College Admissions Counselors in New York
Find college admissions counselors in New York. Getting into a top ranked college requires more than straight A’s. You need expert help; we help you find quality college consultants near your city and state.
According to our college consulting expert, David H. Nguyen, PhD, founder of Next Level Prep, Location is pertinent to finding the best educational consultant agencies because companies based in a region will understand the characteristics that admissions officers look for in students from high schools in that region. There is an edge that consultants gain from having worked with many students in the same region.
That’s why our college consulting agencies are broken down state-by-state.
Most high school students have extremely limited access to direct guidance during the college admissions process. According to The New York Times, during the 2012–2016 school year, every public school counselor in the U.S. was assigned an average of 470 students! That doesn’t leave much time for one-on-one support as you figure out how to complete your FAFSA, decide which extracurriculars improve your chances of college admission, and what application strategies can help you stand out in a sea of other excellent students.
College admissions consultants, or college coaches, can help fill that gap, and give you a major advantage in finding the school of your choice.
Find College Admissions Counselors Close to You in New York
Agencies are listed alphabetically within their cities.
Woolf College Consulting
Location: 1025 Constable Drive, NY
Services include:
- Customized Counseling that matches academic and personal goals with the best colleges and graduate schools
- Review and Analysis of each student’s background, academic experience, activities, interests and career ambitions
- Design and Management of an individualized action plan, including course selection, testing, school visits, and the preparation and submission of applications
Affiliations and Accreditations
The College Advisor of New York
Location: Albany, NY
Services include:
- One On One Essay Coaching & Application Development
- Deadline Tracking and Application Critique
- Personalized Online Client Portal
- Detailed Financial Strategy and Affordability Counseling
- SAT and ACT Strategic Preparation
- High School Transcript Analysis & Course Selection
- Career/Major Learning Style Inventory and Counseling
- Parent Coaching Strategies
- Campus Visit Guidance and Interview Preparation
Affiliations and Accreditations
Behrend Consulting
Location: Amherst, NY
Services include:
- Individual assistance in the college admissions process for students and their families
- Career decision making/college major assistance and selection
- College transfer consultation
- Workshop presentations on all aspects of college admission for students, families, colleges and businesses
- Consultation services with colleges and school districts
- Development and improvement of guidance college admission programs
Affiliations and Accreditations
Scott-Deutsch Associates, LLC
Location: Ardsley, NY
Services include:
- Advice about the transition to high school
- Annual review and evaluation of your child's academic profile.
- Yearly recommendations for course selection.
- Help compile a list of colleges that meet the student’s unique talents, abilities and strengths, with consideration of aptitude, transcript and test scores
- Assistance with international applications both for domestic students applying overseas and international students seeking attendance in the states.
- Assistance in understanding test scores and score reporting.
- Developing a test schedule and application calendar.
- Helping with the completion of a personalized activities sheet (resume) to submit with the common application and scholarship applications.
- Developing ideas and strategies for admission essays
- reviewing and assistance in editing all writing
- Reviewing campus visit protocols and providing a mock admission interview.
- Reviewing all application materials prior to submission
- Assistance in scholarship searches and qualifications
- completion of forms including essays
Affiliations and Accreditations
Nancy Edwards LLC, Academic Choices
Location: Auburn, NY
Services include:
- School Placement
- Addiction Program Placement
- Summer Program Planning
- Therapeutic Interventions
- Parent Training/Coaching
Affiliations and Accreditations
Klemmer Educational Consulting, LLC
Location: Briarcliff Manor, NY
Services include:
- Course selection and mapping out a general curriculum plan through senior year
- Developing interests through extracurricular involvement
- Outlining a standardized testing plan
- Evaluating college affordability and becoming familiar with the college financial aid process
Affiliations and Accreditations
Dana Ponsky Consulting Services LLC
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Services include:
- Assist with high school course selection, co-curricular exploration, summer planning and preparation
- assistance with submission of applications for college
- financial aid
- gap year programs, and more
- develop a college list, work on resume development
- explore college majors
- and develop a college application plan of action for their application cycle.
