The matchmaker* behind your college admissions success story.

*Tell us about your student. We'll match you with a vetted independent counselor who's the best fit, and stay beside you the entire college admission process.

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01 First step

Matchmaking
call

On the matchmaking call, we hand-pick the independent counselor who fits your student. Don’t think it’s the right fit? We keep matching until you’re confident.

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Then, every step after
  • Before your first meeting, your counselor receives everything we learned on the matchmaking call: your student’s goals, grades, school list so far, and what’s keeping you up at night. Your student never has to start over or repeat their story. Day one starts at step two.

  • Family and counselor work from the same live plan: every deadline, checkpoint and goal in one place, synced to your calendar. You always know what’s done, what’s next and who owns it, from the day you join to decision day.

  • The match isn’t where we leave. We check in with your family throughout the process, and if anything feels off, from slow essay feedback to a missed deadline, we step back in for your student and make it right.

  • Any admissions question, any hour, free. Ask 2by2 gives straight answers in seconds on lists, essays, testing and aid, so small questions never wait for the next meeting. Everything you ask helps your counselor understand your student better.

  • A short note only when something changes that affects your student: test policies, financial aid rules, new deadlines. No spam and no pitch. Joining the 2by2 family puts you on it.

The network

Top counselors.
Fully vetted.

110+counselors have applied.
Only a select few made it in.
  1. 01ApplicationIndependent counselors only.
  2. 02InterviewOne-on-one with our team.
  3. 03VettingTheir record, and what they do best.
  4. 04The networkReady to represent your student.

Small on purpose. If they’re on your call, they earned their seat.

Inside the network

Featured
counselors.

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Hand‑picked
  • Fourteen degrees
  • UC transfer pathway
  • Big-firm veteran
  • Head counselor
  • Admissions insider
  • Fourteen degrees
  • UC transfer pathway
  • Big-firm veteran
  • Head counselor
  • Admissions insider
  • Fourteen degrees
  • UC transfer pathway
  • Big-firm veteran
  • Head counselor
  • Admissions insider

A few from our network. Names and faces are shared on your matchmaking call.

+ More in the network
On your call
Education
Harvard doctorate, 14 graduate degrees
Also from
Oxford, Cambridge, Stanford, Columbia
Experience
20+ years
Recognition
12+ Derek Bok teaching awards
Served
Clinton White House
Press
NYT, WSJ, NBC’s Today

Started college at twelve and never stopped learning. Two decades later, he brings that same curiosity to every student, helping them find the story that sets them apart at the most selective universities.

On your call
Specialty
Junior-year transfer pathway
Targets
UCLA, Berkeley
Method
AP and college credit earned in high school
Program
Accredited, California
Best for
Late starters, international families

A lesser‑known route in, built for students whose first transcript doesn’t tell their whole story. She maps out the AP and college credit that can carry a student into UCLA or Berkeley as a junior.

On your call
Education
Harvard
Published
50 Successful Harvard Application Essays
Previously
Senior counselor, two of the largest firms
Now
Independent
This cycle
Harvard, Yale, Wharton, Duke, Harvard Law

Learned the playbook inside two of the biggest admissions firms, then went independent to work closely with fewer families. Your student gets that insider strategy without becoming one of hundreds on a roster.

On your call
Role
Head counselor
Practice
Established, independent
Team
Multiple expert counselors
Coverage
First list to final submission

Leads a team of expert counselors at an established independent practice. Your student gets more than one set of eyes on every list, essay and deadline, from the first draft to the final submission.

On your call
Experience
20+ years
Inside
USC, UCLA
Seat
Admissions committees
Known for
Responsiveness, start to finish

Spent 20+ years on the USC and UCLA committees that decide who gets in. Most consultants guess what admissions officers want. She was the officer, and she shows students exactly how files get read.

Built for the student

The most student‑obsessed matchmaker in college admissions.

There are a lot of so‑called “consultants” out there, selling packages to anxious parents and treating the student like a project. We don’t sell. We represent. 110+ counselors have applied to our network. Only a select few made it in, so the one on your call is the one who actually fits your student.

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Tell us about your student. We hand‑pick the vetted independent counselor who fits, brief them on everything, and stay in your corner until the last decision comes in.

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