College Ready — Local services in San Juan Capistrano

It was a great comfort to work with College Ready during my daughter's high school education while she was preparing for university. Her advisors provided us with extensive information and guidance. They were knowledgeable and helped us with everything.

Shellee Howard is a professional who knows her job well and can establish a good bond between the student and her advisor after her talk with you. Our advisor, Ms. Debra (Advisor), with her expertise and experience, helped us identify the right universities to match my daughter's interests. She also gave detailed information about university applications and success scholarships.

Their guidance allowed us to follow the right steps to streamline the application process. It's impossible for very busy parents to easily keep track of their dates, processes and to-do lists! We often overlook this process. But they remind and tell us what we will encounter. No surprises!

College Ready's friendly and professional approach has allowed my daughter to take confident steps and develop a clearer vision for her future. Mentoring and guidance provided by her advisors contributed to her academic and personal development. Their priorities are your comfort zone and they talk to you one by one about what your child should do in the future. Sometimes, due to the meetings we hold and the questions we want to ask about the process, they respond to our very sudden meeting requests within 1-2 hours. I don't remember ever having a meeting a week later. We always talked the same day or the next day. They are very sensitive about this.

I highly recommend College Ready to all high school students and their families. Their expertise, knowledge and personalized approach make the university application process easier and...

When my son told me in his freshman year in high school that he wanted to go to Berkeley, I panicked. I had no idea how to help him get into a prestigious school. When I found Shellee and the College Ready team, I signed up basically on the spot.

Now we are on the other side of the process and I am happy to say my son was accepted to UC Berkeley and UCLA and many others with large merit scholarships. I am so grateful we took the leap with Shellee and we have the results to prove it.

There is so much that my son and I would never know that the team not only told us but helped us figure out and put into place. My son earned many awards along the way including the Bronze and Silver Congressional Medal Awards. This only was only because of College Ready.

It wasn’t just my son’s grades that got him accepted in these schools but all the leadership, awards, and service work that College Ready encouraged and held him accountable to do. I know others who are smarter and higher GPAs didn’t get in and it was his well-rounded application that made the difference.

If you want to support your child’s goals and dreams and don’t know how like me, then go for it. Say yes to College Ready and you will say YES to your...

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Recent Reviews Laura M. 042 5/21/2024

Working with Shellee and the College Ready team gave my husband and I, but more importantly my daughter, so much peace and confidence as she began searching for not only the right college for her but the right career path. When my daughter would meet with Shellee I was amazed at how Shellee could speak to her in a way that she actually wanted to listen and learn. It's a rare gift that Shellee has in motivating and guiding teenagers through one of the most important decisions they've had to make. We couldn't be happier, thank you for...