Affiliations and Accreditations
Educoates
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Services include:
- standardized test planning
- making sense of changes to the SAT and ACT
- high school course selection
- transcript assessment
- extra-curricular review
- summer program recommendations
- personalized college list
- teacher recommendations
- campus visits
- interview preparation
- essay coaching
Affiliations and Accreditations
EduCoates College Services
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Services include:
- standardized test planning
- making sense of changes to the SAT and ACT
- high school course selection
- transcript assessment
- extra-curricular review
- summer program recommendations
- whole student assessment
- personalized college list
- campus visits
- interview preparation
- Early Decision and Early Action
- essay coaching
Affiliations and Accreditations
Cast-A-Net College Admissions Consulting
Location: Carmel, NY
Services include:
- Creating A College List
- Campus tours
- assistance with college interviews
- help with crafting essays
- guidance for music students
- gudance for athletes
- guidance for parents
- Financial aid guidance
Affiliations and Accreditations
Successful Education Solutions
Location: Carmel, NY
Services include:
- College research and selection
- Assessing student academic strengths and weaknesses
- Evaluating extracurricular activities
- Test prep
- Organizing and planning campus visit itineraries
- Preparing for college interviews
- Reviewing college essays and applications
- Assisting with special needs such as learning disabilities, portfolio review, gap year info
Affiliations and Accreditations
Signature College Counseling
Location: Central Valley, NY
Services include:
- College Search
- Application Assistance
- Essay Guidance
- Interview Preparation
- Financial Aid Counseling
- Career Assessment
- Final Consultation for Selection of School Choice
Affiliations and Accreditations
Athena College Advisors, LLC
Location: Chappaqua, NY
Services include:
- Curricular Planning
- Summer Activity Planning
- Summer Program Applications
- Extracurricular/Community Service Activities
- College List Development
- Decoding Financial and Merit Aid
- Strategic Planning and Packaging
- Visit Planning
- Showing Demonstrated Interest
- Support for Ivy and DIII Athletes
- Resume Development and Editing
- Art, Music and Theatre Supplements
- Essay Brainstorming
- Essay Editing and Proofreading
- Common App Assistance and Review
- Soliciting Recommendations
- Deferral and Wait List Strategies
Affiliations and Accreditations
Pathways for College
Location: Chappaqua, NY
Services include:
- College Counseling Services
- Assist in planning an appropriately rigorous high school curriculum
- Provide direction regarding standardized testing options and optimal testing schedules
- Identify student’s talents, interests, needs and goals
- Develop priorities for college selection
- Visiting Colleges
- Interview prep
- Financial Aid Considerations
- Develop and critique activity resumes that highlight strengths and accomplishments
- Provide support to help students stay organized and on track
Affiliations and Accreditations
Sheptin Tutoring Group, LLC
Location: Chappaqua, NY
Services include:
- College Search
- Application Assistance
- Essay Guidance
- Interview Preparation
- Financial Aid Counseling
- Career Assessment
- Final Consultation for Selection of School Choice
Affiliations and Accreditations
Performing Arts College Consultants
Location: CHAPPAQUA, NY
Services include:
- High school transcript review and evaluation, curriculum planning
- Plan College visits
- Essay guidance and support for Common App essay/personal statement and college-specific supplemental essays
- Extracurricular and summer activity review and recommendations
- Develop strategy for application process
- Interview and audition planning
- Standardized test: ACT/SAT planning
- Editing activities résumé, arts supplement and artists statement
- Application review
Affiliations and Accreditations
Lerner & Esposito College Consultants, Inc.
Location: Commack, NY
Services include:
- admissions Prep
- scholarship advice
- and financial aid assitance
Affiliations and Accreditations
Island Wise College Consulting Services, LLC
Location: Dix Hills, NY
Services include:
- Review and advice for creating the High School resume
- Provide recommendations for extra curricular activities
- Provide comprehensive list of suitable colleges/universities
- Provide a comprehensive action timeline for the junior and senior year.
- Assist in college essay brainstorming and editing for common application and supplemental essays.
- Assist and review of student’s applications
- Provide guidance in setting up college visits
- Assist in preparation for college interview
- Assist and review of student’s applications
- Assist with final decision making after acceptance letters have been received
Affiliations and Accreditations
Susan Maran
Location: E Quogue, NY
Services include:
- College Search
- Develop your art
- Application assistance
- Essay Prep
- Financial aid assistance
- Recommend extracurriculars
- Graduate school advice
- Interview Preparation
- Guidance on final choices
Affiliations and Accreditations
College Directions CNY
Location: Fayetteville, NY
Services include:
- Determine application strategy and timeline
- Develop individualized applications, brainstorm differentiating college essays, and edit writing
- Prep students for college visits and on-campus interviews
- Send application deadlines and reminders, as well as address deferrals and waitlists
- Advise during the decision-making process
Affiliations and Accreditations
Application Workshop
Location: Garden City, NY
Services include:
- Planning and College Match
- Development of a Balanced College List
- Brainstorming Exercises and Guidance to Develop Ideas and Outlines for the Personal Essay and Supplemental Essays
- Application assistance
- interview prep
Affiliations and Accreditations
COPA
Location: Glen Cove, NY
Services include:
- Choosing Courses, Training, Extra-curriculars, Summer Programs
- Guidance to organize the college search process
- Talent Evaluation and Coaching referrals and oversight
- Essay Review
- College Search
- College Visits
- College Applications
- Audition Preparation and Guidance
- Interview Preparation
- Financial Aid Information
- Making the Choice
Affiliations and Accreditations
COPA, Inc.: College Options in the Performing Arts
Location: Glen Cove, NY
Services include:
- Choosing Courses, Training, Extra-curriculars, Summer Programs
- Guidance to organize the college search process
- Talent Evaluation and Coaching referrals and oversight
- Essay Review
- College Search
- College Visits
- College Applications
- Audition Preparation and Guidance
- Interview Preparation
- Financial Aid Information
- Making the Choice
Affiliations and Accreditations
Lockwood College Prep
Location: Glenwood Landing, NY
Services include:
- School Selection
- Application Advising
- Test Preparation
- Private Tutoring
Affiliations and Accreditations
College Station of the Hudson Valley
Location: Goshen, NY
Services include:
- College Admission Essay Preparation
- College Admissions Counseling
- Editing and Revising essays, papers and projects
- High School Planning to Open College Doors
- Guidance on choosing a Major and Career
Affiliations and Accreditations
A & B Educational Consultants, Inc.
