What Others Say About Us

"I'm not terrified of paying for college anymore!"

- Sandra Bohorquez, Weston

"Much better than what they told us at our high school! That was one big (unprintable) waste of time! You guys should get in there - you'd be mobbed!"

-Parent Who Would Rather Remain Anonymous (until all of her children graduate).

Davie, FL

"Good new info!"

-Julie Klitzner
Weston, FL

"Very good and structured presentation."

-Mariane Sucre, Weston, FL

"There is hope throughout the process of college planning!"

- Maritza Zbo, Weston

"I enjoyed the level of competence and positive energy on the topic.   This is a very important topic in our family."

Elena Sheverdinova

Weston

The information opened my eyes that I've never thought about.  The presentation was relaxed and non-threatening.  Thank you!

-Parent Attending Sept. 20th Workshop

Cooper City

The speaker was funny and knowledgeable!

- Patricia Ruiz

Weston, Florida

I liked the informal manner of the presentation.   

- Terence Goodwin, Pembroke Pines

You gave me hope that maybe this time around I'll get financial assistance.

- Shirley Dykes, Plantation

The presentation was clear and concise.

- Sonia Soares, Lauderdale Lakes

The presentation was very thorough.

- Ricard Vega, Davie

The presentation was simple and easy to understand.

- Trevor Shaw, Pembroke Pines

" You and your company wasted me (sic), and my family (sic) time today. I think your company is a snobbish unprofessional (sic again!) to being with.  (SIC!)"

Alexander Saavedra
Weston, Florida

**Note - this was an actual quote.  (Hey, there's one in every bunch -  can't please everybody!)

(I liked the) real life facts, plusses and minuses about financial aid between public and private colleges.

Barry Hercules, Sunrise, FL

(The workshop was) simple and easy to understand...answered a lot of questions I had in my mind.

Soyriah Davis, Pompano, FL

Mr. Lockwood is funny while being very serious at the information at hand. I learned more at this workshop than going to my BRACE Advisor, obviously!

- Andrea Alvarez

"Very well executed - moved quickly."

Christine Bright, Pembroke Pines

November 19th, 2008

It was very clear and the tips very helpful.

- Maria Babugua, Weston

November 20, 2008

Hi Peter & Andy

It has been a couple of years already since we attended your first meeting at YMCA. As you can imagine we were pretty skeptical at first but, not much too lose anyway?

It proved to be the best decision we have made lately!  

The presentation was very impressive and from then on things rolled pretty quick...it proved to be the right investment. It paid itself off in the very first year!

A very important, at least for us, is the personal touch of your service. Anytime there is an issue to attend it is treated ASAP with the most professional way, meeting are with no rush and help as well as advises are there anytime.

We still have a long walk with our girls in college and we are sure that we'll be accompanied with the best choice we could have made.

Thanks again Peter and Andy

Vivian & Avi Goshen

Weston Florida

June 2009

Andrew Lockwood & Peter Ratzan

College Planning Specialists

1825 Main Street

Weston, Fl. 33326

Dear Andy and Pete:

Now that the college admissions process is over, our daughter has graduated from high school and we are getting ready to take her to college later this summer, it’s time to recognize the extraordinary job you have done for us. At this time last year, we were very concerned about the prospect of out of state tuition. Our dream of sending her to the best school and not just the one we could afford seemed very distant. To complicate matters, our daughter was vacillating on her major, the location of the school and its size – she had many doubts and we had few answers.     

However, from the very beginning of the process, you encouraged us to remain positive about her prospects and as soon as you started working, she became more focused on the best fit rather than what she had heard from school advisors or friends. In a way, she was eliminating options and honing in on what she really was looking for in a school. At the same time, we reviewed our financial situation and you encouraged us to be positive about the out of state options.

Her long and incongruent “wish list” quickly evolved into ten schools – three in state and seven out with a balance of a few “back ups”, the core choices and one stretch school. She was confident and focused as she plunged into the applications. With your guidance, she wrote some terrific essays and completed all ten on time. While all of this was going on you magically expedited the  FAFSA and other financial paperwork to all the schools taking that burden and administrative nightmare off our shoulders.   

The proof of your program was she was accepted at seven Top 100 schools four of which were out of state, waitlisted at two out of states and was only declined at the “stretch” school, Georgetown. As it turned out, the first school to reply was the one she finally chose but that was only decided once we had all the offers in hand. Every single school made very generous scholarship offers and we ended up choosing at Top 30 school that offered 95% of the total cost of attendance, 70% of which was free money!

We look forward to the next 4 years and our next child knowing that we have the College Planners on our team. Thanks again, Andy and Pete – it has been a pleasure working with you.

Regards,

Tom Browne

Weston, Fl.