College Zoom – Increase Your Admissions Success! (LA College Counselor, National Customer Base)

College Counseling Feedback:

“The money I spent on College Zoom’s service fee was the best money I ever spent.” — Ruth Marsden, Malibu, Daughter matriculated to UC Irvine (first-choice reach school)

“We did more in 2 hours than I did in 40 meetings with a counselor who charges $200/hr.“ — Jessica Ganji, Beverly Hills, USC Appellant

“The way College Zoom organized and explained everything made it all very easy to understand.” — Christine Marsden, Malibu, UCI Class of 2015

“Your approach – bringing specific networking and entrepreneurial shrewdness to the equation — is right on target. I see my son developing essential life skills that separate the successful from those who are not.” —Helga Thordardson, Laguna Hills, Current Parent

“College Zoom helped me articulate everything that I had in my head but did not know how to put onto paper.” — Allyson Ehlers, Laguna Niguel, USC Class of 2015

“You exceeded our expectations in really everything. You always accommodated us whenever we needed you, even during crunch time, you were there. I’d give College Zoom a 10/10.“ — Debby Ulrich, Newport Beach, Daughter matriculated to Pepperdine (reach school), Class of 2015

College Zoom was very professional and dug out what was important for me to write. I used to have no self-confidence and couldn’t see my strengths. You helped me find the good in me and gave me confidence in myself.” — Yu Chen, Santa Monica, UCSD Class of 2014

“You’re one of the lowest priced, and you’re one of the best. I was using another private counselor who I felt wasn’t very effective, and I decided to try you out.  The other counselor would just give me recommendations and tell me to go work on them and come back, but you actually sat down with me and we got work done. It felt like you were helping me through it, like a friend, and you really cared.  We looked at it section by section, bit-by-bit, instead of diving in.  You made me feel confident and that college admissions isn’t difficult when you boil down to it.  I’m trying to think of anything I’d change.  Honestly, in regards to how you analyzed my essays and how we did the questions, it was awesome.  I felt you did a phenomenal job.  I couldn’t believe that the essays we worked on together were shorter and had more detail.”

— Jon Assia, Beverly Hills, UCLA College of Letters and Sciences, Class of 2015

“I wouldn’t have done it without you guys!  Before I spoke to you, I didn’t think I was special enough to get in. But after I spoke to you I did feel special and that I could get in.  You helped me realize what part of me is sparkling and helped me express that to the admissions office in a way that made them say, ‘Wow.’  I just got my USC acceptance package today!!!!  I am so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Thank you so much for your help!”

— Chloe Wang, Los Angeles, USC College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences, Class of 2014

“You guys answered all of my questions and helped me with everything I needed.  I could reach you guys whenever I needed you, and your email responses were very timely.  Getting the acceptance letter from UCLA felt great!”

— Chen Jing, Santa Monica, UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television, Class of 2012

“Our Skype meetings were really good. We couldn’t get together in person all the time because of the distance between us and how often we needed to meet.  But, I feel it was just as good as meeting in person. College Zoom really helped me through the entire process and went above and beyond my expectations.”

— Alexandra Ulrich, Newport Beach, Pepperdine’s Graziadio School of Business and Management, Class of 2015

“I am actually really impressed.  There were certain ideas I wanted to convey in my writing that I didn’t know how to express, and you guys took the words right out of my mouth.”

— Giuseppe Mangicotti, Beverly Hills, USC Marshall School of Business, Class of 2010

Beverly Hills High School Enrichment Programs:

Three enrichment programs during the 2010-2011 school year helped students become better college essay writers.  Dr. Raquel Ramsey’s Students said:

“Before, I always thought I couldn’t write.  I had too many thoughts and ideas, but I couldn’t write about all of them in my paper.  However, now I feel confident in my essay because of the tutors, and I actually started to like writing.”

“I learned how to write an essay that everyone would like to read. Nothing was difficult because the tutors explained everything really well.”

“ I learned that writing can be fun.”

“I learned how to organize my thoughts better; in fact, I just got an A on my history essay with what I learned.”

“If the tutors didn’t come, I wouldn’t be writing the way I write now. The tutors didn’t just read my essay and make the corrections themselves. They explained everything, and I think they did an outstanding job.  I loved their confidence and honesty.  I learned how to be straight forward and make my essay more interesting to read.”

— Anonymous Student Questionnaire Responses collected from Dr. Raquel Ramsey’s classes by Dr. Raquel Ramsey, EL Coordinator, Beverly Hills High School.

Proven Success Rate:

Since our founding, 100% of our students who applied to universities on the US News & World Report’s Top 100 National University Rankings list have been admitted to a top 100 ranked institution, such as:

…and more.

We Have Won Rejection Letter and Wait-list Appeals:
UCLA | USC | UCI | UW

Most impressive win: we helped a UCLA freshman applicant with 3.8 GPA and 1900 SAT score reverse his rejection letter.  The average GPA and SAT score for admitted students was 4.35 and 2029, respectively.  His GPA was in the bottom 4.64% of admitted applicants.