Calling themselves “Houston’s Expert College Admissions Consultants Since 1987,” the Shumsky Center is a Texas-based career and educational consulting firm servicing the greater Houston area.
About Company
The Shumsky Center for Academic and Career Performance’s offerings include tutoring, undergraduate admissions, academic, career coaching services, and learning disorder assessments. The company works with clients as young as elementary age and as old as early-to-mid 30’s, and seems to be composed of a father and son team, making it one of the few family-owned businesses in the game.
Their process in college admissions consulting begins with career and personality assessments, then continues to identify 24 “best fit” colleges that are later narrowed to a list of 12 before proceeding with applications, essays, and other technical components of applications.
Shumsky Center Score
Categories
Findings
5 Point Score
Reputation
Results
Quality of Team
Size of Team
Web Presence
Combined Institutional Knowledge
Educational Influencer
5
Unknown
0
2
4-6
0
260 Twitter; 61 YouTube
Overall
1
2
0
2
3
0
2.5
1.50
Shumsky Center Review
A fourth-page Google page ranking earns the Shumsky Center a 3 in web presence, while five verifiable reviews earn it a 1 in reputation. With no data on outcomes, it receives a 2 in results. For team quality and experience, they receive a 0 in both categories: no admissions officers seem to be on their team. With two team members, so they get a 2 for team size. As an influencer, they get a 2.5 (260 Twitter; 61 YouTube), which brings their final score to 1.5