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    The College Planning Center

    The College Planning Center

    5.0(8 reviews)
    17.1 km

    Throughout my entire life, going to college and starting my own life has always been a big dream of…read moremine. I just never knew how I was going to achieve that. Both of my parents are immigrants and as they try their hardest to help me achieve my goals, they did not have much information on how to apply to colleges or what colleges I should even apply to. That was when my friend referred me to the college planning center where I was given my very own college counselor, named Rajani Rao who showed a deep care in seeing my success in this college process. Every step of the way she gave me direction and deadlines ensuring I would get all of my applications done on time. Whenever I needed help with anything I was able to turn to her incredible knowledge and get a fast, swift, and helpful answer. She made the college application process, which is an extremely stressful one, more enjoyable, easy and she showed that she believed in me throughout every step of the way. I ended up getting in to one of my dream schools and I could not have done it without the college planning center's and Rajani's incredible help. I would recommend this to anyone and everyone looking for help and guidance through their college application process! -Selihom Kibrom, Class of 2024 Going to Cal Poly Slo!

    Through this tedious college process, I found myself quite lost and overwhelmed with the weight of…read morecollege applications and the stress it had on me. In reaching out to the college planning center, Rajani reluctantly was willing to take me on late into the process. She was extremely organized, timely, and helped me get all of my early applications done far before the deadlines. She was very informative and helpful when reviewing my writing and truly guided me to putting my best work forward. Her tentative support and care for my applications and future truly shown through. She was quite patient with all my fears, concerns, and desires as well as being excited and encouraging with me through it all. With Rajani's help, I was accepted into 9 out of the 10 schools I applied to! I believe that anyone who is lucky enough to have Rajani as their college career counselor will have the swiftest, stress free college application process, alongside someone who truly cares about your ambitions and passions. Without her guidance, advice, organization, peer review, and heartening support, I wouldn't have ended up where I am today. :) -Ava McMinn, senior in high school

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    Jessica Brenner Educational Consulting

    Jessica Brenner Educational Consulting

    5.0(3 reviews)
    7.1 kmOuter Richmond

    If you have a teenager preparing for college, I strongly encourage you to look into the services of…read moreJessica Brenner, and her partner, Lisa Josefik. What could have been an incredibly stressful senior year, has been instead a beautiful memory made. What Jessica, and Lisa did to help my grandson, and me from start to finish of the college application process is amazing. I never realized the complexity that went into this process, as I never had to do this for my children. The guidance, structure, and encouragement from them was invaluable. As a parent/grandparent this process can be extremely frustrating when it comes to making sure the SA's are completed, or that they are studying for the SAT test, etc. To our teenager we are just nagging them. Being able to hand that over to Jessica, and/or Lisa, who are so knowledgeable and understanding of what it takes to successfully complete this process made this entire experience much more exciting and enjoyable for my grandson and myself. They gave him structure, and progress goals that he followed. When he started his senior year he was all ready to submit all of his applications while his classmates were just starting to do what he had been doing during the summer. He actually received his first acceptance letter before many classmates had even submitted an application. Jessica and Lisa would tell him, "Tristan, all this hard work is going to be so worth it once you start receiving your acceptance letters." When his first letter came, he was so excited he could hardly stand it. Tristan has been accepted to eight colleges, including his number one choice. Thank you, thank you Jessica and Lisa for all you did for us and all the other families and kids you work with. You truly make a difference!

    Jessica Brenner walked our daughter through the application process with absolute precision…read more From preparation for SAT/ACT, essay guidance and appropriate school choices, Jessica created a timeline that was manageable and stress free. We believe that Jessica's help enabled our daughter to gain admission to better schools than her peers, who had similar qualifications. We highly recommend Jessica to any family in this super competitive environment.

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    Matthews Alexandra,  PhD - Please take a moment to read the reviews that Yelp is hiding.  There are several 5-star reviews that aren't being shown.

    Matthews Alexandra, PhD

    3.5(11 reviews)
    6.8 km
    Available by appointment
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    Our experience with Alexandra Matthews was deeply upsetting and damaging. If you are considering…read moreher as a college counselor or psychologist for your child, please think twice. She is arrogant, self-serving, and shockingly indifferent to the emotional needs of the children and families she claims to support. From the beginning, it was clear her priority was not helping, but controlling the process and collecting payment. She dismissed our concerns, pushed her own agenda, and treated us with condescension and disregard. Instead of helping our child, she abandoned her --leaving lasting emotional harm. Once paid, her involvement dwindled. She became cold and vindictive, making harsh, unprofessional remarks that no child or parent should ever be subjected to. Her actions were not just inappropriate--they were unethical and deeply hurtful. Alexandra Matthews should not be trusted with the mental health or educational future of any young person. She lacks compassion, professionalism, and any real sense of responsibility toward the families she works with. Do not make the mistake of working with her. There are many truly supportive and ethical professionals out there. She is not one of them.

    If I could give zero stars I would. She caused major psychological damage that I had to deal with…read morein therapy with someone else after just our first session. She is unnecessarily harsh and decides who you are before talking to you for even five minutes. She also tried to give me (bad) college advice even though I was paying her (a LOT) for therapy. I got into top colleges (including UCLA engineering) without her bad advice. She had a weird fixation on college which was completely irrelevant to the purpose of our session. I seriously caution people against meeting this woman. She is unprofessional and unhelpful to say the least.

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