A trusted partner for planning your college admissions journey.

Get accessible, personalized college counseling and academic advising to help you achieve your goals.

Our approach

With over 30 years of combined college counseling experience, we provide expert advice on resume building, application completion, and attaining admission to your best fit.

We use a holistic approach to create individualized student-driven plans to help you achieve your goals.

We believe in highlighting your passions and strengths to capture your true essence.

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Our track record

  • 2,500+ trusted students since 1997

  • 11,000+ applications since 1997

  • $4.2+ million in combined scholarships annually

Our Services

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    Juniors & Seniors

    The College Admissions program includes a thorough description of the admissions process. During our meetings, we include evaluations of a student’s academic record, extracurricular activities and testing strategies. We focus heavily on building a student's college list and then formulating an overall strategy for submitting well-executed applications in a timely fashion.


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    Freshmen & Sophomores

    The College Foundations program encompasses meetings with freshmen and sophomores that focus on helping students build their resumes, and plan their high school coursework and extracurricular activities to position themselves for college success.

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    Transfer Students

    For those students interested in transferring from one college to another, Academic Advisors provides expert advice on assisting them in choosing the appropriate schools, writing a personal statement that reflects their current situation and coordinating all aspects of the application process.


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    Athletes

    Academic Advisors counsels students who are applying to schools with the help of their athletic prowess. In most cases, these students are being recruited by college coaches, but we also advise those students who wish to contact a coach who has not yet expressed an interest in him or her.

Working with you

Meet Our Team

  • Ellen Weinstein

    Ellen Weinstein

    An English major from the University of Wisconsin, she’s the founding partner and has been advising students in the Orange County area for 26+ years after teaching in NYC.

  • Lauren Weinstein

    Lauren Weinstein

    A partner in our organization and a cum laude grad from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Political Science and a Master in Public Administration from NYU.

“Finding the right fit is the most important part of applying to colleges.

Now, as a junior at USC’s Marshall School of Business, I finally understand what “the right fit” means. Thanks to the expert advice of Academic Advisors, I am now thoroughly enjoying entrepreneurship. Love it!”

—Gordon, Class of 2023

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