Client Testimonials

We were referred to Alexis through a dear friend and are so glad we were!! Alexis saved us and kept everyone on task and sane through the college admissions process. It is stressful, overwhelming and so completely different of a process than all of us parents went through growing up. Alexis is up on all of the latest information regarding college admissions. She will direct your child as to next steps, she is so organized and just keeps everything calm and on target for deadlines. She came to our house once or twice a week and had a plan of attack each time. She helped our current senior son and also our son who is planning on transferring. She was so great with both of them and they loved working with her. Alexis is a genuinely kind person and wealth of knowledge. Highly recommend her to everyone considering college counseling, you will be so happy you hired her. And both of our boys were accepted at their first choice college! Thank you Alexis, so appreciate you!

- Stephanie H.

Alexis, you are a beacon of light to work with and I can genuinely say that if it wasn’t for your organized nature and structure, not to mention your calm and patient personality, Diego would not have made the deadlines and he would not have gotten into his dream school! Thank you from me and my family and looking forward to having you work with our youngest in a few years!

- Maureen D.

In my opinion, Alexis is the best college advisor in the Orange County area. We live in an area saturated with college advisors so I speak from experience of how different & impressive Alexis is after interviewing several others. Look no further than Alexis Santoro! We would have been lost without her & Ella loved her! Professional, knowledgeable, experienced, current, relatable/connects to students, essay polished, very well priced, punctual. It shows that she loves her job & cares about students’ success. As a parent, stay involved in process and ask questions - she answered all our questions & has a wide knowledge base of process & university/college details. Such a positive experience!

- Stephaney A.

The first time I started working with Alexis was July of 2020, one month before my senior year of high school started. I was starting to get very nervous because so many of my friends and my peers were already so far into the college process, I had absolutely no idea where to even begin. And as the oldest kid in my family, my parents and I were beyond foreign to the college process. But after just my first phone call with Alexis I felt a million times better. Alexis is beyond prepared, extremely sweet, incredibly helpful, so patient, very comforting, extra motivating, super encouraging, and lots of fun to work with! She helped me figure out which colleges had all of the things that were important to me, who I could contact for various information at each college, she helped me stay on task and meet all of my deadlines, and so much more! She also helped me fill out all of my applications, figure out what I wanted to write my essays on, and edit them to make them perfectly share my voice and my story! From the BIG things to the little things, Alexis cared about me and helped me with everything! Because of her, I didn’t feel any worry or stress about the college process but instead I felt extremely excited and hopeful for the future!

- Maddy S.

We hired Alexis for college counseling services.  Alexis helped my daughter apply to colleges, proof essays, gave her weekly to-do lists to keep her on track, was always available to answer questions, helped in choosing colleges and coming up with ones that we hadn’t even considered or that fit my daughters needs. Alexis was so easy to work with and my daughter looked forward to her weekly appointments. She made it enjoyable, less complicated and a seamless process that can tend to be overwhelming. Alexis is so encouraging, supportive, positive, helpful, professional, thorough and so fun to work with. My daughter will be able to look back on her college application process with confidence and as a positive experience instead of the stressful process that it can be. I would highly recommend Alexis for college counseling and would definitely hire her again for my younger daughter. I couldn’t be more grateful for her services and she is such a blessing to our family

- Kara E.

Alexis is the best college counselor I have ever worked with. I actually attempted numerous professionals and Alexis by far helped me the most. She not only was always a helping hand and cheerleader; she truly helped me depict my goals and dreams for my future. Alexis helped me define exactly who I am. I was in no way, shape, or form ready for submitting applications and Alexis helped me from step A to step Z. I graduated from the University of Alabama thanks to Alexis with a double major in communication studies and public relations. I was accepted into fourteen colleges and was awarded a leadership scholarship.

- Kylie L.

I felt like working together we were able to do so much in way less time than I could've done alone. I also felt way more confident when applying because Alexis was available to answer all of my questions right away & give me the best advice on writing my essays. It was very efficient & I recommended her to lots of my friends as they were struggling to complete their apps by themselves without aid. The spreadsheet Alexis made for me in particular was very helpful as well & I still used it after our sessions when talking to my school counselor about dates & plans, etc. Working with Alexis made the process way less stressful & the work a lot more bearable. I never felt like Alexis overstepped when it came to my personal essays either which I feel is very important because I got to stay true to me, while still portraying the best parts of me to my schools!

- Dylann D.