<p>We worked with a private college planner starting at the end of freshman year of HS. While the financial information was somewhat helpful, the promises for the actual college application assistance were non existent. The online SAT prep classes were not helpful, the essay coach was a sham and the college search selection process was completely absent. As soon as we decided, NOT to allow this person to invest any of our assets or purchase life insurance from him, we were pretty much ignored. He even lost copies of our tax returns, claiming we did not provide them. Thankfully, I am a very resourceful person and I can say that the college process can be 100% carried out with a little research and asking questions from the very kind and knowledgeable people on CC. This person was actually recommended by our town’s youth board and he is really a big windbag, with great promises and zero delivery on them. I am just sharing this because I want to warn others. It was a complete waste of money. So, buyers beware. He seemed like an up and up planner at the time, with a nice office and a big company behind him, recommended and endorsed by the town youth bureau and he is a totally in it to get your money and your investment portfolio. We will relay our experiences to the town youth board in a letter. He obviously hasn’t been vetted and yet he continues to be holding seminars. If we were communicating with him anymore, I am sure he would claim that he got my D into all the schools she applied to, with merit aid to boot!</p>