Parent Testimonials

Vicky and her team make sure to explain the college application process to your high schooler and identify the right schools for success, with accountability built in!

Even though my daughter started with PathIvy in her senior year, they were very helpful with curating and managing a high number of college applications, and she was able to get into her dream school! We really appreciate Vicky, Katie, and the rest of the team at PathIvy for their individualized support and availability to answer last-minute questions.

Pathivy was amazing in helping my student get into her dream school! Their support and guidance made all the difference during the application process. I highly recommend them for any student looking for personalized help with college applications.

I hired Pathivy for my older daughter and was very pleased with the personalized attention my daughter got navigating through high school as well as the college admissions process. Vicky spend the time to understand my daughters strengths and not only created an unique strategy but also helped my daughter and me execute the strategy through high school. During the admissions processes she made sure that my daughters profile, her activities, her essay (her entire admissions packet) stood out. My daughter not only got admits from all the Ivy League colleges that she applied but also multiple scholarships from other schools.
After experiencing the process and the results with Pathivy for my older daughter, using them again for coaching my younger daughter was a no brainer. My younger daughter also had a similar experience with Vicky@pathivy and is now studying at Stanford.

We were thankful to find the PathIvy team for our highschooler. While there are so many college admission agencies that offer the logistical help, Vicky and PathIvy team worked extra hard to understand our child, develop a relationship with them and established a plan that was custom tailored to their temperament and style. Kept us informed but we barely had to do much beyond the specific tasks PathIvy team asked us to do. Couldn't have been more smooth. Our child got admitted to all of the key west coast schools, full scholarship offer from USC and admission to Stanford.

PathIvy and the team, headed by Vicky and counselor Brie C., have been a stellar support to my child's college application journey. Brie, with her amazing listening, logical, and analytical skills, has been very supportive of my child by understanding their ideas, perspectives, needs, and expectations as they went through the application process together. She has always focused on having my child’s voice heard by providing guidance as needed and working along with her hectic school/EC schedule, ensuring that the timelines were met for the applications with the best potential outcome from the student.
Brie’s clarity, calmness, and confidence always provided a morale boost to our child and us, and her writing skills tremendously supported my child’s work with quick reviews and feedback aligning with the thoughts my student was trying to communicate through her application essays.
With the support of Brie, Vicky, and her PathIvy team, my child applied to many of the best and super-reach engineering schools in the country during a short span of 5 months and has had fabulous outcomes. They were admitted to multiple top-10 public and private Tech schools and Ivy Leagues and were awarded the institutions' most coveted Merit and Research scholarships as part of the admission.
Vicky, managing a huge team of counselors and students across various grades, was always vigilant about my senior student’s progress. She has shown genuine care and attention through her emails, calls, suggestions, and discussions. Her monthly check-in calls are a testament to her dedication and commitment, and she was always available to us as a sounding board for our decisions. Her keen intuition and attention to detail always provided us with the assurance that our child’s most critical college application journey was supported by an excellent leader and her team.

Vicky and her team and absolutely amazing......college applications require a lot of expertise, focus and discipline and Vicky and her team were through professionals. They created a custom plan for my son based on his interests and were always available to review and respond to any questions. Thanks to their effort, my son got into most of the schools he applied to including all of UC schools with scholarships from multiple universities. For me it was more than worth investment and I would definitely be leveraging Vicky's help for my younger son.....

The team at PathIvy is stellar! They guided our child for all 4 years of High school-navigate the right academic curriculum and summer activities to develop deep interests in various areas. Our kid had a great outcome with multiple top 15 schools to choose from and has just committed to one of the best schools in the country! You will be extremely satisfied with the services and guidance your child will receive from PathIvy. One tip is to start getting advice as early as possible.

As parents, we all make many important decisions regarding our children’s lives. From the moment they are born to the incredibly exciting and transformational time we are currently experiencing as they apply to and prepare to attend college, it is sometimes only in retrospect that we realize the true impact of those decisions. It is not hyperbole to say that choosing to seek the help of Vicky and her team at Path Ivy has been one of the most important and best decisions that our family has made regarding our twin daughters’ future. There is simply not enough room in an online review to articulate how much we value and appreciate the support, guidance, encouragement, and education that Vicky and her team have provided our daughters as they reach for their dreams and apply to some the top schools in the world.
This experience has far surpassed what we thought we were signing up for when we chose a college counselor. Vicky has offered so much wisdom and insight regarding not only the application process, but also our girls’ perspectives on their college careers. Some may view the application process as a simply a set of activities your kids need to accomplish. With the help of Vicky and her team, our family now understands that the entire process, from school selection, to drafting personal and thoughtful essays, to prepping for interviews and managing expectations around responses is a comprehensive endeavor requiring diligence and thoughtfulness. She has communicated clearly with our family throughout the process and always offers and an honest perspective. She has encouraged the best from our girls, they have grown under her guidance and have learned so much since the moment they began drafting their very first essays. Vicky and Path Ivy are more than basic service providers, they are guidance counselors, part-time therapists, and knowledgeable resources who apply their expertise and support in the most personal and effective way. And, as a parent, I think (maybe hope) we can all relate to how challenging it can be to motivate your kids to get something done. Path Ivy takes that off your hands. Because of the authentic relationship they create, our daughters want to make Vicky and their Francisco proud; they have become close through the process. I think that is reason the Vicky and Path Ivy standout, the support is so personalized, your family and the PI team become one team focused on a single cohesive goal, to create the best possible outcome for your kids. At the same time, we all learn and grow via the process. You must experience this with Path Ivy to fully understand their investment in your children’s future.
We are happy to speak to any parent about our experience with Path Ivy. Do not hesitate to ask for our contact info. We encourage you to engage Vicky and her team. Your children’s educational future will be the best of hands with Vicky and her team!