High Schools Trust Us:
Beverly Hills High School invited College Zoom to bring our hands-on instruction into classrooms:
In 2010 and 2011, College Zoom led three enrichment programs that helped the students of Dr. Raquel Ramsey improver their personal statement writing skills. The anonymous feedback questionnaires that Dr. Ramsey collected from her students said:
“I learned that writing can be fun, and I learned a lot about myself.”
“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 how to organize my thoughts better; in fact, I just got an A on my history essay with what I learned.”
“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.”
“If the College Zoom 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.”
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People Are Talking:
“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 (1st choice reach school)
“We did more in 2 hours than I did in 40 meetings with a counselor who charges $200/hr.”
— Jessica G., Beverly Hills High School, USC Appellant
“I paid [a well known private college counselor from New York] $1,000 for a one hour session and nothing was produced from that meeting. It was clear to me that they were doing a formulaic job. What they were offering was search engine optimization for college admissions: taking well-known facts about me, spinning and positioning them throughout the application. When I approached, College Zoom, I thought they’d help me come up with some essay topics, potentially edit and proof read them, and say, “Thank you very much, here’s your invoice.” Instead, the service I got demonstrated more attention to detail, care, and concern about me, and my application, than I ever could have imagined…”
— Steve G., New York, Claremont McKenna College, Class of 2014
“You strengthened the skills that all parents want to see in our 18 year olds, especially the maturity — and it appeared to be in a fun and enjoyable way. That’s something I didn’t expect at all when I placed the call to you. Even I was inspired.”
— Lauren White, Parent from Marin Country, son accepted to USC, Class of 2017 (1st choice school)
“The way College Zoom organized and explained everything made it all very easy to understand.”
— Christine Marsden, Malibu, University of California, Irvine, Class of 2015 (1st choice school)
“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, son accepted to Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts (1st choice film school) with the Chancellor’s Scholarship and Talent Scholarship. Also accepted to: USC’s School of Cinematic Arts.
“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, University of Southern California, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Class of 2015 (1st choice school)
“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 (1st choice school)
“I was using another private counselor who I felt wasn’t very effective, and I decided to try you out…I felt you did a phenomenal job.”
— Jon Assia, Beverly Hills, University of California, Los Angeles, College of Letters and Sciences, Class of 2015 (1st choice school)
— Jon Assia, Beverly Hills, University of California, Los Angeles, College of Letters and Sciences, Class of 2015 (1st choice school)
“…Before I spoke to you, I didn’t think I was special enough to get in…Thank you so much for your help!”
— Chloe Wang, Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Dornsife College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences, Class of 2014 (1st choice school)
— Chloe Wang, Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Dornsife College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences, Class of 2014 (1st choice school)
“College Zoom was very professional and dug out what was important for me to write.”
— Yu Chen, Santa Monica, University of California, San Diego, Class of 2014 (1st choice school)
“You were amazing and you definitely exceeded my expectations. I thought I’d get someone who knew a lot and would give me general advice. But, I didn’t expect you to delve into me the way you did.”
— Alec White, Marin County, University of Southern California, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Class of 2017 (1st choice school)
“I loved that you weren’t an adviser who was generalizing the appeal letters, you really knew what the university values and how I can emphasize those values in my appeal…”
— Bethany Kawa, Redondo Beach, University of Southern California, Dana and David Dornsife College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences, Class of 2016 (1st-choice school)
— Bethany Kawa, Redondo Beach, University of Southern California, Dana and David Dornsife College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences, Class of 2016 (1st-choice school)
“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, University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, Class of 2010 (1st choice school)
“I’m honestly amazed at how we just cut 90 words out of my personal statement. I didn’t know how to do that.”
— Ted Lee, Palos Verdes, University of Washington, Class of 2016 (1st-choice school)
“The way we worked virtually definitely exceeded my expectations. I’d say it was even better than meeting in-person.”
— Joe Scully, Connecticut, University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, Class of 2017 (1st choice school)
“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.”
— Alexandra Ulrich, Newport Beach, Pepperdine’s Graziadio School of Business and Management, Class of 2015 (2nd choice reach school)
“I’d give College Zoom a 10/10. You exceeded our expectations in everything. You always accommodated us whenever we needed you, even during crunch time, you were there.”
— Debby Ulrich, Newport Beach, Daughter matriculated to Pepperdine, Class of 2015 (2nd choice reach school)
