Building Big College Dreams... And Paying Less For Them!

Smart Plan For College System™

OK — so, what do you need to do to get NOTICED in the admissions office, get IN at the colleges right for you and get MONEY to help pay the college bill?

Well, you need to hit the “Sweet Spot” when it comes to college admissions and financial aid:  the right plan, the right schools, the right action taken – and you end up with several colleges to choose from, each of them the right fit academically, socially AND financially.

Congratulations!  You’ve reached the event that’s the culmination of all of your hard work – COLLEGE! I understand how this affects all of you — there are a lot of big decisions ahead.

If you don’t make the commitment of time and resources you won’t get the results you’re looking for. Unfortunately too many families simply don’t realize how simple mistakes can have such a drastic impact on their child’s future opportunities and success.

If you know:

  • You want to find the best colleges – academically, socially AND financially – for your student.
  • You want your student to STAND OUT from among the THOUSANDS of other students in the college admissions office.
  • You don’t want to “play the lottery” and leave things to chance when it comes to your child’s college opportunities.
  • You don’t want to make it any easier for the admissions officers to put your student in the rejection pile.
  • You want to be sure you get the most financial aid money you’re entitled to

Then, quite simply, you cannot afford to be without a plan or you’ll miss the “Sweet Spot”.

Getting NOTICED by the colleges, gettting IN at the colleges right for you, and getting the MONEY you to help pay the bill, starts with an integrated plan. But not just any plan — you need a plan for the college game as it’s played today — not the game you played two, ten or twenty years ago. You MUST simultaneously deal with both college admissions AND financial aid — neglecting one at the expense of the other will cost you.

Affordability planning needs to start early — parents, you CANNOT wait until the bill arrives in Spring of your student’s senior year to start thinking about paying for college — by then it’s too late.

Students, you CANNOT wait until fall of your senior year to start thinking about the message you want to send to the colleges because it’s not just the application you have to worry about!  You need to be clear about your goals – both your education goals and at least have an idea of career goals. Then you need to determine how they fit in with the interests of the schools you’re considering and what will make them offer you money to help pay the bill. Then, it means taking serious action on it.

The Smart Plan For College System™

has helped hundreds of families

to create and implement a strategic college plan

that gets them into the colleges of their dreams

and gets the family the financial aid money they need

to keep that college dream from becoming a financial nightmare.

Here’s what the System gets you to do:

Part 1: Position

  1. Know Your Situation
  2. Get Clear on Your
    Goals
  3. Make a Commitment

Part 2: Focus

  1. Target the Right Schools
  2. Develop your plan of action for those schools

Part 3: Action

  1. Create a STRONG
    application
  2. Jump through all the financial aid hoops

These are the 3 Parts and 7 steps for a Smart Plan For College.   I created the system as a direct result of working with hundreds of college-bound families since 2003 to get noticed, get in and get more MONEY to pay the college bill.

In addition to these 7 steps, you will learn hundreds of things to make you more effective in finding the right schools, researching your schools,and  make your time work for YOU.

Learn to work smarter, not harder and eliminate the simple mistakes too many families make that end up hurting your chance to get in at the colleges or having you spending more for a college education than is absolutely necessary.

Does it work?  YES

The result is an approach to the college admissions and financial aid process that ensures nothing falls through the cracks. It’s less stressful for both parent and student because there’s less tension and you cut the time spent getting this done in half!

All my clients who diligently applied these steps had and average acceptance rate of 93% to their first choice schools and were awarded, on average, 74% more money to help pay the college bill.  And in much less time than doing it on their own.

Best of all, many of them were excited to report that they were able to cover their investment and then some with just one of the financial aid offers from the colleges.

(Click here to see for yourself!)

I’m known to work best with those who are excited about going to college and just want to know what steps to take to get it all done so they can achieve their goals!

A special invitation to discuss solutions.

Curious about whether this could work for you?  Let’s see!  We can only tell if you  CLICK HERE to Schedule Your Strategy Session or call 888-501-8634 to schedule a time to discuss possible solutions and find the best fit for you.