TuitionCoach: Testimonials

From Parents- Regarding Financial Aid

Wish your company was around back when I was going to school' I think both my sister's and my educations would have been far different, had we had TuitionCoach!

Great news! We received an adjusted award letter from Brown and they reduced our parent contribution by about $4K per kid; that's another $8K in scholarships for our family! The appeal letter worked. Thank you so much for your input and convincing arguments. We are truly appreciative for all of your guidance and support.

I wanted to thank you for what you've done for Lauren and myself. Wooster has indeed come through for us 150%: her financial package for her sophomore year is $30,600! Can you believe that? Even more importantly, in the year and a half that she's been at Wooster, she is transforming from a girl into a self-confident young woman. Everywhere she goes, on every school break, my neighbors and friends comment on how much she has gracefully matured in such a short period of time.

I want to take the opportunity to thank you for helping my son, Steve, through all the financial application process. You may recall that he was accepted at four of the top universities in the country and would never have been able to attend the college of his choice without your advice and guidance. The personal interest that you took in him to see him through all of the processes to the very end will be forever remembered by us. Words cannot convey our feelings of appreciation for everything you have done to assist Steve in accomplishing his goals and dreams.

Your straightforward and clear comments regarding the purpose of college and helpful assistance with the financial information, made Daniel's dream of attending the University of 'his' choice a reality. Your clear and helpful suggestions and direction made Daniel and I feel at ease and assured of success, running the maze of college and financial applications.

As I stated, Daniel is very thrilled with his University of Puget Sound experience. As a parent with somewhat limited financial means you made everything clear and easy to follow. The only thing you were unable to do is help me reincarnate so I could be a student again at the wonderful University of Puget Sound too!

Without your help and advice Melinda might not be attending Menlo College on full grants/scholarships! This is a dream come true for me especially since I could not have afforded to send her. I will certainly be seeing you again in a couple of years for your help with my other daughter.

It is difficult to express how we were truly impressed with your knowledge and handling of our financial college aid problems. In addition you have a talented personality to calm a serious situation into a pleasant social and ordinary session. The end result --- considerable financial savings in the cost of a college education for our children.

Just a brief note to say thank you for Darrel's college education. Without your support, advice, understanding and most of all ' patience, Darrel's future would not be in full swing. Thank you for the options in his future, for making the mystery of the forms a workable game plan. My family wishes you well. Again many thanks.

Betsy, Carlos, and I want to thank you very much for all your wonderful help in Jack's financial aid process. I've learned a lot and probably gained some kind of maturity as well. Not only were you essential to us in the detailed money process, but I really appreciated your heartful and soulful input around the issue of Jack's father's contribution. The fairness of the process for us at Stanford really worked!

We want to thank you for your most valuable help and advice on Mike's college financial aid applications. We are very privileged to be a part of the Silicon Valley Scholars and able to take advantage of your professionalism, knowledge and enthusiasm. You really made a difference!

Just a huge thank you for all your helping in filling out those convoluted federal forms for college loans and grants which enabled my daughter Marcia to graduate with her B.A. in French from University of Puget Sound in under three years (including a semester in France.) She received a wonderful education; we owe much of her success to your help! Your help was invaluable.

I just want to let you know how much I appreciate your effort in my case and that if there is anything that I can be of help, please let me know! Can't say enough thanks to your advice on the financial aid issues.

Thank you so much for guiding us through the financial aid process. Your materials and advice proved invaluable. I am thrilled my daughter will be attending Stanford University.

I want to thank you for helping me with my daughter Anna's FAF and FAFSA forms. I can't believe that I finally have some peace of mind and can look forward to Anna attending a good college.

Many thanks for your encouragement and your expertise in pursuit of financial aid. I returned home feeling reassured and very hopeful that I can send Lizzy to the school of her choice.

Just wanted to drop this note and let you know that I enjoyed meeting with you and learning the ins and outs of college financial aid. Your warm, personable and friendly disposition makes it easier to grasp the subject. I plan to go thru your material carefully and read it from cover to cover. I am sure I will benefit from it.

