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College Planning
Why IvyBoost’s College Counseling?

IvyBoost guides you step by step through college planning, application and financial aid process
IvyBoost selects 90 Ivy Class colleges to help save time and easily find the best choice for you
IvyBoost offers 4 different assessments to identify your strengths and goals
IvyBoost effectively uses 6 planning modules to get you ready for a successful admission
IvyBoost’s counselors are certified with the experience to guide all kinds of students
IvyBoost is a member of the WACAC, HECA and NAFSA, and follows a strict code of ethics
IvyBoost has a strong track record of successfully leading many students to their ideal colleges

Our Ethics

IvyBoost’s counseling team is proud of our professional training and we follow the strict code of conduct defined by:

NACAC: National Association for College Admission Counseling
HECA: Higher Education Consultants Association
NAFSA: Association of International Educators

“It is an unforgettable life time experience to work with IvyBoost and my mentor Tony. As first generation immigrants, my parents and I really do not know about college and financial aid applications. My mentor Tony has been very patient and well prepared to guide me on the applications step by step. His response is always immediate whenever I have questions. The more touching part is that he consulted like an old-time friend or a family member with the most sincere and practical advices. He has been always supportive and continues to help me even after the contracted service is done. IvyBoost’s counseling is just like a lighthouse to guide me to the right port – I get in my favorite UC with $21000 grant and $10000 loans.”

–Brenda Wu

“My mentor at IvyBoost, Erica Cosgrove, really gave me the guidance, structure, and confidence I needed to succeed with my college application. Self-help books help, but they don’t provide the type of advice and guidance a mentor can. Trust me, I now know myself: Erica sectioned my college application process into manageable chunks with to-do lists and deadlines, helped provide information and inspiration for my essay topics, and most importantly, gave me tangible and applicable feedback and advice for my essays. Erica had me focused on the task and kept the entire process endurable–and really, that’s mostly what you need when you’re applying.”

–Henry Li

“I thought the counseling was very useful in terms of creating strict deadlines for the due dates, as well as for finding the right colleges to apply to. I found the information given about the colleges as probably the most helpful part because it allowed me to gain a lot of knowledge about various colleges, and which ones that interested me the most. I enjoyed the essay help, in depth edits such as specific information and trying to make the essay stand out more have been helpful in the process, the broad ideas were edited well too. The mentoring for the other parts of the applications were good as well and ran decently smoothly for reaching deadlines. Overall I am very appreciative of the help that I was provided.”

–Brandon Ma

“I have been accepted to: UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, UC San Diego, UCLA, UC Berkeley, USC, Occidental, Pomona, Boston College, Northeastern, Santa Clara, and Georgetown.

I’m super happy and thanks Melanie and IvyBoost so much for helping me because I’m sure you played a large part in me being accepted to so many great colleges. ”

–Sharon Ha

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College Counseling