College Assistance Plus W Main St, Honeoye Falls

Paul and his team, in particular Brenda Piazza, have done a wonderful job in helping both of our children through the college application and acceptance process. In particular, Brenda and Paul's personal assistance with professionally negotiating significantly larger scholarship awards makes their fee feel more like an investment in your children's financial future, than just a cost. Lastly their service goes well beyond just getting them into college as they are still working with us as our son now heads to graduate school. Highly recommend this fine firm and its outstanding people!!

CAP has provided us invaluable assistance in all phases of preparing our child for college. They help with everything from keeping our student on track, identifying career choices, school selection process, completing applications, reviewing essays, identifying scholarships and comparing costs. They were so great with our first child that our second child is now working with them. I highly recommend CAP!

CAP was terrific in educating us as a family on important components of the college app process and beyond. CAP sorts out rumors from reality, and has a smart team that answered all of our questions, simplified the process, and kept us on a solid track to meet key dates. College Assistance Plus is perfectly named for the service they offer. College Assistance Plus Plus would be quite fitting, too!

Paul Celuch has been a tremendous help in our College Financial Planning. His knowledge and guidance has helped us negotiate with colleges, along with plan for future loans. I would highly recommend collaborating with Paul for any college financial needs.

The entire college application process nowadays is confusing and difficult. It also stressful because mistakes can be costly and life-changing. Having knowledgeable professionals in your corner makes a huge difference. The cost of services is an excellent value. CAP checks your financial aid documents for accuracy. I know I had some mistakes that would have cost tens of thousands of dollars in aid. But more than the money, it is the peace of mind knowing that you are doing things right. And when problems come up, CAP was extremely helpful and responsive. I highly encourage anyone with children going through the college application process to work with CAP. I am certainly glad I did.

When we first started to look into colleges, Samson seemed to have really no interest. We couldn’t blame him, he was attending his senior year remotely, we were visiting college campuses virtually, and he has no idea what he wants to pursue academically. His mentor/leader at CAPlus, Josh, has been so helpful in helping Samson work through this process. I also can’t say enough about the tools and information that is available through CAPlus. For our first child, yes – we are repeat customers, the CAPlus professionals were so helpful in helping us to understand and navigate scholarships and financial aid opportunities along with helping us to understand and negotiate college costs (we saved a SIGNIFICANT amount of money). I highly recommend the professionals at CAPlus.

Initially, this business promised the following services but delivery of services was wholly inadequate. They promised to complete the FAFSA which they did - with the wrong school, incorrect school level, and missed the deadline, multiple times. In each of these situations, the owner Paul Celuch blamed my child for not giving him the password which he should have had from the previous year but could never retain. When I showed proof that it was provided in an email prior to the beginning of the semester, he yelled at me for calling him on his blunders. The service promised to provide written appeal letters to increase the award, but again missed the deadline so that all additional award money had already been distributed. The claim is that there are professional staff writers, but Paul wrote the letter himself with multiple errors that I corrected before signing my name to it. We did not need or use the other services provided such as career or college information so meeting our needs should have been a breeze. Please save your money and do not use this service. Regarding the response below, although it sounds as if the owner wants you to believe he is surprised as if this was the first mention of it, potential customers should know I did discuss my concerns with the owner at several junctures prior to writing this review. At one point, I was promised a refund if I things didn't improve. This promise was broken and any refund refused when problems continued. Instead of apology or acknowledgement, there was always the comeback that other customers are satisfied (although that has nothing to do with my experience), and met with condescension and gaslighting. I personally know of both satisfied and unsatisfied customers, so it is up to each family to decide whether to take the chance.

The advisors at College Assistance Plus have been working with our family for the past 6 years. We initially sought their assistance when our son was starting to think about where to go to College. He graduated from high school in 2016. Our daughter will be graduating from high school in 2020 and we continue to work with this great group of advisors. A specialist is typically assigned to work one-on-one with the student and parents. They make the entire college application process transparent and straightforward. Questions and details are effectively answered and provided. They provide all the data and statistics on specific Colleges that you could ever ask for! Working directly with the student to set timelines and discuss career path options actually removes much of the stress that can build up between the student and their parents during this process. Our family has benefited from their services enormously and we would highly recommend CAPlus to anyone with a high school student who will soon be applying to College.

We engaged CAPlus for both our kids. Their approach is twofold: 1) provide superior guidance counseling and guidance for navigating the admissions process; 2) advising families on how to save money in paying for college. Their specialty is preparing students to get into non-top-tier, yet good, schools on an affordable basis. Their fees are very reasonable. Staff and the CEO's are terrific and informed. Our two kids love the schools they're in. And, crucially, with merit scholarships, we're saving a total of over $60k a year.

We have been working with Paul on the college process and he has been very helpful, knowledgeable, and responsive. He made the process so much easier. Thank you College Assistance Plus!