Thank you so much for talking with me last week, and for contacting Ron too. The time and information you provided is valuable and provided great insight regarding college costs. I cannot thank you enough for your support, knowledge, and insight. Your time and effort was much appreciated.

Thank you for your information, support, ' and loads of Kleenex! Because of your great suggestions, our son got a subsidized, rather than unsubsidized, loan at UCSC, and my husband got a student loan through CitiBank for UC Extension. Thanks again.

From Parents- Regarding General Admissions

I do not know if we could have done it without you! You provided us with valuable information and support. So thank you!! Thank you!! We think of you with gratitude and good friendship.

We can't thank you enough for all your assistance through this whole 'College Process.' We wanted you to know we appreciate you taking out time from your schedule to help Sara narrow down her choice of school. Your guidance through all the paper work put us at ease. Thank you again.

Aaron and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the wealth of information and practical advice that you provided for us as we begin preparing for our children's college experience. We will be working our way through the 'Survival Guide' that you customized for us and feel comfortable calling upon you when we hit any snags.

We have complete confidence that we no longer have to fear drowning under a mound of intimidating forms and looming deadlines. You have given us a fresh outlook as we approach this new stage in parenting.

Thank you for all your insights, your sense of humor and your support.

We're off to Wooster thanks to you. Just like you said, 'The College of her Dreams.' I can never express how much we appreciate all you've done.

It was wonderful to have someone to talk with about not only the financial side of attending college but all the dynamics of the process.

Just want to drop a note, let you know firsthand how very much Sherwin and I appreciate your knowledge and hard work. I am going to feel the empty nest when Sherwin goes off to school, but I know that it's time for him to strike out on his own, and will have a hard time thanking you for the wonderful direction that you are pointing us to.

Many thanks for your professional advice and encouragement. You have been a tremendous help to my family over the years.

Thank you again for your help!

Michael, Kelly and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your invaluable advice, counseling and assistance which you have provided to us over the past year.

Thank you again for everything and we look forward to a continued relationship with you.

Thanking you for taking so much time on the phone talking to me and also meeting with my daughter Samantha today.

Liz and I are very grateful for your knowledgeable input for our children's educational possibilities.

Glad we met you last year. Thanks again for your help!

Just a quick note to thank you for taking the time to meet with us. We really enjoyed our visit and appreciated all of your helpful information.

Looking forward to working with you more.

We really appreciate all you have done for the boys. We really had our doubts that this would work out as planned. We are glad we persevered.

The boys are thrilled with the choice of Santa Clara University.

Thanks for everything.

We wanted to drop a note of thanks for all of the help and encouragement you gave us. We were feeling a bit of discouragement the weeks before regarding our future. But when we left your office, I felt ecstatic and Bobby was determined. You were a joy. Thank you once again!

You have done so much for my children and I. I can't thank you enough! You will never know how much you are loved and appreciated by this family!

I would like to extend my sincere gratitude and thanks for all your sound advice. Your help was not only good, but extremely useful.

Ted and I wanted to tell you how very special you are. Your kindness has not gone unappreciated. The girls are excited and thankful.

My wife Lindsay, Jennifer and I want to thank you for your kindness and time. Your knowledge, of course, you already know, is excellent, however your professionalism and dedication to kids is what stands out in my mind.

It was a pleasure meeting with you Thursday morning. Thank you for sharing your wise expertise and insights as we travel through this exciting time. Gina, Mark, and I look forward to working with you! Thanks again.

We will never stop thinking of you and we will never forget you and your help. Our warmest thanks! for all the things you've done throughout the year.

Thanks so much for all of your help. We couldn't have done all we did if it wasn't for your help!

We have tapped out your resources and professionalism, always coming away more knowledgeable about the 'ins' and 'outs' of college. But, we all agree that it is your accessibility as a caring person, good neighbor, and mentor to our family that means so much to us! We appreciate all the encouragement and perspective you gave to us.

Thanks for all that you have done for us over the last eight years!

A mere hour and I am a changed man; many thanks for your guidance.

Thank you so much for your help and guidance throughout the college years of our children. We all appreciate your advice.

