Since 1999...
Kevin McMullin founded Collegewise in Irvine, California, in 1999 using his last paycheck from his previous job. He worked with nine students that fall at their kitchen tables to help them find the right colleges and complete their applications.
A Different Kind of College Counseling
For too many families, the college admissions process was scary, stressful, and unsuccessful. Kevin wanted to give Collegewise families the opposite experience. It worked. One year later, over 100 families were enrolled in the Collegewise program, and Kevin was no longer the only counselor.
Growing Our Company One Customer at a Time
In the years that followed, we refined our Collegewise system and slowly grew our company with additional offices, driven by word of mouth from families who were thankful that we’d taken the stress out of the process and helped them achieve their goals. We hired counselors who kids liked and parents trusted. We hired tutors who encouraged academic curiosity and improved students’ critical thinking skills. We turned our offices into a place where every family left feeling even better than they did when they arrived.
Collegewise Today
Almost 20 years after Kevin met with his first student at a kitchen table in Southern California, Collegewise has become the nation’s largest college admissions counseling organization. With over 60 admissions experts and 40 testing and curriculum tutors, we’re out to change the way that families approach the college admissions process. We think this should be an exciting time for students and parents, not a stressful, anxiety-ridden rite of passage. Whether you hire one of our counselors or tutors, read our book, or just browse our free resources, we’re going to be there injecting sanity and perspective into the process.
