Programs for Education

PROGRAMS for EDUCATION & Associates

Boston, MA ~ Pasadena, CA ~ Phoenix, AZ ~ Lexington, KY

 (978) 820-1295 ~ help@smartcollegeplanning.org

Programs for Education (PFE) is a comprehensive college-planning firm that has teamed up with carefully selected advisors in the United States for the purpose of providing substantive academic and admissions counseling support to bright college-bound high school students throughout North America. Since 1992 PFE & Associates have applied their collective skills toward helping thousands of families meet college academic and financial goals without going into long-term debt.

PFE takes a holistic family-oriented approach to the college selection process for students who aspire to gain admission to the more competitive colleges in North America. Every family is invited to a free 75-minute get-acquainted meeting in one of their offices or via a convenient conference call. Once engaged, they will provide the guidance and support desired. Services include high school academic preparation, four (4) insightful self-assessments, college selection, essay coaching (not writing), recommendation and interview strategies as well as a review of all college applications prior to submission.

The college planning timeline in each student’s personal “College and Career Planning handbook” guides students and parents through a pragmatic twenty-step program. When followed, the student is empowered to select a college or university that is realistic and meets the academic, cultural, social, and financial parameters of the family.

Eric Goodhart, PFE Director, majored and minored in business and psychology, respectively at  The George Washington University. He has participated in the College Board admissions and financial aid workshops for college admissions and financial aid administrators. This association with those professionals can help you and your advisor get an early assessment as to how both admissions and the financial aid offices may evaluate the applicant as well as the parents. This includes an eye-opening insight into both the admission and financial aid methodologies practiced by the most competitive private and public colleges.

Mr. Goodhart is presently writing a book based upon the life experiences of many of his students since college graduation over the last 26 years. “Be True to Yourself” “The Original is Always More Valuable than a Fake™. Through interviews of his former teenage clients, he is finding out how much the in-depth self-assessments they did in high school have led them into their current careers. Are they happy? Do those careers draw on those life-long natural strengths and innate characteristics that they learned they had years ago? If not, why not? What, if anything, would they have done differently?