Helping your family find the right college —and the future your child deserves.

Helping your family find the right school —and the future your child deserves.

Start With A Complimentary Consultation

Every family’s story is different, which is why we begin by learning yours.

Your first 30-minute consultation is a chance for us to understand your student’s strengths, goals, and needs — and for you to get a feel for how we work. This conversation can take place over video, phone, or in person, and you’ll receive a response to your request within 24 hours.

When you book your initial appointment through our “Book Consultation” link, you’ll answer a few brief questions that give us a sense of your student’s goals and your family’s priorities. We’ll follow up with an overview of our service options so you can review it ahead of time.

To make our conversation as productive and supportive as possible, we ask that all decision makers join the appointment.

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During Your Free Consultation

Our complimentary session is a relaxed, supportive conversation designed to help your family understand how we work and how we can best support your student.

During this session, we will:

These complimentary sessions are meant to help you learn whether our services are the right fit for your family’s needs. If you’re looking for detailed guidance about testing plans, activities, recommendations, or admissions strategy, we encourage you to book a single paid session, which is designed to provide personalized advice and clear next steps.

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Things To Know Before Booking

Before Your Session

Take a moment to review our package options — coming into the meeting with a sense of which of our services you are interested in learning more about is very helpful.

Package Options

Who Should Attend

We strongly recommend all decision makers join the consultation. If possible, we also encourage students to participate — this is their journey, and their voice matters.

With regards to decision makers, we defer to you. Sometimes that can be two parents, sometimes it can be a parent and a student, sometimes it’s one parent.

A Word Of Advice

If you are seeking detailed college guidance or have in-depth questions, consider starting with a Single Session.

For free self-guided support, explore resources at

YourCollegeBoundKid.com

Start early to give your child the most options.

We’ll help you choose a package, and become passionate advocates for your student.

 Success Stories from Families Like Yours

From first-time college parents to families navigating competitive admissions, we provide guidance rooted in care, strategy, and experience.

Hear from students and parents who turned potential into possibility.

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Mark Stucker

Founder
mark@schoomatch4u.com

Mark Stucker has 25 years of full-time experience in college and boarding school admissions, and in college counseling. He’s worked with private day, boarding, charter, and public-school students, as well as private clients.

He is extremely passionate about finding the right college for every student and
ensuring that the college selected is affordable for the family.

Career Highlights

  • Worked at the Phillips School doing college admission, 1991
  • Director of Annual Giving, Westtown School, 2001-2002
  • Adjunct College counselor for students at the Westtown School, 2003–2009
  • Associate Director of Admissions at Westtown School, 2002–2009
  • Chair of the admissions committee at Westtown School for five years, 2004–2009
  • Traveled nationally/ internationally to recruit students at fairs, through school visits, and receptions.
  • KIPP Metro Atlanta high school and college placement counselor, 2009–2023
  • Oversaw the college counseling program for four schools by serving as the Director of College Counseling for Alumni at KIPP Metro Atlanta. Placed about 70 kids in college per year in this role from 2019-2023
  • Founded college placement educational consulting company, School Match 4U, 2010
  • Served as a Go To College NYC board member
  • Worked with over 2000 students, in all 50 states through college and boarding school admissions, high school placement, college admissions, and college placement
  • Author of the book: “171 Answers”: To The Most-Asked College Admissions Questions
  • Founder, Co-Host and Producer of the Your College-Bound Kid podcast, the most listened to college admissions podcast according to Apple in the
    “Education for Kids” Category, 2018-Present
  • Traveled to visit over 350 colleges
  • Member of IECA, SACAC and NACAC
  • Graduate of the Harvard Summer Institute for College Admissions and the Stanford Counselor outreach certificate program

 

Personal Life: Married for 35 years, Anitra and I are parents of two, our oldest is a Davidson College grad who owns a Spanish and Math tutoring company, and our youngest daughter is a graduate of the University of Georgia (BA) and North Carolina State (MA) and she is a Wellness coach at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill at the Kenan-Flagler Business School

Hobbies include: golf, gardening, reading, travel, watching basketball, football,
track and golf, politics, eating various ethnic cuisines

Questions about our services, our team or our availability for speaking engagements? Feel free to contact him here.

Mark Stucker (mark@schoolmatch4u.com) has 25 years of full-time experience in college and boarding school admissions, and in college counseling. He’s worked with private day, boarding, charter, and public-school students, as well as private clients. He is extremely passionate about finding the right college for every student and ensuring that the college selected is affordable for the family.

Career Highlights

  • Worked at the Phillips School doing college admission, 1991
  • Director of Annual Giving, Westtown School, 2001-2002
  • Adjunct College counselor for students at the Westtown School, 2003 – 2009
  • Associate Director of Admissions at Westtown School, 2002 – 2009
  • Chair of the admissions committee at Westtown School for five years, 2004 –
    2009
  • Traveled nationally/ internationally to recruit students at fairs, through school
    visits, and receptions.
  • KIPP Metro Atlanta high school and college placement counselor, 2009 –
    2023
  • Oversaw the college counseling program for four schools by serving as the
    Director of College Counseling for Alumni at KIPP Metro Atlanta. Placed about
    70 kids in college per year in this role from 2019-2023
  • Founded college placement educational consulting company, School Match
    4U, 2010
  • Served as a Go To College NYC board member
  • Worked with over 2000 students, in all 50 states through college and boarding
    school admissions, high school placement, college admissions, and college
    placement
  • Author of the book: “171 Answers”: To The Most-Asked College Admissions Questions
  • Founder, Co-Host and Producer of the Your College-Bound Kid podcast, the most listened to college admissions podcast according to Apple in the “Education for Kids” Category, 2018-Present
  • Traveled to visit over 350 colleges
  • Member of IECA, SACAC and NACAC
  • Graduate of the Harvard Summer Institute for College Admissions and the Stanford Counselor outreach certificate program
  • Married for 35 years, Anitra and I are parents of two, our oldest is a Davidson College grad who owns a Spanish and Math tutoring company, and our youngest daughter is a graduate of the University of Georgia (BA) and North Carolina State (MA) and she is a Wellness coach at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill at the Kenan-Flagler Business School
  • Hobbies include golf, gardening, reading, travel, watching basketball, football, track and golf, politics, eating various ethnic cuisines