Melanie Rome, MA, College Admissions Counselor

Our family worked with Melanie for over 10 months prior to our daughter choosing a college for Fall 2014. Melanie was a perfect fit for our daughter. SHe took over for us where we couldn’t even begin. She guided her and us through the entire process with professionalism, calm„ wisdom and knowledge. Our daughter got into her lst choice school. She has had an amazing year. We really feel like we owe a lot of the credit for this to Melanie. She was always available to all of us to talk on the phone, or run in for a meeting. We would highly recommend starting early and working on a contractual basis by purchasing a package. It was a wonderful experience and we would highly recommend her.

Melanie Rome is terrific. She is outstanding. Melanie is professional, experienced, hardworking, knowledgable, caring, patient, and kind. She worked with my daughter from start to end. She helped my daughter prepared for the PSAT and SAT. She helped with selecting schools, applications, and financial aid. My daughter is attending her first choice school. She’s so happy. We owe it to Melanie. We wouldn’t have been able to do it without her assistance. Melanie is the best. I highly recommend Melanie.

My brother and I received college counseling from Ms. Rome, and can state proudly that we both got accepted to top universities and both ended up going to Harvard University.
From personal experience, I found that she was always there with me throughout the whole college process. In the beginning, she helped me understand what to know along with the procedures to submit the college application. She was always accessible to contact, whether it is random questions about colleges or suggestions on how to improve the essays. Even during the stressful times, she was there supporting me to the end, and I cannot emphasize how much that helped me through the process.
Her knowledge of not only the college process, but also of the various colleges that exist allow her to give amazing suggestions that allow new doors of opportunities to be open. She maximizes the strength in every individual application, and really puts 100% effort until the end. She stays on top of any updates from the colleges along with important deadlines.
After the college process, she continued to help me with scholarships, allowing me to receive numerous scholarship including a full-​ride national scholarship. I cannot thank her enough for changing my life and opening up so many opportunities.
I reference her to friends that are currently in high school that are needing or seeking guidance. I would highly recommend her.

My daughter and I chose Melanie to help with finding and applying to colleges for the 2013 – 2014 year. She held our hands through the entire procedure. She helped us fill out all the paper work and kept in touch and on top of all deadlines we had to meet. She overlooked each detail including government loans, federal funding, grants and school scholarships. She helped us decide on the schools which were most appropriate to apply too, and once accepted, she also helped us decide on the college of choice. I cannot say enough about the amazing job she did for both of us. My daughter loved working with her side by side in the months leading up to her final
decision. She kept us both calm and relaxed knowing that she was in control and everything we needed to do through the process was done correctly.
I had spoken to Melanie after all was done and my Daughter was off 2800 miles away from home to college, telling her she was worth her weight in GOLD!
The best part of this experience is, I did not have to rob a bank to pay Melanie to get the job done!
I give her number to everyone I know that has a student looking to go to college!