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“I attended their workshop on how to get through college without going broke. Working with them was the best decision I ever made!” - Martha Salas, Miami (Received college planning advice for her daughter, Marissa.)




“I told them 'I don’t want to play games with my money or get some extra bill in the future.' They promised I would get back five times what I invested for the service. They were true to their word.”
 - Debbie and Terry Cooney, Davie
 
(Received college planning advice for their two sons, Shane and Shaun.  Terry also appeared (voluntarily!) on our St. Patrick's Day radio show as a leprechun!)


The information opened my eyes that I've never thought about.  The presentation was relaxed and non-threatening.  Thank you!

-Parent Attending Sept. 20th Workshop

Cooper City





June 2009

 

Andrew Lockwood & Peter Ratzan

College Planning Specialists

1825 Main Street

Weston, Fl. 33326

 

Dear Andy and Pete:

 

Now that the college admissions process is over, our daughter has graduated from high school and we are getting ready to take her to college later this summer, it’s time to recognize the extraordinary job you have done for us. At this time last year, we were very concerned about the prospect of out of state tuition. Our dream of sending her to the best school and not just the one we could afford seemed very distant. To complicate matters, our daughter was vacillating on her major, the location of the school and its size – she had many doubts and we had few answers.     

 

However, from the very beginning of the process, you encouraged us to remain positive about her prospects and as soon as you started working, she became more focused on the best fit rather than what she had heard from school advisors or friends. In a way, she was eliminating options and honing in on what she really was looking for in a school. At the same time, we reviewed our financial situation and you encouraged us to be positive about the out of state options.

 

Her long and incongruent “wish list” quickly evolved into ten schools – three in state and seven out with a balance of a few “back ups”, the core choices and one stretch school. She was confident and focused as she plunged into the applications. With your guidance, she wrote some terrific essays and completed all ten on time. While all of this was going on you magically expedited the  FAFSA and other financial paperwork to all the schools taking that burden and administrative nightmare off our shoulders.   

 

The proof of your program was she was accepted at seven Top 100 schools four of which were out of state, waitlisted at two out of states and was only declined at the “stretch” school, Georgetown. As it turned out, the first school to reply was the one she finally chose but that was only decided once we had all the offers in hand. Every single school made very generous scholarship offers and we ended up choosing at Top 30 school that offered 95% of the total cost of attendance, 70% of which was free money!

 

We look forward to the next 4 years and our next child knowing that we have the College Planners on our team. Thanks again, Andy and Pete – it has been a pleasure working with you.

 

Regards,

 

Tom Browne

Weston, Fl.