Are you finding the college application process stressful?

Need help deciding which colleges to apply to?

Don't know what to write for your UC personal INSIGHT QUESTIONS or application essays?

We'll help your application stand out from the competition.

We make applying to college less stressful. Colleges For You guides students and their families through the college application process. We help you apply to college by finding the right college for you. We provide: advice on high school course selection; assistance completing the college application, personal statements, UC Insight responses, supplemental essays; and provide prep for interviews. Support from start to finish.

Colleges For You director, Miriam Schaffer  is a college admission advisor, who guides students and their families through the college application process, including choosing colleges that are the best fit for a student, helping with completing college applications and providing assistance on developing college application essays and personal statements or personal insight essays.

Colleges for You clients have been accepted at colleges and universities nationwide including: UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, UC Santa Barbara, University of Arizona, Purdue, University of Michigan, Cal Poly, Chico State, Colorado State, San Francisco State, Cal State Northridge, Cal State Long Beach, San Diego State, San Jose State, University of Oregon, Lewis & Clark, Occidental, Pitzer, Reed, Emerson, DePaul, Washington State, and many more.

We make regular visits to colleges and universities to learn about campuses and students and to be able to find the best fit for each student.

Colleges For You works with each student and family to develop an individual college admission plan and time line. Whether you are an A student or a C student, or somewhere in between, there's a college for you to apply to.

*Colleges for You provides college admissions advising to students in the San Francisco Bay Area and all East Bay cities including Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill, Alamo, Danville, Concord, Livermore, San Ramon, Dublin, Pleasanton and throughout the U.S.