your personal style. We help you consider the environments that might suit you best–especially the classroom environment, for it is in the classroom, after all, where you get the greatest value from your education. We give you some questionnaires and surveys and personality assessments and aptitude tests. We help you be better able to articulate your strengths and weaknesses, your likes and dislikes, your hope and dreams, so that you can more systematically try on different colleges for size. We make the process efficient.
By the same token, we have to learn a lot about the colleges, so we can quickly and efficiently (and correctly) identify a short list of colleges that fit you. We spend a lot of time on the road investigating campuses, snooping around classrooms, talking to librarians, chatting up the faculty, and asking students about their experiences. We take the tours and listen to the information sessions so we can get a better idea of what sets each school apart, and to learn what they seek in their applicants. Sometimes we also call admissions offices or coaches or financial aid officers directly, to be sure that we understand the processes and procedures, and so that we can effectively share this information with our students and their families.
Your Personal Shopper for the Best College Fit
We get to know you.
We get to know the colleges.
So we can help you find the right fit.
In this sense, we are, indeed, personal shoppers. Just as you must try on jeans or sweatshirts or t-shirts, you have to try on different colleges to see how they look on you. Of course, choosing a college is a bit more complex. And it’s certainly a service that is much more costly than even the most expensive pair of designer shoes. But the same principles apply. You need to know what you want. You need to understand what is available. And you need to make choices that reflect your knowledge of yourself and the colleges.
How do you think these look on me? Do they fit?
Lewis & Clark
Wheaton College
Manhattan College
Stanford University
Emory University
Haverford College
Muhlenberg College
University of Delaware
Lehigh University
Lynn University
University of Central Florida
University of Miami
Eckerd College
Fordham University
For the Best College Fit, Try It On!
You see, what looks good on the rack, may or may not look good on a particular person. What looks good on one individual may look awful on another.
You are picking the college for you. You need to think carefully about what you want or need. A little more room in the waist? Something that shows off your best features? Or how about something in aqua?
Seriously, it’s not easy to pick the right college. You need to think carefully about what criteria are important to you, and then you need to systematically search for those colleges that fit those criteria. It’s not an easy process, with over 3,000 colleges in the United States (that’s a lot of sweatshirts to try on).
So consider getting a “personal shopper” as you go through the process. The investment will be well worth it.
After all, you wouldn’t want to spend $250,000 for that little pink number, now would you?
