Thoughtful Guidance for a Stress-Free College Path.

Your counselors, cheerleaders, and strategists-helping your student shine through every step of the college application process.

Services

Bachelor Package

We’ll serve as your student’s personal high school counselor, focusing entirely on post-secondary planning. From college research to applications, deadlines, and submissions, we’ll guide them through every step of the process.

Hourly Advising

For students or parents who need targeted help with specific steps. Whether it’s essay feedback, application review, or financial aid guidance, hourly sessions provide focused support exactly when you need it—without committing to a full package.

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How can a college counselor help?

A College Counselor uses strategies that empower students to make well thought out decisions surrounding their post-secondary endeavors. The college application process can be daunting, but a College Counselor can help coach, organize, prepare, and most importantly cheer your student on throughout the process. Your student will feel confident, qualified, and excited to begin this next phase in their academic career!

Cari smiling next to her small dog, a French Bulldog, on a couch in a living room.

One-on-One Services

As licensed high school counselors, we offer personalized one-on-one guidance designed to make the college admissions process clear, manageable, and free of unnecessary stress. From building a strong college list to crafting standout applications and essays, we work closely with each student to ensure they feel supported, confident, and in control every step of the way.

Our goal is to simplify the journey and help students discover schools where they will thrive academically, socially, and personally

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Testimonials

We enlisted the assistance of Cari Franz and her company, Major Help, to provide guidance and support with the college selection and application process for our daughter, Gia. Trying to pair Gia’s academic, athletic and community service achievements with an institution that was easily accessible for travel, affordable and most importantly desirable to Gia, was more challenging than we anticipated.
Cari narrowed down collegiate options that catered to Gia’s desires and set her up on a plan to fulfill the requirements for applications. She assisted her with the common application completion, helped her with her essay ideas and revisions so that they were tailored for each college, and had constant communication with Gia and myself to make sure she was accomplishing her weekly tasks. Our daughter applied to 6 colleges and within 3 weeks of submitting her applications, has been accepted into the first 3 that have responded! We are convinced without the MAJOR HELP of Cari Franz this would not have been possible!
Our other daughter who is a sophomore in high school has already asked if we will be using Cari to help her with college applications and submissions and without a second of hesitation, we said, “Absolutely, YES!”
— Dean and Erin Paglio (Ohio)
Cari has a gift working with teenagers. Our son, Jack, immediately bonded with Cari and relied on her to answer any questions with his college essay, specific college requirements, the common application, ACT/SAT test information, etc. Jack would text or email Cari at all times of the day and she was very reliable responding back the same day.
Cari also helped narrow down the list of colleges by providing realistic options. She even opened his eyes to a few schools he hadn’t considered. As a guidance counselor for years, Cari has a wealth of information and contacts that she taps into. This helped us determine which colleges were safety, target and reach schools. She provided a wonderful spreadsheet with these schools, averages and important notes. With this information, we were able to plan our college visits accordingly.
We also used Cari as a mediator over zoom to facilitate discussions, answer questions and provide deadlines for Jack. This helped everyone's anxiety and gave us a plan of action.
— Dan and Ellen Laubusch (Wisconsin)