Location: Great Neck, NY
Services include:
- College search and selection
- Application and essay help
- Interiew strategies
Affiliations and Accreditations
IvyPath Advising Service
Location: Great Neck, NY
Services include:
- Instruct high school students in grades 9-12 to prepare and apply for college
- Conception and revision of the thesis for further studies
- Preparation and drills for the interview at the application school
- Apply for private high school and apply for transfer
- Study abroad supervision-tailor-made academic planning for international students and manage and implement them on behalf of their parents
- One-to-one tuition, SAT/ACT, TOEFL, SSAT, SATII single subjects
- Intensive English training, reading and writing training, school homework supervision and extracurricular tutoring
- Interest mining: help students discover their personal interests, participate in extracurricular activities, and lay a solid foundation for successful advancement
- Course selection guidance: guide students to select courses strategically, so that students can not only accept challenges but also develop their potential
- olunteer arrangement: Recommend or arrange volunteer activities to enable students to grow through social practice
Affiliations and Accreditations
Doris Davis Educational Consulting, LLC
Location: Hartsdale, NY
Services include:
- College Search
- Develop your art
- Application assistance
- Essay Prep
- Financial aid assistance
- Recommend extracurriculars
- Graduate school advice
- Interview Preparation
- Guidance on final choices
Affiliations and Accreditations
Edit Inc
Location: Hartsdale, NY
Services include:
- College Search
- Develop your art
- Application assistance
- Essay Prep
- Financial aid assistance
- Recommend extracurriculars
- Graduate school advice
- Interview Preparation
- Guidance on final choices
Affiliations and Accreditations
My College Advisor
Location: Hartsdale, NY
Services include:
- College admissions
- College transfers
- Graduate school admissions
- Private high school admissions
- International student admissions
- Athletic Recruiting
Affiliations and Accreditations
College Assistance Plus
Location: Honeoye Falls, NY
Services include:
- College search
- financial aid assistance
Affiliations and Accreditations
Next Step College Counseling
Location: Hyde Park, NY
Services include:
- College Search
- Develop your art
- Application assistance
- Essay Prep
- Financial aid assistance
- Recommend extracurriculars
- Graduate school advice
- Interview Preparation
- Guidance on final choices
Affiliations and Accreditations
Riseman Educational Consulting
Location: Irvington, NY
Services include:
- Tutoring
- Standardized Test Preparation
- application process assistance
- college selection
- personal essays, and supplemental essays assistance
Affiliations and Accreditations
Arthur Smith Advising College Admissions Consulting
Location: Ithaca, NY
Services include:
- academic advising and course selection
- application essay brainstorming and crafting
- athletic recruiting
- strategies for parents
- college list development
- admissions strategy
- extracurricular list/resume building
- interview preparation
- college visits
- testing strategies
Affiliations and Accreditations
GlobalEd Insight
Location: Ithaca, NY
Services include:
- College Search
- Develop your art
- Application assistance
- Essay Prep
- Financial aid assistance
- Recommend extracurriculars
- Graduate school advice
- Interview Preparation
- Guidance on final choices
Affiliations and Accreditations
Tyler Admissions Consulting
Location: Ithaca, NY
Services include:
- Personalized testing and career counseling
- Customized, balanced college list
- Affordability options
- Organizational tools to help make the process more manageable
- College essay help
- Mock interviewing
- Servises include Undergraduate, graduate and Vet school
Affiliations and Accreditations
Madenberg College Consulting
Location: Lake Success, NY
Services include:
- College Search
- Develop your art
- Application assistance
- Essay Prep
- Financial aid assistance
- Recommend extracurriculars
- Graduate school advice
- Interview Preparation
- Guidance on final choices
Affiliations and Accreditations
College Advice 101
Location: Larchmont, NY
Services include:
- College search and visits
- course guidance
- assistance in the application process
- Discuss affordability, merit scholarships, need based financial aid, and their impact on admissions
- Interview prep
Affiliations and Accreditations
Lynn Zerbib College Counseling
Location: Larchmont, NY
Services include:
- College search and lists
- test prep
- curriculum guidance
- application assitance
- test prep
- decision assistance
Affiliations and Accreditations
GuidED Consulting, LLC
Location: Mahopac, NY
Services include:
- Career assessment and exploration
- Academic planning
- Summer programs and applications
- Standardized test options
- College list development and review
- College application completion support
- College essay
- College supplements
- Ongoing follow up with submitted applications
- Transition to college and final decisions
Affiliations and Accreditations
Ms. Elaine F. Cataneo
Location: Maplewood, NY
Services include:
- College search and lists
- test prep
- curriculum guidance
- application assitance
- test prep
- decision assistance
Affiliations and Accreditations
Kathy Williams Independent College Counseling
Location: Mattituck, NY
Services include:
- College search plan
- Ongoing meetings/communications to discuss and determine a list of best-fit potential schools
- Assistance with preparation and completion of college essays, all applications, and student resume
