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Students and families find Topher’s approach personal and engaging, informative, balanced and grounded. They appreciate his ability to meet students and inspire them to explore and discover their potential. Through humor, storytelling, and empathy, he creates a safe space for students to dispel their fear and anxiety as they navigate the college preparation and application process.

Using his expertise, experience, and insight, he helps students identify personality types, learning styles, capacities, and skills that match career interests and potential college majors. He then shows them how to explore their interests, values, and needs align with the institutional values of universities. His approach inspires initiative and clarity, illuminating the pathway for practical steps in an often confusing and stressful process. As a college consultant, Topher views himself more as a life coach for young adults. Not only is he a guide to prepare for and apply to college, but unofficially, he’s teaching a course in Adulting 101. Beyond helping students achieve the best college results, he teaches them how to identify and seek what they need to thrive and succeed in college and beyond.

Insight

Insight

Topher meets students where they are in their self-discovery process, then inspires and motivates them to step up and into their aligned potentials.

Expertise

Expertise

With three decades of college career development, college admissions, community college admin, and personal college coaching, Topher is adept at supporting students as they prepare for the rigors and expectations of 21st-century college culture.

Results

Results

Over 230 seniors and transfer students have successfully transitioned to Ivy League institutions, the University of California, public and private research universities across the nation, and liberal arts colleges that align with their interests, values, and needs.

  • Judy Crawford

    Topher was an excellent mentor and guide to walk our family through the complex university selection and admissions process. His approach educated and inspired Zachary in understanding his passions, priorities and opportunities when it came to exploring his life work interests, option for a majors, and best fit universities. In the end Zach has been accepted to several universities and is making a decision based on a well thought out process! We couldn’t have done it without Topher!

  • Moksh Jawa

    Topher is an exceptional counselor who provides a holistic college application experience. His years of experience truly assisted me in navigating the process and finding schools that were a fit for me. Most importantly, he gave me candid feedback on my application to ensure that I could genuinely portray myself to colleges. I couldn’t have asked for better mentor and supporter during my senior year.

  • Roei Cohen

    I would not have successfully endured the college application process without Topher’s guidance and support. Along with his complete knowledge of everything from financial aid to interviews as well as a knack for revising and cutting down essays, Topher’s unique and best quality as a college counselor is his ability to inspire introspection and to truly get me to think about who I am as a person and what drives me. Topher is much more than just a college counselor – he provided me with priceless guidance and emotional support through what is a challenging time for all high school students.

  • Adam Fayad

    I can’t thank Topher enough for helping me choose such a great college. Topher taught me that at the end of the day, the right fit is what truly matters, not the name and prestige. With that mentality in mind, I was able to determine that applying Early Decision was the best option for applying to the Program in Liberal Medical Education. Now after my first year, I know I made the best choice. Without Topher, attending a top institution would not have become a reality. Through engaged and timely support, Topher helped me reach my #1 choice, Brown University. Thank you Topher!”

  • John Liu

    Topher has been a wonderful conselor to guide my daughter. We sought his services late during the fall application season, so we were concerned that we were too late to gain good college results. While English is not our native language, we had many questions about the process. Our daughter began middle school with limited English speaking ability in an American middle school, but we were overjoyed when she was admitted to her dream school, UC Berkeley. Topher knows help students of different cultural backgrounds understand how to present themselves for competitive college applications. We were very pleased with his level of engagement and support to our daughter and us.

  • Andrew Yeh

    I was very lucky to have Topher assist me throughout the college application process, especially with strengthening my profile strategically and choosing the right colleges. I was impressed with how he could identify my personality and match it with the right colleges right away just by looking at my profile. Because of his rich knowledge and experiences in this field, he managed to help me make my essays and application appealing before submitting. To me, Topher is not just a counselor, but also a very reliable mentor who always provided me with inspirational advice and allowed me to explore myself. All in all, I wouldn’t have had such amazing results without his support. Thank you, Topher!

  • Judy Crawford
  • Moksh Jawa
  • Roei Cohen
  • Adam Fayad
  • John Liu
  • Andrew Yeh

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