College Admissions and Financial Aid Are Rigged Against You
We Found a Way to Fight Back
The families who win admission to their dream schools with big financial support are the ones with expert help. Kerry Traylor has spent 15 years mastering every detail of college admissions and financial aid, guiding over 400 students to success. Now she’s put everything she knows into online courses at a fraction of the price of one-on-one college counseling services.
15
Years of Expertise
Mastering admissions & financial aid for every kind of family
400+
Students Guided
Real families, real acceptances, real savings
1
Affordable Program
Everything you need — without the consultant price tag
WHY WE EXIST
Beat the Cost, Competition, and Complexity of College Admissions
Expert College Admissions + Financial Aid Counseling That Real Families Can Afford
We know the college admissions and financial aid journey can feel overwhelming, confusing, and impossibly expensive. You're too busy earning a living to manage your student's college process by yourself.
And the process has become so complex that most families — even highly educated ones — simply can't navigate it without expert help.
That's why we created College Application Solutions: to give every family comprehensive solutions, practical tools, and direct access to a seasoned expert — at a price real families can actually afford.
LEARN MORE⏰ You're Already Stretched Thin
Between work, family, and daily life, there's no realistic way to master the financial aid and admissions systems for your student.
🗓️ Your Counselor Is Overwhelmed
High school counselors manage hundreds of students at a time. Personalized, strategic guidance simply isn't possible at that scale.
🔎 The Process Is Impossibly Complex
Test prep, college lists, essays, financial aid forms, deadlines — even smart, educated families get them wrong without expert guidance.
💸 Private Consultants Cost a Fortune
Top admissions consultants charge five figures — pricing out the families who need help the most.
REAL PEOPLE, REAL CHALLENGES
Sound Familiar?
Here’s what Kerry hears most often from the hundreds of families she’s worked with.
“I make too much money to qualify for financial aid — but nowhere near enough to actually pay for college. I don’t know how we’re going to make this work.”
“I did my undergraduate degree outside the US. I don’t understand how any of this works.”
“I’m too busy working to micromanage every deadline, every essay, every recommendation request. It’s a full-time job.”
“My daughter’s high school counselor is wonderful, but she works with 540 students. Mine isn’t getting the attention she needs.”
“My son hasn’t done everything he should have in high school. Has he already blown his chances?”
“College is so expensive — I need to make sure my student chooses a major that actually leads somewhere.”
“Every time I try to help my kid with college, it turns into a fight. I’m terrified of ruining my relationship with my teenager.”
“My son is disorganized, unmotivated, and I have no idea how to light a fire under him without making things worse.”
“I just want to sleep at night knowing we haven’t missed anything important.”
You don't have to figure this out yourself. College Application Solution's online courses were built for exactly this moment.
You’re not alone. We provide the expert, affordable college advice your family is missing.
GET STARTEDDemonstrating Expertise
At College Application Solutions, we understand the challenges of navigating the college admissions and financial aid process. We are here to help.
College is expensive; getting in shouldn’t be.
Our proven approach has a 100% success rate helping hundreds of students get into schools like these.
MEET YOUR EXPERT
Every. Single. One. of Her Students Got In
Kerry Traylor isn't just a college admissions and financial aid consultant — she's a strategic navigator who has guided hundreds of families through one of the most high-stakes, complex processes of their lives. Every student Kerry has worked with has been accepted to MANY colleges of their dreams.
Kerry has consulted for the U.S. Department of Education, the College Board and Khan Academy. She's also a certified parent coach and a mom who personally navigated this process for her own three kids, placing each of them at elite schools at a fraction of the sticker price.
She holds a degree from Williams College — ranked the #1 National Liberal Arts College by U.S. News & World Report — and a graduate degree from a joint Harvard–Tufts program.
She built College Application Solutions as a way to provide families with her long experience and expertise — without having to pay $5,000-$20,000 for private one-on-one college counseling.
"It's almost impossible to find someone like Kerry who can handle admissions AND financial aid work so well. She told us things we needed to do that I would never have found out on my own."