- Preparation for college interviews
- Management of the entire application process, timeline, individual applications to ensure that all pieces are completed, proactive and correct
- Help with understanding your award letters after acceptance
- Final Consultation to compare schools, inclusive of financial aid award letters and assistance with final college selection
Affiliations and Accreditations
Open Door Educational Consultants LLC
Location: New Rochelle, NY
Services include:
- College Major and Career Exploration
- High School transcript review, evaluation and curriculum planning
- Extracurricular and summer activity review, assessment and recommendations.
- Standardized test planning and timing
- Research and development of initial college list
- then a more targeted list of multiple best-fit target, reach and safety (likely) schools
- Admission Interview Preparation
- Application and financial aid timeline
- Essay organization and timeline
- College planning and consulting for students with special talents, interests and/or learning challenges
Affiliations and Accreditations
Abby Siegel & Associates
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- College research and selection
- Assessing student academic strengths and weaknesses
- Evaluating extracurricular activities
- Test prep
- Organizing and planning campus visit itineraries
- Preparing for college interviews
- Reviewing college essays and applications
- Assisting with special needs such as learning disabilities, portfolio review, gap year info
Affiliations and Accreditations
Admissions Insight
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- Assistance with College admission requirements
- College selection
Affiliations and Accreditations
Andrew Meyers Counseling
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- College counseling
- Gap year services
Affiliations and Accreditations
CollegeBound Advice
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- Guidance in choosing an appropriate high school curriculum
- Development of a standardized testing timetable
- Assistance in finding appropriate summer programs throughout the high school years
- Review of financial options, including scholarship and merit aid opportunities
- Preparing a college list and strategies about visiting
- Conducting mock interviews
- Support throughout every step of the college application process, including assistance in preparing effective applications, resumes and essays
- Working on transfer applications, internship searches and post-baccalaureate options
- Assistance with resumes and career planning
Affiliations and Accreditations
College Maven LLC
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- Intake consisting of extensive interviews with parent(s) and student to accurately determine the student’s unique profile
- Thorough review of student’s high school transcript, standardized test results, extracurricular activities, personal interests, and evaluations and accommodations
- Tracking and reminding of important dates and deadlines, including those for standardized tests, college applications, and financial aid
- Discussion of standardized test preparation and selections
- Creation of student’s personalized “best fit” college list based on all information
- Guidance and support for filling out college applications
- Essay support—brainstorming, editing, and feedback, with special attention to essay topic, tone, style, organization of ideas, grammar and other details
- College admissions software which allows students and parents to keep all college-related information and dates organized and up-to-date
- Tips on college interviewing
- Review of financial aid options including need-based and merit-based aid
- Assistance with final decision after acceptance letters are received
Affiliations and Accreditations
Collegiate Gateway LLC
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- Undergraduate Admissions
- Medical School Admissions
- Law School Admissions
- Business School Admissions
- Master’s and PhD Admissions
Affiliations and Accreditations
CriLu Educational Services
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- NURSERY AND PRE-K TO 12TH GRADE APPLICATION
- COLLEGE APPLICATION, COUNSELING AND ADVOCACY
- GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL APPLICATION
- Test preparation
Affiliations and Accreditations
Dynamic Admissions LTD
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- Overview of college admissions process
- Evaluate transcripts, standardized test scores, activities and interests
- Address appropriate opportunities for the student including summer programs, internships, employment, community service, learning and cultural travel based on student’s interests and goals
- Discuss standardized testing options, develop a timeline, recommend tutors, and other resources
- Overview of types of financial aid: Merit, Loan, Work-study
- Brainstorm essay topics and structure
- Develop resume highlighting student strengths
- Review all application materials before submission
- Evaluate offers of admission
- Assistance on final decision
Affiliations and Accreditations
Educational Advisory Services
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- College Search
- Application assistance
- Essay Prep
- Financial aid assistance
- Recommend extracurriculars
- Graduate school advice
- Interview Preparation
- Guidance on final choices
Affiliations and Accreditations
EE College Coach
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- College search and lists
- test prep
- curriculum guidance
- application assitance
- test prep
- decision assistance
Affiliations and Accreditations
Emerson Educational Consulting
