I’m a freshman performance major at a very prominent school. I used CMD Educational Counseling to help me achieve my college dreams, and I’m still using them to help me find internships this summer. I decided to write this review because I couldn’t have done all of this without their help. Colleen Denison helped me navigate the very challenging experience of applying to performing arts majors throughout the United States. It was crazy having to do all my applications, as well as prepare headshots / resumes, and do in-person auditions at numerous colleges. The major I applied to only accepted a small number of students, so it was very competitive to gain admittance. I ultimately was accepted to the prestigious programs at USC, NYU, Syracuse, Chapman, and some other colleges. I also received numerous scholarships, which was very helpful for my family. Colleen assisted with everything: the applications, personal statements, supplemental essays, resumes, auditions – no detail was too small. She was especially helpful with auditions. Colleen set up meetings with students (former clients) to meet me at my auditions, and they provided inside information about the school and my major. It was so fun to meet a student who knew the ins/outs of what I was doing and what I wanted to achieve. It was also a relief to have a friendly face at the auditions, and to have someone show me around the campus. I felt so backed by CMD Educational Counseling on every level, and I really appreciated having someone invested in making my dreams come true. I can’t thank Colleen enough for everything she did and still does to support me!

CMD Educational Counseling helped me apply to law school and my younger brother apply to college. We both couldn’t have gotten through the arduous process without the help of Colleen Denison, the owner of CMD Educational Counseling. We live in Georgia (but grew up most of our lives in California) and Colleen helped my brother navigate the entire process for applying to numerous colleges. He ultimately was accepted to his first choice college and is now a Sophomore. I attended Wofford College in South Carolina and I wanted to continue my education in law school. On my brother’s recommendation, I reached out to Colleen to help me with my law school applications and I’m so grateful that I did. She was exceptionally helpful with all of the challenging essays (maybe because she use to be a lawyer), and she understood the application strategies necessary for every school I applied to. She also was always easy to reach and very prompt completing tasks for both me and my brother. I would highly recommend CMD Educational Counseling to anyone who wants help getting into college or graduate school!

Where to begin! I had such an incredible experience using Colleen Denison at CMD Educational Counseling as my counselor for applying to graduate school. While I had a high GPA and interesting extracurriculars, I was applying to Physician Assistant school which is highly competitive. My program in specific had a ~5% interview rate, and a ~2.5% acceptance rate my year. There were many students with my credentials who did not get in. CMD Educational Counseling helped me with the entire process from start to finish. We worked through multiple drafts of both my personal statement and resume in order to get it to where it needed to be. Colleen also helped me with endless application details, she was invaluable. Colleen is highly intelligent, professional, detail oriented, and committed to helping her clients succeed. She works with each client to determine the best way to showcase their credentials, experiences, and talents. She is extraordinarily dedicated to each client in order to help them achieve their goals. I ended up getting into the program of my choice and received close to 1/3 of my tuition in scholarship. I couldn’t have done it with her! I highly recommend Colleen Denison and CMD Educational Counseling – it will make all the difference in the process and outcome of your application experience.

We are so grateful we found CMD Educational Counseling and for the excellent advice and services Colleen Denison provided to us!! My daughter attended a large public high school in Los Angeles and she had very high hopes of attending a top public university in California.  This was our first time navigating through the college application process.  We were very unsure where to start.  After our initial meeting with Colleen, my daughter and I felt reassured that Colleen will be with us every step of the way and we were in good hands!! Colleen exceeded our expectations!! She is so knowledgeable and provided a wide range of advice from helping determine which test (ACT vs SAT) to take, college selections, what activities to list on a resume, how to create the best personal statement and supplemental essays and final school selection.  We both were so grateful for Colleens always prompt and thorough responses to our many questions.  We always felt that she was there for us. I appreciated how she kept my daughter on track and always kept me updated on the progress my daughter was making on her supplemental essays. She helped set realistic deadlines for all the supplemental essays and applications. She made what could’ve been a very stressful time of year go very smoothly and stress-free!! I can’t say enough about how Colleen has helped us! Even after the applications were submitted Colleen continued to provide support and reassurances to us while we waited for the results in the spring. In the end we were thrilled with all the school acceptances our daughter received and are so excited that she’ll be going to her top choice school in the fall! We would highly recommend CMD Educational Counseling!

We used CMD Educational Counseling for my son’s transfer applications in California and we couldn’t have done it without their help. We worked with the owner of the company, Colleen Denison, and she was amazing! I truly can’t say enough good things about her. Colleen is very knowledgeable about every avenue of the college application process: matching schools for my son, application dos/don’ts, how to spot red flags in our application, putting together the strongest application package possible, resumes, and interviewing when necessary. Her help with my son’s essays was invaluable and I am sure it led to the success of so many of his applications. Another aspect I liked about working with Colleen is her dedication to us and her constant availability. My son could reach her with questions almost any time, day or night. We also never went more than 30 minutes without a response to our inquiries. It was a huge relief to have such incredible support from CMD Educational Counseling and my entire family is grateful for the experience. I highly recommend this college counseling service – it will change your entire experience and help you obtain the best possible outcome!