These top independent college admissions counselors offer everything from basic test prep and essay coaching to comprehensive academic and extracurricular planning and application vetting.

Collegewise is reaching higher one year after being acquired by Singapore-based A-Star Education Holdings, formerly ChangedEDU Holdings, for an undisclosed sum. The Irvine-based company, which calls ...

Indeed, the image of the independent counselor has gone from villain—five years ago Varsity Blues mastermind Rick Singer became the unwanted poster child for the profession—to deity. Counselors have ...

High school guidance counselors are the first resource of college-bound students who need advice on so many topics: how to prepare for the PSAT and SAT, how to identify best-fit colleges, how to ...

Everything is soooo different now than when we went to college in the ‘90s and ‘00s. From the Common App (yay!) to terrifyingly tiny acceptance rates (boo!), so much about the application process has ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Our society's focus on "brand name" colleges has contributed to the intense competition for college admission. Legitimate coaches and counselors work with students to give them a leg ...

Kayla Missman specializes in making complicated topics more approachable. She has eight years of experience in journalism, editing and marketing, allowing her to dive into interesting topics and ...

The National Association for College Admission Counseling is discontinuing its Online College Fair program, which used Internet chat rooms to link prospective students to college administrators. The ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The U.S. Justice Department's college admissions investigation is casting a dark shadow over the independent college counseling industry. One popular Brentwood counselor said he ...