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- College serch and selection
- Test prep
- application adn essay assistance
- campus visits
- Addressing wait-lists or deferrals
- Preparing for college interviews
- Making the final college choice once acceptances have been received
Affiliations and Accreditations
Galin Education
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- Test Prep
- Addmissions assistance
- Interview prep
- application and essay assistance
- Academic Coaching
Affiliations and Accreditations
Greenberg Educational Group
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- School Selection
- Application Advising
- Test Preparation
- Private Tutoring
Affiliations and Accreditations
Ivy Coach
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- College Search
- Application assistance
- Essay Prep
- Recommend extracurriculars
- Graduate school advice
- Interview Preparation
- Guidance on final choices
- SAT/ACT tutoring
Affiliations and Accreditations
IvyWise
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- Refine coursework plans, testing schedules, and extracurricular activities
- Research appropriate colleges and develop a balanced list
- Facilitate or improve teacher relationships, and ultimately select teachers for letters of recommendation
- Identify and recommend extracurricular and summer activities, as well as internship opportunities
- Plan for and prioritize college visits, including preparing for college interviews
- Keep your student on task to complete all components of the college application
- Brainstorm, draft, edit and revise the personal statement and any supplements in order to perfect them and pull together cohesive, compelling applications
- Evaluate offers of admission as well as develop a strategy for waitlist and deferral decisions
Affiliations and Accreditations
Living City Project
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- College counseling
- Gap year services
Affiliations and Accreditations
My Learning Springboard
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- Admissions Consulting and School Planning
- Digital Coaching
- e-Tutoring
- Executive Function Coaching
- Private Tutoring
- Special Education Services
- Summer Program and Camp Consultation
- Test Preparation
- Writing Coaching
Affiliations and Accreditations
New York Admissions
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- Consulting for Private, Boarding, Special Needs, and Nursery School Admissions
- Consulting for Selective Public School Admissions
- Relocation Services for Private and Public School Admissions
- Tutoring, Enrichment, Special Needs, Extracurricular, and Community Service Consulting
- Consulting for Private and Public Schools
Affiliations and Accreditations
Nothing But Drama
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- Assistance in college choice
- Preparing for your College Audition
- organization of dates, deadlines, requirements, guidelines and materials to gather for each school’s artistic review process
- Develop your art. Whether through your work on monologues, songs, a director’s notebook for theater, or portfolios for film, dramatic writing and theatrical production & design programs, we will help them get to know you.
Affiliations and Accreditations
Omega Educational Consulting, Inc.
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- Identify a comprehensive list of your best-fit target, reach and safety schools.
- Craft a compelling essay
- Select the most appropriate, outstanding high school courses
- Identify the most relevant extracurricular activities
- Pinpoint the most advantageous testing options
- Perfect applications and supplements
- Prepare a professional CV/resume
- Devise effective study schedules
- Select and apply to competitive, prestigious summer programs.
Affiliations and Accreditations
Options for College, Inc.
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- Course Selection
- college selection
- Resume building
- Summer planning
- Test selection
- Application assistcance
- Transfer Admissions Help
- Grad School selection assistance
Affiliations and Accreditations
PI Educational Consulting
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- Private school Test prep
Affiliations and Accreditations
School + College Consulting Services
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- College planning and placement
- Test prep
- interview skill development
- Application review
- Consulting for college-bound students with special needs
- Guiding teens and young adults at-risk
- Collegiate recovery counseling
- SSAT flex testing
Affiliations and Accreditations
Sentia Education
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- Standardized Test Preparation
- General Academic Tutoring
Affiliations and Accreditations
Smart City Kids
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- Nursury-High school advising and addmissions assistance
- College academic planning
- school lissts and selection
- Essay preperation
- Admissions stratagies
Affiliations and Accreditations
Spider Web Education
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- Drafting of the College List
- Analysis of the Student’s “Academic Index”
- Standardized Test Recommendations and Calendar
- Academic & Course Selection Advice
- Advice on Summer Programs, Community Service, & Work Opportunities
- Advice on College Visits
- Advice and Practice for College Interviews
- Review of the Common Application
- Vision Exercises and Revisions to the College Essay
- Review of Supplemental College Essays
- Financial Aid Consulting
- Advice on Gap Years and Transfer Admissions
- Consistent Updates and Reports on the College Admissions Process
