A Custom College List.
Ongoing Expert Support.
Our Expert Review gives your family a professionally built college list. Counselor on Demand gives you ongoing access to ask questions all year. Each is valuable on its own—and even better together.
How Families Use Our Services
Most families start free, then add the level of expert support they need. Here’s a typical path.
Start with the Free Generator
FREEGet an AI-generated college list in minutes. It’s a useful starting point—but it can’t assess major-specific competitiveness or holistic fit.
Get Your Expert-Built List
$79 ONE-TIMEA real admissions expert creates a custom college list from scratch—tailored to your student’s profile, goals, and intended major. Includes a personalized strategy video.
Add Ongoing Counselor Access
$49/MONTHAs questions come up throughout application season—essays, financial aid, strategy—your counselor is there with honest answers within 24 hours.
You don’t have to choose one or the other. Many families get the Expert Review for a solid foundation, then add Counselor on Demand for ongoing support as questions come up.
Two Services, Different Purposes
One gives you a professional deliverable. The other gives you ongoing access. Both are built on real expertise.
Expert-Built College List + Video
A real admissions expert creates a customized, balanced college list from scratch—tailored to your student’s profile, goals, and intended major. Includes a personalized video walkthrough.
What you get:
Delivered within 48 hours · One-time payment
Counselor on Demand
Unlimited access to a real admissions counselor who gives honest answers—not false hope. Ask anything, anytime, and get a response within 24 hours on business days.
How They Complement Each Other
The Expert Review gives you a strong foundation. Counselor on Demand gives you ongoing support. Together, they cover the entire admissions journey.
Expert Review Builds the Foundation
Your expert creates a custom college list with accurate reach/target/ safety tiers and a strategy video—giving your family a clear starting point.
Counselor on Demand Keeps You Supported
As questions come up—essays, financial aid, strategy shifts—your counselor is there with honest, specific answers throughout the process.
Seamless Handoff
When you have both, your counselor works directly from the expert-built list—so every answer is grounded in the strategy already created for your student.
Get Both & Save
The Bundle combines Expert Review + Video ($79) and Counselor on Demand (starting at $39/mo) into one purchase for $118 instead of $128. Your counselor works from the expert-built list—giving you the most cohesive guidance available. Plus, you get $10 off Counselor on Demand forever ($39/mo instead of $49/mo).
Families Who Used Both Services
Hear from parents who combined Expert Review and Counselor on Demand for the complete admissions journey.
"We started with the Expert Review to get a solid college list for Sofia's biomedical engineering goals. When application season started, questions kept coming up—essays, financial aid, strategy changes. Adding Counselor on Demand was the best decision. Our counselor already knew Sofia's profile and worked directly from the expert list. It felt seamless, like having one person guiding us the whole way."
"With twins applying to college, we needed both structure and ongoing support. The Expert Review gave each of them a custom list tailored to their different majors. Then Counselor on Demand helped us navigate the chaos—two sets of essays, two FAFSA forms, constant questions. Having both services meant we had a roadmap AND someone to call when we got lost. Worth every penny."
What This Looks Like in Practice
A typical family's experience using both services together.
Sofia's mom gets the Expert Review
Sofia has a 4.1 weighted GPA and wants to study biomedical engineering. The expert builds a custom list with accurate reach/target/safety tiers for her specific major—not just overall acceptance rates. The strategy video explains why each school was chosen.
Questions start coming up
“Should Sofia apply Early Action to UF?” “What essay angle works for engineering?” “Is this scholarship worth applying for?” The expert list is great—but the process raises new questions every week.
She adds Counselor on Demand
Her counselor already has Sofia's expert-built list and profile. Every answer is grounded in the strategy already created—no starting from scratch. She asks questions all year and gets honest, specific answers within 24 hours.
Sofia gets into 7 of 10 schools
Including her top choice. The expert list gave her a realistic foundation. The ongoing counselor support helped her navigate every decision along the way.
It Depends on Where You Are
Every family's situation is different. Here’s how to think about it.
Expert Review is great if you need...
- A professionally built college list tailored to your student’s major and profile
- An honest assessment of where your child actually stands competitively
- A clear deliverable (custom list + strategy video) to guide your planning
- A one-time expert opinion before finalizing your approach
Counselor on Demand is great if you need...
- Ongoing answers to questions about essays, financial aid, and strategy
- A counselor available throughout the entire application season
- Honest reality checks as new questions come up week after week
- Support that your school counselor (with 300–400 students) can’t provide
The Bundle is great if you want both...
- A professionally built college list AND ongoing counselor support
- Your counselor working from an expert-built list rather than an AI-generated one
- The full picture: list building, essays, financial aid, and honest reality checks
- The most comprehensive option at a lower price than buying separately
Questions About Our Services
Not sure where to start?
Try the free AI generator first. Most families realize within minutes that they need more—and then the next step becomes clear.
Your child deserves honest guidance—
not false hope.
Whether you start with a custom college list, ongoing counselor access, or both—you're getting the honest answers your family needs.