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OUR MISSION

Making College Worth It focuses on the educational goals of each student, while working to identify the college best suited within their family’s financial needs. We are not financial or tax advisors.

OUR EXPERTISE

Combining a detailed search process for colleges most fitting for the student, with emphasis on the total cost through graduation. We do not recommend financial products for our clients.


OUR PROMISE

We promise transparency, commitment to your values, and unwavering dedication to your educational opportunities and growth.

Jim Anderson is the founder of Making College Worth It. After 25+ years in the IT industry, Jim ventured into a new direction: College and Financial Aid Planning. He combined his interest and knowledge in personal finance, from a stint as a financial planner in the 90’s, with the research needed to find colleges for his oldest three children to start a business that not only addresses the college search process but the cost of college and ways to reduce that cost. For over 10 years, Making College Worth It has been helping families find great/affordable college programs that will prepare them for their first job and career.

OUR STRATEGY

Educate students and their families on the college planning process. We work to prepare clients in advance to reduce stress throughout each stage from search to college acceptance.


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Testimonials

We were very grateful to find Jim. He is very knowledgeable about navigating the vast amount of choices for colleges. Jim is generous with his time and really takes the time to understand the families priorities when choosing a college, particularly the budget. He is always very responsive to any questions and never once did I worry when he was going to get back to me. Jim put together a very nice binder of reference materials to educate families on the colleges they are interested in as well as the overall process in finding a college that is worth its price tag.

Verified Google Review, October 2021


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President at Wellington Executive Search, Inc.

Met Jim through the Blessed Trinity High School community. We have a daughter who is starting the college application process and felt we could use a little help. Jim has a few children who he has put through college or is attending now. Jim listened to our needs and provided our daughter with a solid plan for college - which schools fit best with our needs and desires, plus advice on scholarships, financial planning, campus tours, and many other areas. He is very knowledgeable and easy to work with. I highly recommend his services if you have a son or daughter in high school and want to maximize your efforts in this are.

May 2, 2012, Scott was Jim's client


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CEO LSA Global: Consulting & Training Firm that helps high growth companies align their culture and talent with strategy

Jim did a great job helping our 8th grader and high school sophomore identify college options that made sense for our entire family. We were pretty clueless about the process and Jim had all of us fill out informative questionnaires to understand our unique set of needs from everyone's perspective - location, size, cost, emphasis, etc. He then provided a targeted range of 10 college options including detailed financial information with potential scholarships that we would never have been able to find on our own. If your kids plan on attending college - Jim is a goldmine!

April 2, 2015, Tristam is Jim's client


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We found Jim Anderson to be a knowledgeable and experienced college search counselor who helped take much of the anxiety out of performing an extensive college search. Jim was attentive to our student's plans and concerns, and helped us sort through hundreds of college choices to identify the college that was right for our student. We are very happy we found him and recommend his services if you are looking to make informed decisions regarding your student's future!

May 3, 2016 - Gerald and Teresa are current clients from Brazil.


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We just started working with Jim Anderson. It is so nice to have someone who researches this full time. We have gained useful information already, and we haven't even received his research results based on ours and our teen's questionnaires. We are eagerly awaiting our appointment to see what colleges he has found.

from Nextdoor.com, May 2017


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How do you spell H E R O, well that's very easy: Jim Anderson!!! Jim has become a HUGE mentor of mine over the years for his tremendous knowledge about college selection, applications, financial aid, scholarships and more. He is a true advocate for his customers and to do what is right at all times; a man with a great sense of humor even during turbulent times, a true friend and incredible man of integrity not only in his business but with obvious love for his family. I am grateful for everything that Jim has done for us and I highly recommend him. 

from yelp.com March 2018


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Jim provided us with invaluable college advice; customized and tailored information to our daughters chosen college and degree track; and helped walk us through the pitfalls of searching for scholarships and money for college. Wish we had found Jim earlier, we needed to start this process a couple of years ago, if not sooner (apparently, he can help as early as kindergarten). Thanks Jim for all your help - you are amazing!! ... If you have children headed to college, make your 529 or college savings go further and let Jim help you Make College Worth It!!

from yelp.com June 2018


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We met with Jim Anderson to discuss our options for our granddaughter's college education. At first, I was concerned about paying someone to help when she already had a guidance counselor at school. During the first meeting with Jim, it became abundantly clear, he was well worth his fee.

Mr. Anderson is incredibly knowledgeable as well as being detail oriented. His practical approach of evaluating the needs of the student and the best options gave us more information than we thought possible.

We came to him in the middle of our granddaughter's senior year and with the information provided, we will be able to save thousands over the course of a four year college education.

Understanding how he works, the sooner one engages Jim Anderson's services, the more comprehensive plan he will be able to assist you in developing. For those long term planners, the ideal time to start, is with your 8th grader. His questions will stimulate a great deal of thought in regards to future goals coupled with the students' abilities and dreams.

Reach out to him to learn more of how he can help. 

from yelp.com August 2018


Testimonials

We were very grateful to find Jim. He is very knowledgeable about navigating the vast amount of choices for colleges. Jim is generous with his time and really takes the time to understand the families priorities when choosing a college, particularly the budget. He is always very responsive to any questions and never once did I worry when he was going to get back to me. Jim put together a very nice binder of reference materials to educate families on the colleges they are interested in as well as the overall process in finding a college that is worth its price tag.


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