We’ll get you where you need to be
The average cost of college is $114,245. We can help you save thousands. We help families pay less for college. Through proper planning & college selection we work together to find the perfect fit.
What we do
Family Financial Positioning
Financial Positioning Service encompasses a complete analysis of your EFC* to maximize your opportunity for financial aid. Families save thousands annually by implementing our plans and strategies to legally reduce their EFC.
Even middle & high income earning families can benefit from this type of planning.
*EFC=Estimated Family Contribution is how much money a family is determined to pay out-of-pocket for college.
Student Positioning
Our Student Positioning Service offers comprehensive online career & aptitude tests to help determine a student’s career interests, academic level and strengths.
Our student positioning specialist reviews the results of these assessments to proficiently recommend colleges that are a good fit for the student.
Properly positioning the student’s college choices greatly enhances the chances of acceptance at the school of choice with the best financial aid package.
Forms Processing
Our Forms Processing Service involves filing all financial aid forms for first time college applicants as well as returning students.
This service brings peace of mind to parents and families by ensuring all forms are filed on time and accurately.
Who we are
CollegeGPS is dedicated to informing parents and students about the process of academic planning, financial planning, and student enrollment and positioning. We put the most accurate and up-to-date information right at your fingertips.
If it is your dream to send your child (or yourself) to a four-year university but you do not think you can afford it, contact CollegeGPS today. We’ll get you where you need to be.
RODNEY GODWIN
CLTC/College & Certified IFW Retirement Planner/Owner of CollegeGPS, Rodney is part of a college planning team that helps parents and students be as prepared as possible for the college admissions process. Rodney has been a college planning consultant since 2012 and in the financial services industry full time since 1999.
Rodney is a regular guest speaker for Free College Planning, Inc., a non-profit organization that hosts training workshops all over the United States. These workshops are tailored to assist students, parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles with answers to questions that arise during this important period of life.
In addition to college and financial consulting, Rodney is a musician and enjoys sharing his love of music to his local community, and he has developed an ever-growing, international fanbase through social media.
College Funding Service Center
Our service team has over 50 representatives that help us keep up to date with what you need to know to plan and prepare for this exciting next stage of life.
As one of the first service organizations that helped families understand the balance between college fit and college affordability, the College Funding Service Center has serviced thousands of clients for over a decade.
CollegeGPS Student Positioner
PAULA SMITH
Paula Smith is a student positioner with a diverse range of experience in business and community building. She has worked in and with most industries via her work at the Chamber of Commerce and while at a national corporation of continuing care retirement facilities and negotiating sponsorships to market for a regional credit union. When not helping students realize their career and college dreams, Paula volunteers for numerous businesses and not for profits. Of her favorite volunteer ventures, she most enjoys board positions, consulting, and teaching Junior Achievement financial literacy to students of all ages. Mainly, Paula devotes her time to her twin daughters (in college at the present time), her dogs and cat, as well as taking care of twelve acres and helping a friend with her cows.
CollegeGPS Service Center Consultant
JENELLE HARCUT
Jennelle works with CollegeGPS's clients and helps administrate our entire college planning process. She brings over 15 years experience. From administrating access to our service plans to actually preparing your FAFSA and CCS profile forms. Our clients love Jenelle!
Contact:
1.800.525.0568 (ext 3)
860.318.3167
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Stellar all around. Financial planning, picking the best schools for our kids (that they have the best chances to be successful at), and also helping them study for the SAT-ACT tests.
-Matt W.