Founded in 2003, Northcoast Educational Consulting provides comprehensive, personalized planning and guidance for the college admission process. We help students find their true North. Northcoast Educational Consulting operates within a model of personalized assessment designed to explore and expand the student's options and identify a range of appropriate college choices, each with an academic and social environment suited to the student's individual strengths, talents, and interests. Whether a student aspires to graduate from an Ivy League institution or attain a career-focused degree from a community college, thoughtful planning will help launch the student on the right path. Barbara Pasalis, Founder and Director,is one of a small percentage of counselors across the nation to earn a Certificate in College Counseling from U.C.L.A. Ext. and has attained the highest distinction in the field, the designation of Certified Educational Planner (CEP).