It's been awhile but I thought I would give you an update on Maxim's time in New Mexico. It has been a great choice for him. He is doing well and is almost done with his second year. He has taken an internship this summer in New Jersey at Essex Fells Country Club. We are very excited for him. Hope all is well with you and thank you again for helping us make Maxim's dream a success.

From Students- Regarding Financial Aid

Just a note to let you know how grateful I am for all of your help and support. Without you and the college funding group, my college education may not have been possible. Thanks a million.

I cannot fully express my gratitude for all of your help. During the holidays I received notice that I was accepted to Stanford University . This made my vacation special. Yesterday I received a packet of information from The College Company, discussing both the FAFSA and the CSS Profile. This wealth of information was extremely helpful as I completed them. In fact, I photocopied the form for the few other students who are leaving my high school for college next year. I had already benefited from your advice, yet these students were completely in the dark. Your guide elucidated these students, helping them towards a goal not often achieved in my community. For this I thank you.

As the financial aid process continues on, I'm sure that I will once again find myself calling for your help. I want you to know that you have already made an enormous difference in my life. Thank you again.

On behalf of my brother and myself, I would like to thank you for your time the other morning. With your help, I am sure that David and I will complete our formal educations without putting our mother in the proverbial 'poor house.'

I would like to express my extreme gratitude towards help concerning my financial aid. Without your help, I do not think attending a school like Santa Clara was very realistic. You have been a great help and I hope my sister's and my financial success in regard to our academic careers will be continued.

I'm writing to let you know that I just received my acceptance letter to Stanford! I am overjoyed, as is my family.

I am also writing to say thank you for the advice you gave to my mom and me. We just received our estimated financial aid package, and it looks really good!

I would like to thank you very much for all you have done for me. Your work has made it possible for me to follow my desires and go to the University of Pennsylvania. I deeply appreciate all of your efforts, especially considering that you have done it as a favor. You are quite generous and I will never forget it.

Thank you for meeting with me on June 15th. I have been accepted and have accepted a place in the doctoral program for biomedical ethics at GTU-UC Berkeley. I also received a $20,000 financial aid package ' much of it loans and a small tuition grant. Bottom line is that the package will enable me to attend the program, to cover tuition and much of the expenses. Needless to say, I am very excited.

I want to thank you for your help and for making this possible. It is quite obvious to me that I would never be in such a good position as this without your knowledgeable help. This is all due to your invaluable advice and I am deeply grateful.

I would like to say thank you. Your words of guidance, from our conversations, helped me get started. Thank you for the wake-up call when you told me to 'go out there and find some scholarships.' As for my freshman year, I will be attending Cornell with a small balance left on my bursar bill. Without your wake-up call and words of guidance, my current financial aid status would not have been possible. Thank you.

I just wanted to write and say thank you for sending me the financial aid forms so quickly. I really appreciate all the help you've given my family and I in the last year.

Thank you so much for volunteering your time to council me in my academic financial planning. Since our meeting, I have met with Cal Poly and sent off my FAFSA form.

Thank you again for your time and support; my family and I deeply appreciate it.

From Students- Regarding General Admissions

You are one of the main reasons I will even have a chance at an education. From the bottom of my heart, I owe a tremendous amount of gratitude for your help. You changed the complexion of my thoughts on college and gave me the confidence I needed to persevere. I have a long way to go, yet I have come so far. One day I will reach the success I have always dreamed of and will know you had a major impact on the way.

Thank you so much for everything. My parents and I are so lucky to have you as our advisor and our friend. They need someone like you to convince them that the goodbyes and the forking over the money is worth it.

I cannot begin to express how thankful I am that you assisted me during my college journey. Your guidance throughout the entire process enabled me to make many well-educated decisions. I believe that thanks in part to your excellent guidance I have picked the best university to compliment my personality and academic goals. Once again, thank you for your help in my important life choice! Your generous donation of time and energy will be remembered for a long time.

Thank you with all my heart for the wonderful help you gave me during these past months. I can't thank you enough for everything you did for me, and for always being there when we needed your help. If it had not been for your assistance this year, I would probably be going to a two year college. But thanks to all your help, I am really happy and excited about Boston University.