Affiliations and Accreditations
Story2, LLC
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- College admissions assistance
- career develpment assistance
Affiliations and Accreditations
Susan Warner Advisory
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- College Search
- Develop your art
- Application assistance
- Essay Prep
- Financial aid assistance
- Recommend extracurriculars
- Graduate school advice
- Interview Preparation
- Guidance on final choices
Affiliations and Accreditations
The College Focus
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- College Search
- Develop your art
- Application assistance
- Essay Prep
- Financial aid assistance
- Recommend extracurriculars
- Graduate school advice
- Interview Preparation
- Guidance on final choices
Affiliations and Accreditations
Two Sisters College Consulting
Location: New York, NY
Services include:
- College Search & Selection
- Application Preparation
- Decision Making
- Course & extracurricular activities selection guidance
Affiliations and Accreditations
Admission Sense
Location: Pelham, NY
Services include:
- Strategic Educational Planning
- 10th Grade - Comprehensive Advising
- 11th Grade - College Advising
- College Match: Find Your Fit
Affiliations and Accreditations
Greg Wasserman
Location: Plainview, NY
Services include:
- College Search
- Develop your art
- Application assistance
- Essay Prep
- Financial aid assistance
- Recommend extracurriculars
- Graduate school advice
- Interview Preparation
- Guidance on final choices
Affiliations and Accreditations
Next Steps: Stephen Migden & Assoc., LLC
Location: Plainview, NY
Services include:
- NATSAP
Affiliations and Accreditations
Charted University Consultants, LLC
Location: Port Washington, NY
Services include:
- Student assesments
- Action plan with step-by-step timeline
- Advice on secondary school course selection
- Advice on extracurricular and summer activities
- Advice on standardized testing: ACTs, SATs, AP and IB exams
- Preparation of a carefully selected list of colleges and universities
- College interview strategy
- Planning college visits
- Review of resume format and content
- Support in making final choices after decision letters are received
Affiliations and Accreditations
Jamie L. Reich Educational Consulting
Location: Port Washington, NY
Services include:
- creating a customized target college list tailored to the student’s needs, interests, and preferences
- College visits
- college interview prep
- creating and refining the resume
- brainstorming and editing the Personal Statement and individual school essays
- Transfer Applications.
Affiliations and Accreditations
Vella Consulting Inc.
Location: Port Washington,, NY
Services include:
- NATSAP
Affiliations and Accreditations
College Search Navigators, LLC
Location: Quogue, NY
Services include:
- Personalized guidance
- one-on-one counseling
- High school course selection
- Standardized Test Strategy
- Student Profile Enhancement
- College Selection
- Submissions Preparation
- Deadline and Requirements Tracking
- Process Protocol and Etiquette
Affiliations and Accreditations
Stodghill College Consulting
Location: Rensselaer, NY
Services include:
- College search and lists
- test prep
- curriculum guidance
- application assitance
- test prep
- decision assistance
Affiliations and Accreditations
College Planning Connections
Location: Rhinebeck, NY
Services include:
- College Consulting for the Student Athletes
- College Consulting for Creative Arts Students
- College Consulting for Students with Learning Differences
- College Search
- Develop your art
- Application assistance
- Essay Prep
- Financial aid assistance
- Recommend extracurriculars
- Graduate school advice
- Interview Preparation
- Guidance on final choices
Affiliations and Accreditations
Taconic Educational Placement
Location: Rhinebeck, NY
Services include:
- Define potential directions and general options
- Gather and review records, history, transcripts, testing and scores, and contact key professionals who know your child
- Inquiries to admissions directors, clinical specialists, or educational professionals of selected programs
- Guidance and support in selection of placement and completion of applications
Affiliations and Accreditations
College Career Consulting
Location: Rochester, NY
Services include:
- List of best fit colleges
- Essay proofreading
- Interview prep
- College visit prep
- Career assessment
- Application assistance
- Financial aid advising
Affiliations and Accreditations
LESS COLLEGE STRESS CONSULTING
Location: Rochester, NY
Services include:
- Self -Assessment
- College List Research
- Recommendations Strategies
- Essays Applications College Updates
- Acceptances and Decisions
Affiliations and Accreditations
The Road Ahead
Location: Rochester, NY
Services include:
- develop a list of schools
- Application assistance
- Essay Prep
- Financial aid assistance
- Recommend extracurriculars
- Graduate school advice
- Interview Preparation
- Guidance on final choices
Affiliations and Accreditations
Kobrick College Consulting, LLC
Location: Roslyn, NY
Services include:
- State-of-the-art, college admissions software designed and personalized for each student
- Computerized, automatic tracking and reminders of registration and test dates, application deadlines, financial aid deadlines and more
- Evaluation and matching of student's credentials to potential colleges
- Discussion of standardized test preparation
- Discussion of activities - athletics, extracurricular, community service, etc. that will enhance applications
- Guidance and support to fill out all college applications.
- Financial aid assistance
- Preparation for interviews.