— Robert L., Parent Client
OUR PROGRAMS
THE CAS ACADEMY
A Comprehensive Bundle of 5 Expert Admission + Financial Aid Video Courses + Guidance Materials
College admissions and financial aid have become full-time jobs — ones that most families are completely unprepared for. The process is confusing by design. The systems reward families who know the rules. And without a strategic roadmap, even the most motivated students miss critical steps.
Kerry Traylor has guided 400+ students to their dream schools, and she's built a comprehensive program - the CAS Academy - to make that same expert guidance accessible to every family, at every budget.
The CAS Academy is Kerry’s complete, step-by-step system — the same one she uses with private clients who pay nearly five figures for one-on-one access to her. It covers every stage and topic of the college admissions and financial aid processes, from shaping your student’s high school choices to submitting final college applications and negotiating your financial aid offers.
The CAS Academy includes EVERYTHING you need to know about college planning! You get 250+ short, on-demand video lessons, organized so that busy parents and overwhelmed students always know exactly what to do next. Lessons are accompanied by worksheets, reflection guides, checklists, and cheat sheets to help your family absorb the material and take action. And we constantly refresh our materials to keep up with the latest college trends.
The CAS Academy includes each and every one of the 5 courses below….at a substantially discounted price! But you can purchase them individually or as a bundled package, depending on where you are in your college journey.
The Financial Aid Secrets Course
Financial Aid Secrets shows families how to strategize about reducing college costs and securing maximum need-based and merit-based financial aid. Learn how to complete the FAFSA and negotiate financial aid awards like an expert before you overpay. It provides detailed financial aid guidance for families who want an exceptional college education without the luxury price tag.
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The High School Student Success Course
Learn the best high school academic strategies, conquer SAT and ACT test prep, get the resources to find impressive extracurriculars and do the career planning necessary to find the best college major for you - without paying private-consultant prices.
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The Perfect College List Course
Understand the range of college options that are available to your student and get the research strategies and resources to develop the “best fit” school list that gives your student the very best return on investment.
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The Exceptional Essays Course
Learn how to write world-class college essays that will grab attention and make your student stand out. From brainstorming through final edits, this course has you covered - including every kind of major essay topic your student will face.
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The Expert Applications Course
Learn how to craft a college application like the experts, with a focus on the critical areas that matter most, like: teacher recommendations, activities & resumes, courses & grades, testing, family, and education sections. And a bonus: learn how to incorporate visuals and demonstrate interest in a school strategically.
LEARN MORELIVE LAB Q&A SESSIONS
Want More Personalized Guidance? We make it easy!
Introducing Our Live Lab Q&A Sessions!
Feel free to ask any burning questions specific to YOUR student and family. And yep, feel free to send in your questions ahead of time! All sessions are recorded and archived!
The Live Lab is ONLY available to our CAS Academy full-service clients. Choose it as an extremely affordable add-on on the CAS Academy purchase page!
☑️ Live Group Zoom Calls
Two one-hour sessions per month with Kerry Traylor, CAS founder and college admissions and financial aid expert
☑️ Multiple Scheduling Options
Mondays and Tuesdays at 4 p.m. Pacific/ 7 p.m. Eastern and more time slots coming soon!
☑️ Full Q&A Archive
Every session is recorded so you never miss a thing, and the archive is searchable for specific topics.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LIVE LABS
IS THIS RIGHT FOR YOU?
This program is for you if…
College Application Solutions was built with your family in mind.
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You’re overwhelmed by college planning but ready to take action with a stuctured, step-by-step system developed by a pro.
Your high school counselor is overloaded and simply can’t give your student the comprehensive support they need.
You did your undergraduate degree outside the US and feel lost in a system you never experienced firsthand.
You want expert help polishing your student’s essays — because your student doesn’t know what to say or how to say it well.
You make too much to qualify for financial aid, but too little to comfortably afford college.
You need a financial aid strategy that actually works — including guidance on available scholarships, financial aid forms, and award negotiations.
You’re worried that your student’s grades, test scores, teacher recs, essays, or extracurriculars aren’t where they should be.
Your student is disorganized, struggles to stay motivated, or needs an expert mentor to keep them accountable.
You’re terrified of damaging your relationship with your teenager by becoming the college admissions enforcer.
You want to make sure your student picks a major and career path that actually justifies the college investment.
You just want to sleep at night knowing your student has expert support and isn’t missing anything important.
