College Price Check

Protect yourself from overpaying for college.

With College Price Check, you'll learn how to reduce costs, maximize grants and scholarships, and graduate on time.

Become a member →

Protect yourself from overpaying for college.

With College Price Check, you'll learn how to reduce costs, maximize grants and scholarships, and graduate on time.

Become a member →

You could save thousands of dollars on college.

We work directly with students at schools like these.

School 1
School 2
School 3
School 4
School 5
UC Santa Cruz

$9,279 in savings found

UC Santa Cruz

UCLA

$7,101 in savings found

UCLA

Howard University

$6,620 in savings found

Howard University

UC San Diego

$5,350 in savings found

UC San Diego

UC Merced

$3,944 in savings found

UC Merced

Cal State Long Beach

$1,462 in savings found

Cal State Long Beach

Based on research, not client outcomes. Individual results vary. How we identified savings opportunities.

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Colleges and universities covered

Let us teach you how to protect yourself from overpaying.

1

Tell us about you

We'll review your college list, scholarship list, essays, and applications — so we know exactly where you stand before we set up your financial aid.

2

Reduce your costs

We help you cut spending on housing, meal plans, and health insurance waivers. Then we push on grants, scholarships, and financial aid appeals to lower the bill further.

3

Graduate on time

We set you up with the skills, habits, and campus know-how to start strong — and stay on track. Members can continue their membership into college for ongoing support.

Senior year · California

One year. Full support.

Our membership is built for California families with a high school senior. We bill quarterly because your year has four distinct moments where the right move at the right time is worth thousands of dollars.

Basic Membership

$299

$499

per quarter · Early bird pricing

  • Pay-as-you-go calls

    $349 per call · Phone or video · 30 min

  • Unlimited email support

    Response within 2 business days

  • No outcome guarantee

Apply

Membership

$999

$1,499

per quarter · Early bird pricing

  • 3 calls every 3 months

    Included · Additional calls $249 each

  • Unlimited email support

    Response within 2 business days

  • Our “Fair Price” Guarantee

    If you don't get a fair price on your college, we work for free until you do. Learn more

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Your year, covered.

From creating accounts for financial aid to your first day of college, here's everything we work through together.

Pre-work

Review college admission and scholarship applications

  • Review transcript and resume
  • Review college list and majors
  • Review college admission essays
  • Review entrance exam requirements
  • Review college admission applications
  • Review scholarship list
  • Review scholarship essays
  • Review scholarship applications

Your school counselor is the best resource for brainstorming and getting feedback on essays and applications. We review what you have so we know exactly where you stand before setting up financial aid.

Phase 1

Setup financial aid and protect grades

  • Setup FAFSA application
  • Setup CSS Profile application
  • Setup Cal Grant application
  • Setup CADAA application
  • Submit financial aid applications by priority deadlines
  • Review college portals to track admission statuses
  • Review high school grades to avoid rescinded offers
  • Accountability plan to finish the academic year strong

Phase 2

Reduce costs and maximize grants and scholarships

  • Review admission offers
  • Review financial aid offers
  • Determine if colleges are asking you to overpay
  • Cost reduction strategies for housing
  • Cost reduction strategies for meal plans
  • Cost reduction strategies for school health insurance
  • Cost reduction strategies for books and supplies
  • Cost reduction strategies for transportation
  • Petition for institutional grants
  • Petition for work study opportunities
  • Petition for emergency aid
  • Petition for first-year on-campus requirement waiver

Phase 3

Start strong and graduate college on time

  • Review enrollment date for orientation
  • Review enrollment date for selecting classes
  • Review eligibility for summer programming
  • Review eligibility for campus resources
  • Accountability plan for satisfactory academic progress
  • Accountability plan for attending office hours and study groups
  • Accountability plan for building rapport with professors
  • Accountability plan for time management
  • Accountability plan for stress management
  • Accountability plan for maintaining boundaries
  • Accountability plan for social capital
  • Accountability plan for club participation
  • Practicing proactive communication with roommates

Our “Fair Price” Guarantee — Membership only

If you don't get a fair price for your college after one year of membership, we work for free until you do.

How we determine if you have a great price, a fair price, or are overpaying · See full policy

Meet the team behind the mission.

We've guided thousands of students who needed college to be affordable.

Protect yourself from overpaying.

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