Affiliations and Accreditations
College Cooperative
Location: Scarborough, NY
Services include:
- College Search
- Develop your art
- Application assistance
- Essay Prep
- Financial aid assistance
- Recommend extracurriculars
- Graduate school advice
- Interview Preparation
- Guidance on final choices
Affiliations and Accreditations
Acceptance Ahead
Location: Scarsdale, NY
Services include:
- Evaluate high school course selection and course rigor for sophomore, junior and senior years
- Help prepare initial resume.
- Plan an effective schedule for taking SAT Reasoning Test, SAT Subject Tests, ACT and other appropriate standardized tests
- Generate preliminary list of colleges to explore and visits
- Guide families in planning productive and informative visits to colleges.
- Prepare students for college interviews (admissions interviews, alumni interviews, evaluative and non-evaluative)
- Assist students (and parents) in applying for financial aid.
Affiliations and Accreditations
Acceptance Ahead
Location: Searsdale, NY
Services include:
- Evaluate high school course selection and course rigor for sophomore, junior and senior years
- Help prepare initial resume.
- Plan an effective schedule for taking SAT Reasoning Test, SAT Subject Tests, ACT and other appropriate standardized tests
- Generate preliminary list of colleges to explore and visits
- Guide families in planning productive and informative visits to colleges.
- Prepare students for college interviews (admissions interviews, alumni interviews, evaluative and non-evaluative)
- Assist students (and parents) in applying for financial aid.
Affiliations and Accreditations
Coates College Consulting
Location: Tonawanda, NY
Services include:
- Personal and Career assessments to help determine needs
- Advice on standardized tests (SAT & ACT)
- * An in-depth college search
- A complete review of the college application
- Advice on scholarship searches and financial aid
Affiliations and Accreditations
The College Spy
Location: Tupper Lake, NY
Services include:
- Identification of interests and educational priorities
- Thorough college research culminating in a list of “best match” colleges
- Up to date knowledge of trends in college admissions and how they relate to your family’s circumstances
- Review of academic record.
- Advice on course selection
- Standardized testing recommendations.
- Extracurricular activities planning (including valuable summer experiences)
- Create and update an activities resume.
- Advice regarding effective college visits.
- Review of the financial aid process.
- Essay assistance
- Recommendation letter strategies
- Interview strategies
- Comprehensive review of applications prior to submission
- Action plan for completing applications
- Timing and tasks action plan
- motivation and encouragement in completing applications
- Assistance in determining final college choice.
Affiliations and Accreditations
Stearns Group Educational Advisory
Location: Waccabuc, NY
Services include:
- Consistent monitoring of academic performance and advising on course selection
- Assisting with time management strategies
- Identifying test preparation professionals and solidifying standardized test timeline
- Advising student on service opportunities, extra-curricular activities and summer jobs/internships
- Developing a robust resume to present for colleges and/or work opportunities that promote student’s special skills such as theatre, art, music, and athletics
- Planning college visits and preparing for the interview process with admissions and/or alumni
- Providing support throughout the entire Common Application process with an emphasis on the personal statement essay and the activity section
- Continually refining college list for final application submission
- Strategy development for application options, such as early decision and early action
- Help manage and advise on deferment and wait list scenarios
- Continued interaction with student and family while decisions are being made on final college choice
- Personalized service until the student matriculates their freshman year
- Athletic Recruit Program
Affiliations and Accreditations
Your College Story
Location: West Harrison, NY
Services include:
- Create a college preparation timeline
- Advise on standardized test planning
- Advise on SAT/Subject Tests/ACT Test Prep and provide tutor referrals
- Develop college search criteria
- Research and develop a college list with multiple reach, targeted, and likely schools
- Review college applications
- Advise on college merit scholarships
- Advise on college visits and interview prep
- Assist on correspondence with colleges
- Create student résumés
- Brainstorm, organize, and offer edit suggestions on college essays
- Discuss Early Decision/Early Action/Regular Decision application strategies
- Advise athletes and artists on their specialized application processes
- Offer specialized support for students with learning differences
Affiliations and Accreditations
College Pointers, LLC
Location: West Islip, NY
Services include:
- Consultation with student and parents to explore educational goals
- Overview of current college admissions environment
- Assess student’s academic background and extracurricular activities
- Identify strengths, needs and interests through step-by-step exercises
- Personality assessment and evaluation of learning style
- Develop academic and extracurricular profile
- Techniques and tools for researching college options
- Develop list for “best-fit” colleges to include “reach, match and likely” choices
- Timetable for application process, deadlines and testing
- Preparation for college visits
- Strategies for admission and alumni interviews
- College essay brainstorming and review
- Overview of financial aid, scholarships and FAFSA
- Evaluation of acceptances and guidance on decision making
Affiliations and Accreditations
Louis Educational Consulting
Location: White Plains, NY
Services include:
- High School Course Selection
- College Admissions Assistance
- Guidance through the Financial aid process
- College Application Essay support
- Transfer Student assistance
- assistance fo Students With Learning Disabilities
Affiliations and Accreditations
College Consulting FAQs
What is an admissions consultant?
