As a college advisor, Laurie Kiguchi works with students throughout Santa Cruz County, California to achieve their dreams of attending college. Students gain self-awareness and understanding through the college planning process, leading to a good fit between the individual student and the college of choice.

Accepted!

Laurie's goal is to guide students to receive offers of admission from a range of schools, all of which are good fits in terms of academics, student life, and affordability.

Here are some of the colleges and universities from which Laurie's students have received "fat envelopes" and "Congratulations! You're accepted!" messages, as well as a list of college sports in which students are participating at the competitive collegiate level:

University of California UC Berkeley UC Davis UC Irvine UC Los Angeles UC Merced UC Riverside UC San Diego UC Santa Barbara UC Santa Cruz California State University Cal Maritime Cal Poly Pomona Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Cal State Channel Islands Cal State East Bay Cal State Fullerton Cal State Los Angeles Cal State Monterey Bay Cal State Northridge Cal State San Marcos Chico State Fresno State Humboldt State Long Beach State Sacramento State San Diego State San Jose State San Francisco State Sonoma State Stanislaus State California Community College Cabrillo College Cuesta College DeAnza College Santa Barbara City College Canadian Universities Acadia University Cape Breton University Concordia University - Montreal McGill University Mt. St. Vincent University Queen's University Ryerson University Simon Fraser University St. Mary's University University of British Columbia University of Toronto Université du Québec à Montréal Western University York University York University/Glendon Campus International Universities John Cabot University, Rome, Italy Saint Andrew’s of Scotland Saint Louis University - Madrid Technische Universität München (TUM), Germany University College London, England University of Aberdeen, Scotland University of Bath, England University of Dundee, Scotland University of Edinburgh, Scotland University of Glasgow, Scotland University of Strathclyde, Scotland University of Warwick, England © Laurie Kiguchi © Laurie Kiguchi

Ivy League Institutions Brown University Cornell University Dartmouth College Harvard University Princeton University University of Pennsylvania Yale University Out-of-State Public Universities Arizona State University at Tempe Arizona State Univerity Polytechnic Campus Boise State University Clemson University College of Charleston College of William and Mary Colorado Mesa University Colorado School of Mines Colorado State Univ. Ft. Collins Evergreen State College Fort Lewis College Georgia Institute of Technology Indiana University Indiana University/Purdue University Indianapolis Louisiana State University Michigan State University Montana State University Northern Arizona University North Carolina State University Oregon State University at Corvallis Oregon State University at Cascades Pennsylvania State University Portland State University Purdue University Southern Oregon University Texas A & M University University of Alabama University of Arizona University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Colorado Springs University of Hawaii Manoa University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign University of Maine University of Mary Washington University of Massachusetts at Amherst University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Mississippi University of Montana University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Nevada Las Vegas University of Nevada Reno University of New Hampshire University of New Mexico University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of North Carolina at Charlotte University of Northern Colorado University of Oregon University of Pittsburgh University of Utah University of Vermont University of Virginia University of Washington Washington State University Western State Colorado University Western Washington University Sports in Which Laurie's Students Play at a Competitive Collegiate Level Baseball Basketball Cross Country Equestrian Football Lacrosse Sailing Soccer Softball Swimming Track and Field Water Polo Wrestling

Private Colleges and Universities American University Baylor University Belmont University Beloit College Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College Brandeis University Bryn Mawr College California Lutheran College Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Champlain College Chapman University Clark University College of Idaho Concordia University - Irvine Cornell University Delaware Valley Drew University Drexel University Duke University Earlham College Eckerd College Emerson College Emmanuel College Emory University Endicott College Fairleigh Dickinson University Fordham University George Washington Univ. Georgetown University Gonzaga University Goucher College Grinnell Guilford College Harvey Mudd College Haverford College Hawaii Pacific University Hobart and William Smith Colleges Johns Hopkins University Johnson and Wales Denver Juniata College Kalamazoo College Kettering University Laguna College of Art and Design Lake Erie College Lake Forest College Lewis and Clark College Lindenwood University Linfield College Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago Loyola University Maryland Loyola University New Orleans Luther College Macalester College Manhattan College Marist College Marymount Manhattan College Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Merrimack College Mills College Milwaukee School of Engineering New York University Northeastern University Occidental College Otterbein University Oxford College of Emory University Pace University Pacific University Pacific Lutheran University Pepperdine University Pt. Loma Nazarene University Reed College Regis University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rider University Ringling College of Art and Design Rochester Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Salve Regina University Santa Clara University Savannah College of Art and Design Scripps College Seattle Pacific University Seattle University Sierra Nevada College Skidmore College Southern Methodist University St. John's College New Mexico St. John's University St. Mary's College of California Stanford University Stevens Institute of Technology Suffolk University Texas Christian University Tufts University Tulane University University of Denver University of New Haven University of Portland University of Puget Sound University of Redlands University of Rochester University of San Diego University of San Francisco University of Tampa University of the Pacific Wentworth Polytechnical Institute Western Colorado University Westmont College Wheaton College (MA) Whitman College Willamette University William Woods University Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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