GUIDANCE
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Strategic Positioning and Preparation
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Structured and Simplified Process
DIRECTION
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Comprehensive College Planning
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Personal In-Depth College Counseling
SUPPORT
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Enthusiastic and Positive
Advisors
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Over 30+ Years of Higher
Education Experience
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SPECIALISTS
College Quest Advising (CQA) is a boutique firm that provides private, professional consultations for freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors in their search for viable choices during their COLLEGE QUEST. The college admissions process can be complicated and confusing, but it is an ultimately rewarding experience for students and parents. CQA offers the guidance and support you need to successfully navigate the college admissions process.
Let us maximize your potential for an exciting college experience!
ALWAYS HERE
FOR YOU
CQA advisors are available by phone, email, text for student and parent clients. We promise to return your inquiry within the next business day. We also make sure we find a mutually agreeable day and time to meet with you - and that includes weekends too!
GUIDING YOUR
JOURNEY
Renee and Mary provide a personalized approach and guide students in a direction that is unique for the individual while helping each reach their personal and academic goals. Our one-on-one approach helps students strive to become the best versions of themselves.
PROFESSIONALLY
QUALIFIED
With higher education undergraduate and graduate degrees coupled with experience working in the university setting, Mary and Renee are uniquely qualified to work with high school students in their pursuit of an outstanding college education.
MEET THE ADVISORS
We met over 35 years ago at the University of Massachusetts as undergraduate students and kept in touch over the years as we pursued individual careers in higher education. During this past decade we combined our expertise and knowledge to develop a college advising program we believe will help our clients manage the best possible outcomes for their college admissions. We are so excited to work with you and your family to make this process, which at times can seem quite overwhelming, one that is simple, easy and exciting and successful! We look forward to meeting you soon!
West Coast
714.614.2801
mary@collegequestadvising.com
East Coast
978.697.8767
renee@collegequestadvising.com
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
KATIE
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Texas Christian University, Class of 2017
We are truly grateful to Mary and College Quest Advising for the professional and personal service we all received, especially in the current environment of college applications.
SCOTT
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Harvard University, Class of 2017
You've been an invaluable resource and I can't thank you enough for all the help you provided me when applying to Harvard. You're a big part of why I'm here and I couldn't have done it without your guidance.
MADELINE
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University of Michigan, Class of 2017
We could not have gotten through this process and to this point without Renée Serrano and College Quest Advising. At first, the whole undertaking seemed so overwhelming and daunting...