Can a College Funding Coach Assist Me in Finding a College Where My Child Will Reach Their Potential?
When working with a college coach, you want to find one who is truly independent and interested in the best outcome for each student and family we work with, that can begin the college matching process with a blank slate. Brand names, rankings, in-state versus out-of-state, athletic traditions none of that should matters to the college funding coach you choose when they begin exploring opportunities that are a “good fit” for a student. can give families objective advice, access to proven tools and techniques, and the kind of individual attention necessary to make educated choices.
In order to give you the best personalized advice, they should use only the best resources and services to educate you on the college funding process. The best way to find a school to attend that will allow you to reach your goals is to discover what career path the student is interested in. At this point they can look at the majors required and then match them to the available schools.
After filtering for field of study, we can filter further for more subtle – but perhaps as important – criteria for the student’s overall college experience. Things like size of classes, lecture vs. discussion delivery of content, structured vs. independent study programs, urban vs. suburban or rural settings, dorm vs. fraternity/sorority or off-campus housing. Let’s not forget weather, distance from the family home, proximity to airports or major transportation hubs we take multiple variables and sort them, rank them, and provide the family with a systematic approach for properly evaluating their options. And, importantly, after they have considered these items and have at least half a dozen schools that would provide a very favorable experience for the student, they should help the parents figure out how to pay for it without imploding current lifestyle or robbing future retirement funds.
Can you tell us if there is a way to guarantee that our kid will get into the school they want to go to?
No. It’s really too hard to tell who gets accepted. They can only tell you with certainty that they will provide your student with the strategies and tools that allow them to put put hemselves in the best possible light in the college admissions process. Most physicians cannot promise that a procedure will always work or that a drug will always work a certain way or that a proven method won’t have some unanticipated outcome.
They should, however, guarantee your satisfaction. If you don’t believe you received the services you paid for and request a refund in writing, they should refund 100% of your money. They should be interested in results; if the results don’t meet your expectations, they shouldn’t meet theirs, and they should want to know where they missed the mark so they can improve their program for the families that follow but will refund 100% of your money.
