Why Us?

At College Zoom, our goal is simple: to make applying to your dream school an experience that is fun, rewarding, and life-changing.  Let us show you how!

Whether your dream school is a US News & World Report top 100 ranked university on the west coast or east coast, we want to see you succeed.

Our Track Record:

How We Develop Successful Applications:

We don’t just help students find their best fit-college matches, we help students gain admittance to the nation’s most selective universities.  We do this by enlightening the way our students think about themselves and the admissions officers who will read their applications.

We Understand What Admissions Officers Want:

We understand the people you are petitioning for acceptance (admissions officers).  Grades, test scores, and extracurricular activities are undeniably important, but admissions officers at highly competitive universities are looking for something more than quantitative value.

We Know That Every College Has Unique Values:

That’s why we will help you discover and articulate a message that compels the admissions officers at each college you apply to. We do this by ensuring your application provides compelling windows into your life that speak to the qualitative values that each college’s admissions office will be looking for in your application.

We Know How Your Application Will Be Evaluated:

We coach students to utilize the entire college application – not just the personal statement – to communicate their best attributes, stories, and deservingness to universities.  That’s why our clients develop rich and compelling applications that are frequently accepted by their reach schools.

We Know How to Bring Out the Best in You:

When you work with us, we’ll help you brainstorm ideas that you probably wouldn’t have thought of on your own.  We do this by getting to know you through one-on-one sessions.  Then, we’ll help you articulate your thoughts to ensure that each part of your application truly represents the best of you.  Your writing will not only clearly and concisely reflect a heightened sense of self-worth that is both socially appropriate and likeable, but it will also reveal the multiple dimensions of your character, your passion, and the full value you offer society.

Why Choose Us?

We won’t only tell you what to write in your application – we’ll actually show you how to write more compellingly for admissions officers (who read your application under strict time constraints) and teach you little tricks that make a big difference!  One distinguishing feature of College Zoom’s service is our skill in the persuasive writing process, which is not a featured subject in most credentialing programs for teachers and counselors.  Therefore, College Zoom is able to help you develop and articulate applications in ways most counselors and teachers cannot.*

*For an illustration of this point: in 2011, College Zoom’s director, David Reynaldo, became the first private college counselor to be invited into Beverly Hills High School to co-instruct a semester-long class on how to write personal statements that supplemented the guidance students received from their school counselors.

What Makes Us Different?

Our History

College Zoom was founded in 2009 at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business (ranked #2 in the nation for entrepreneurship in 2009).  Three seniors who had either won or been nominated for the university’s most coveted student awards developed a unique inter-disciplinary philosophy that applied cognitive, linguistic, and psychological sciences to the college application writing process and set out to make the advantages offered by $15,000 Ivy League coaches more affordable for middle class families.

Awards bestowed on College Zoom by the University of Southern California

In College Zoom’s debut season, College Zoom became the highest ranked service-industry venture in USC’s 2009 Management of New Ventures Competition after all but one of its first customers matriculated to a top 40 ranked national university (US News & World Report).  During our second season, College Zoom’s first formalized business plan won runner-up in USC’s 2010 Best Business Plan Competition and drew praise from other college admissions professionals who collectively possessed over 125 years of industry experience.  In addition, all of our clients with a GPA better than 3.2 matriculated to their (original) first or second choice universities.  In our third season, College Zoom began serving its first students from the east coast and Asia. Meanwhile, our director, David Reynaldo, was invited into Beverly Hills High School to co-instruct a class on personal statement writing that supplemented the admissions preparation students received from their school counselors.

Where Our Clients Come From

Our customer base has doubled every year since our founding.  Meet the individuals who comprise our team.  From our office located in Beverly Hills, we now serve students all over southern California, throughout the nation, and internationally.

High Schools (College Freshman Applicants):

Community Colleges and Universities (Transfer Applicants):

Meet the individuals who comprise our team.