I am really glad I got to work with you. You were always so encouraging and had so much faith in me that I actually pursued my dream of applying to a four year college. I always tell people that if it had not been for you, I would have never applied to Boston University. Thank you. You made me and my mom feel so confident about everything regarding college that we never had to worry. Once again thank you for all your help. It was definitely worth it. GRACIAS!!

Thank you so much for all of your time, help, and support. You helped tremendously with filling out the PROFILE and with editing my essay. I know that I couldn't have gotten into Penn without you. The patience and time that you selflessly devoted to me and my family is truly remarkable. Your quick replies to our endless emails gave us both assurance and confidence. Thank you for everything.

Thanks so much for all of your help through the college application process and the financial aid application process. I couldn't have done it without you!

I just wanted to thank you for all your help with the whole college process. I will be attending UC Davis in September. I couldn't have done this without you.

I just wanted to write to you and say thank you so much for all of your help. Without you I never would have even considered going out of state and now I am so happy with my choice! Thank you again for everything!

I just wanted to thank you on behalf of my parents and I for all your help on getting me to USF. I started classes last week and I'm having fun. Thank you so much again. Please don't forget us because we'll be back'

I made it! Thank you! Your support was the best. I'm glad Middlebury is the one! You were the one who made me think I could do it when I thought I'd die. I will always keep in touch.

Thank you for the help and encouragement you've given me in the last few years-it's part of what has gotten me this far.

Feliz Navidad! Just to bring you a little update from me, I want you to know that I will be graduating in May. I want to thank you again because you were so helpful and I wouldn't be there if it wasn't for you.

I hope you know how grateful I am to have met you. I would be otherwise completely lost. Thank you for inspiring me and telling me to relax and enjoy life. You are a very wise and wonderful man. Thank you!

Thank you very much for all the help you gave my mother and I. I have decided to go to Whitman College. I couldn't have done it without you!

Hello! Me and my parents are writing to thank-you for all the assistance and information you have give us the past year. We deeply appreciate everything you have done.

As the academic year comes to a close I can look back and say that I called and e-mailed you a lot. Every word has been more than helpful and has directed me in the right direction. This is going to sound very blunt but I would like to say it anyway. Sometimes, I feel so indebted and wonder how I am going to repay you. I really do. I hope that someday in the future I will be able to help you with something.

Thank you very much for all your help throughout the past year. You have been an invaluable asset to me and my family.

We want to say 'Thank You,' again and again, because of how nice and how thoughtful you've been throughout the year. We will never stop thinking of you and we will never forget you.

Thank you very much for all your time, keen insight and helpful, practical suggestions. I really appreciate your generous and energetic spirit.

I just wanted to thank you and give you some credit for this great job I have had the opportunity of getting. If it wasn't for you helping and encouraging my mother, I would not have made the 'big jump' out of Tufts. I am very happy with my decision and am looking forward to my new career! It's the perfect job.

From High Schools

Just a note to say thanks for a wonderful presentation that you gave to our senior parents last night. I sincerely hope that your association with our school district will continue in the future. The parents who spoke to me later and some of the phone calls I received today about your presentation of Financial Aid were highly positive.

A very belated 'Thank you' for putting on the FAFSA workshop for the parents and students at our high school. You did a wonderful job, very informative and personable.

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience and knowledge with our students and parents at our evening program.

Thank you again for making the evening possible. We are very fortunate to work with such a great group of people.

Thank you for the great presentation last week at our high school. I've had several students come in for the FAFSA and additional information as a result of your talk. Some parents called and apologized for missing your meeting. It's too bad they did, as you share so much valuable information with our families. I can't thank you enough for making the journey over the hill on a stormy night.

Thank you for taking the time to assist at our high school. Your presentation was very well received! The information you shared is invaluable to the parents. I have heard from parents that were unable to attend and they feel that they missed out huge!

Once again thank you for your continued dedication and commitment to our youth!

On behalf of our high school I would like to thank you for your support and help around financial aid.