Personalized Guidance To Help Students Identify, Apply and Gain Admission to the Best Colleges for Them

My daughter and I thank you so much for all of your help. We are delighted that she got into her top choices and was offered merit money from a number of schools. You helped her develop the strongest essays and applications possible, and really mentally helped us along with the process. You were also a pleasure to work with.

FRANK, SMART, STRATEGIC. Jane Hoffman has been an absolute godsend. I cannot say enough about her! We absolutely could not have done for our son what she has done and I recommend her unreservedly. We will be hiring her again when our youngest starts preparing for college, this time earlier in the year. (I recommend you start working with her in September of Junior year and definitely no later than February.)

"I am very grateful for all your help through this process. You helped me grow as a writer and prepared me for the next level of learning."

"Thank you for all your time and effort with my son. He recently said hiring you was the best thing that we did for him."

"We are forever grateful to Jane for her ongoing help with this pivotal decision during what for many families is SUCH an intense time. Throughout the process of looking at, considering and applying to college for our daughter, I felt, with Jane's help, that we were riding in a Mercedes while all the other families I knew were using skateboards - and all this without feeling like a snob, because her advice was so down-to-earth! Truly, the process became encouraging and interesting instead of anxiety-provoking and fraught. The good, solid advice we received from Jane put us all at ease because we felt we were in control, making the best choices for us the entire time."

"Extremely helpful and informative, Jane Hoffman provided me with quick, useful information when I needed, answered my questions promptly, was available when I needed her, and made me feel important in the college process. She was supportive and made a confusing time easy to comprehend in an organized way. I can't recommend her enough to help you weigh your options and choose the right school for you. She's very knowledgeable about everything you could need to know about college and is extremely well versed on the financial side as well. She helped me pick the right school, and I know she could do the same for anyone else."

"I want to let you know how pleased we are with the advice you provided to our family over the last couple years. Your approach is very organized, honest, and insightful. And you break things down in a way that prevents the process from feeling completely overwhelming...."

"Jane came highly recommended by a friend. Since we had our own list of schools, we were interested in her expert guidance and input on the development of the applications themselves. After the submission of the applications in the fall, she continued to serve as a resource, answering our many questions about the admissions communications we were receiving from colleges and educating us about their process. Final results: My son was accepted to Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Stanford and Georgia Institute of Technology, wait listed at MIT and Harvard and actually not turned down by a single school! Jane was an excellent resource for all of us through the process. Now my son has the very difficult and exciting task of choosing!"

"...And as a person, Jane is a joy to work with. She’s funny, knowledgeable and easy to have a conversation with. Going into the college process is scary at first. Jane maximizes a student’s options for the future and makes applying to college a no-stress, exciting process.”

“Jane Hoffman was very helpful in our search for a college for our daughter. She went above and beyond what was required to research options for us, placing calls to her contacts regarding specific questions and generally providing us with a lot of material about each school in which we were interested. While I knew a lot about some schools, I knew nothing about others and she was very helpful in trying to match schools to our daughter’s strengths and interests. I would not hesitate to recommend Jane for the college guidance process.”

"Thank you so much for all of your sage advice, positive supportive energy, expertise and sharing of great articles. We could not have done it without you!"

“Jane, we can’t thank you enough for bringing sanity and clarity to the maze that is today’s college application process. Your insight into the colleges was invaluable and you kept providing the most updated information right up until the end. You never stopped! You also provided us with a strategy to follow both for our campus visits and the applications themselves. This gave our family a measure of confidence that made the experience so much easier. Thank you again for all you’ve done.”

“From the start Jane helped me feel like the huge task I was about to begin working on was completely manageable. She provided an organized binder of helpful information, from reviews of the universities I was considering to a preview of the common application. In addition Jane was quick to research how each university complemented my specific interests, sending me many links that detailed the programs that fit me as well as discussing various options that may appeal to me during sessions. Jane was also a master planner. It was easy to sit down with Jane and decide when I should complete each piece of my application...."

“I think you do an incredible job, Jane. You’re available, attentive to detail, knowledgeable, and supportive. Even before our son was admitted to his early decision choice, we were very grateful for your insight, guidance, intelligence, and hard work. Afterwards, we were even more so!”

“I have to thank you for your help in the college process. Your advice on picking the ‘best fit’ school, instead of the school with the most recognizable bumper sticker, kept me sane. I am the only person I know of who had fun applying to college.”

"...Jane was skillful in working with my son, and had a sensitivity to him as a person. She is respectful of family values and worked well with our family system. She was sensitive to his feelings and he felt comfortable asking her anything, no matter how seemingly trivial. She was always able to bring out the best in him, and to advise him about what she thought was best for him, without pushing her own agenda. I cannot recommend her highly enough!!!”

“Our son was late to the college selection and application process. Big mistake given the complexities and technicalities involved. Had we done our son a disservice by not forcing him into gear earlier? If we had, we put things right by introducing him to Jane. In very short order, our son had his sights set on his dream school. Jane went the extra distance to understand and align our son’s academics, extra-curricular activities and potential with the desires and requirements of various schools. She painstakingly tailored a strategy that ultimately saw our son accepted to his number one choice, which is a highly selective school. Our son couldn’t be happier and we could not be more grateful to Jane.”

"I would like to thank you so much for helping me get into college and my top choice too! If it wasn't for you, I would not have gotten in. You should know that even if I didn't respond to all of your emails immediately, I read them thoroughly and found them very helpful. I don't know if I could thank you enough. I am truly grateful for your guidance."

“Jane was an absolute pleasure to work with on our daughter’s college search and application process. She is professional, very thorough, and knowledgeable. She is willing to work hard and remained accessible to both us and our daughter throughout the process. She also has or finds answers to every question any of us had. And the best part is that our daughter got into several schools, any of which would be right for her, so Jane’s guidance and suggestions were right on target. I highly recommend her as a college guidance person. It really eases the process to have her on your team.”