An admissions consultant is a hired professional who can guide you through the complex landscape of college admissions. Admissions consultant companies vary greatly in size and service offerings, and operate either locally, or as part of a nationwide network.
Learn more about how to select a college admissions counselor that is right for you in our conversation with NextLevelPrep college consultant and admissions expert David Nguyen, who explains how to choose a college admissions counselor.
What does a college admissions consultant do?
College admission consultants help guide families and students through the often complex college admissions process. Services typically include counseling on how to improve your chances of getting into your chosen schools, coaching on writing college essays and personal statements, SAT and ACT test preparation, and assistance in the scholarship process, among others.
Why hire a college admissions consulting company?
One of the primary benefits of hiring a college admissions consultant is their experience: an expert consultant will have up-to-date insight on what colleges are looking for in terms of grades, extracurricular activities, test scores, and personal statements. This knowledge can help you make a favorable impression on the schools of your choice.
Plus, college admissions consultants who also provide test preparation can significantly improve your performance on SAT/ACT exams — improving your odds of both earning scholarships and getting into the higher-tiered schools on your list.
When is the best time to start working with a college admissions consultant?
This depends on your goals. If you simply need support during the test-prep and application process, you can begin your relationship with a consultant during your junior year of high school — just as the college search process really heats up. However, some college consultants begin working with families as early as 8th or 9th grade, guiding students in their academic focus, electdive course selection, extracurriculars, community service, and more.
This type of full-service consultation is generally very costly, but the goal is to provide students and families with a complete road map leading directly to a top college.
How much do college admissions consultants charge?
The price for college admissions consultation can vary widely depending on the type of company and the nature of services you seek. From one-time seminars to weekly consultation, to hands-on guidance for the entirety of your high school education, you have a lot of options. The higher the level of service you seek, the more you’ll spend.
For an overview of the pricing landscape, check out college consultant and admissions expert David Nguyen’s ranking of The Best College Admissions Consulting Agencies.
Are college admissions consultants worth it?
Yes! If you have access, this extra level of support can genuinely provide you with insight into the admissions process and enhance your odds of admission. More importantly: you won’t be alone during the arduous process of applying to colleges.
While your high school guidance counselor can literally spend no more than a few minutes a semester on your admissions process, a professional college admissions consultant will be directly and professionally invested in your success. This can make a major difference in where you end up earning your undergraduate degree.
Can I trust college admissions consultants?
Yes, you can trust the recognized college admissions consulting groups. That’s why we list only companies that are recognized by agencies and associations such as Higher Education Consultants Association (HECA), Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA), and National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC).
These independent agencies provide oversight and certification, ensuring that members adhere to all appropriate legal, ethical, and commercial standards both on behalf of consumers and within the higher education infrastructure. Consulting companies listed in their directories may be considered trustworthy and legitimate.
For more on how you can safely and effectively navigate the college admissions consulting landscape, check out college consultant and admissions expert David Nguyen’s Confessions of a College Prep Consultant.
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Colleges and Universities in New York
On average, tuition at New York’s higher education institutes comes in well-below the national average at about $7,900. Students have nearly 80 public school options to choose from, ranging in fees from $1,000 at the United States Merchant Marine Academy up to $10,000 at the University at Buffalo, the largest public university. However, some of the state’s private schools, such as New York University (NYU), charge tuition fees at a much higher cost.
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Although tuition fees at NYU average $52,000, students who attend this school have access to some of the best programs in fields like literature, business, medicine, communications, and law. The school also boasts famous alumni like Whoopi Goldberg and Jonas Salk. New York also offers close to 40 religiously affiliated schools. Students can expect to pay a wide range of tuition costs at these schools, but have the option to major in fields like social work, law, religious studies, business, and nursing.
They say New York is a place where dreams come true. Here, fashion, culture, food, business, art, and many languages comfortably coexist. While The Empire State’s metropolitan landmarks, like the iconic Brooklyn Bridge, are noteworthy, many forget New York also offers access to the Great Lakes, the Atlantic Ocean, and countless cozy cabins tucked away in the verdant Catskills Mountains. Additionally, New York is home to over 200 colleges and universities, making it easy for students to dream big while earning their degrees.
Explore some of the top programs New York higher education institutes have to offer, and make your educational and personal dreams come true.
What are New York’s Colleges & Universities?
- 29 Research Universities
- 92 Liberal Arts Colleges & Universities
- 42 Graduate Schools
- 41 Public Colleges & Universities
- 80 Private Colleges & Universities
- 21 Christian Colleges & Universities
- 73 Small Colleges & Universities (fewer than 5,000 students)
- 47 Affordable Colleges (below $20,000,000/year)
- 36 Community Colleges
- 36 Online Colleges
