College Planning of Greater Long Beach

For years Skip Dawson has been educating our community on the intricacies of the entire college planning process.  We work with family units ranging from single moms to corporate CEO’s. Skip’s college planning specialty is tailored to each family – providing private consultations with families guiding them through the college admissions and financial aid processes.  The best part of our job is seeing our young adults choose a career through our career counseling program and attending the college of their dreams, while helping parents “Send Your Child To The College Of Their Choice Without Spending Your Life’s Savings, Sacrificing Your Current Lifestyle, Or Just Plain Going Broke.” History Established in 2004. College Planning of Greater Long Beach mission is to educate the community and parents of college bound students on the complex aspects of all components of planning for a successful entrance to the right college for the students.  While lecturing at California’s community colleges, Skip learned of his students’ many struggles with loan debt and their unattained or delayed higher educational dreams.  As a fiduciary in the private financial sectors, Skip quickly realized that there was a need for a college planner in our community and set out to simplify the college admissions and financial aid process by providing hundreds of free College Planning Workshops at our local libraries, community organizations such as the YMCA, Jewish Community Center, and high schools.  Additionally, he has counseled thousands of families on a one-on-one basis in his offices – helping those families send their child to the college of their dreams while simultaneously preserving the parents retirement.