Yorkshire College Planning Reviews 266

They walked us through FAFSA strategies, CSS profile tips, and a bunch of funding approaches we had no idea existed. We always assumed we made too much to qualify for any meaningful aid, but their team showed us several tactics that changed the math completely. The academic calendar alone has been a lifesaver for keeping track of deadlines we would have definitely missed. We ended up going through their full program and the guidance has been worth every penny. If you're a parent who thinks "we probably don't qualify for help", that's exactly where we were, and we were wrong. Highly recommend giving them a look.

All I can say is if you're a parent sending your kids to College, this is a must!

Not only did we get total clarity on what we needed to do, they facilitated the entire journey for us, it's helped our family massively. Thank you York Team!

I work in IT. My wife and me have 3 children in our family a senior and freshman in high school and one child we already put through college. We had to pay full sticker price for our first child which ended up being over 250k out of pocket. We didn’t feel like that was fair to do again for our next 2 children especially with college prices going up. We went to Yorkshire’s webinar then booked a consultation call- the representative really listened and was extremely thorough with how the services work and what kind of help they can provide. We ended up buying the services and within the last 2 months they’ve already cut down 50k in costs for our senior and 30k for our freshman and we just got started! It’s been a very simple step by step process and we wish we would’ve done this for our first child!

Very helpful. Very fast but comprehensive.

Lots of great information and resources a real time and money saver

I was on a call with one of the representatives and she was extremely thorough and really listened to all of our concerns regarding college. I decided to purchase the services even though I was a little hesitant to spend a few thousand dollars- but after just a few weeks I have been so pleasantly surprised!!! The team has already gotten our kids SAI down by 42k!!! This has been a huge relief for my family because we had no idea how we were going to pay for college. I knew there would be a 20k guarantee, but the fact that they've already saved me money within a few weeks has been a huge blessing! I would have had no idea how to navigate this process and we would've been drowning in debt without Yorkshire.

I requested a refund from the company back on 1/28/2026 and have tried to get a refund processed from them since then and have received no indication that they are processing this and only received an email stating that it was forwarded to the finance department.
There has been no other communication from any other department and no one else has reached out to confirm that they have it or that they are processing it.
The lack of communication has been disappointing and there has been no attempts made to get in contact to provide any other status update.
They promote that they will support you and then they just end up ghosting you and do not follow up even after multiple attempts to reach out.
I would not trust their business practice in the future.

I was referred over to Yorkshire by a friend of mine who had used their services previously. I had looked at multiple companies previously and I was very skeptical as to how much they could actually help. Once I met with my advisor and got given the instructions I went to work with them and honestly I don't think I could be more pleased. Not only was everything clearly laid out for me, but there were things there that I had completely missed on my own despite researching a ton online and thinking I could do it myself.

Their whole team was helpful, I kept having more questions throughout the process and they were with me the whole time. We have only been working together for one year and already have been able to save upward of $20,000.

I would recommend anyone looking for cheaper college tuition to use these guys. I have already referred more people over.

Reviews are important for knowledge, information sharing and awareness. I am leaving this review after attending the "Cut Your Expected Family Contribution/Student Aid Index (EFC/SAI) For High-Income ($100K+) Families Workshop" on Tuesday, February 10, 2026. It was a recorded Zoom call hosted by Jeremy Biziarek| CCFS, ELA, who when googled comes up as a current employee of MetLife on LinkedIn. Additionally it shows the CCFS stands for Certified College Financial Specialist, information on this certification can be found here: www dot accfs dot com forward slash membership hyphen info forward slash how-to-become-a-ccfs (you can also google it).

The Webinar was about an hour and eleven minutes long - Q&A being done at the end. John (no last name given), was listed as the YCP Support.

The issue I had from the beginning is the chat was very much like those kid shows where they ask you a question but regardless of your feedback, they answer with a pre-planned response. For instance, one of the of their questions asks you to please respond with your scenario... and the slide shown reads:

Own rental properties and other real estate type "Rentals" in the chat.

Immediately the chat was flooded with responses, they do this throughout the call, with some of the requests requiring you to respond in order to receive the tool and at one point Jeremey makes it seem like those who are not responding will be removed from the call, essentially it's like fear mongering to get you to participate, when it did not matter if you participated at all because I didn't answer any of the questions after the first one and still got access to all the "tools" If you are new to FAFSA and have questions, you'd be better off talking to the financial aid office at the college(s) where your student is interested in applying or by calling the FAFSA Customer Service Line: The customer service number for FAFSA is 1-800-4-FED-AID (1-800-433-3243). For hearing-impaired assistance, you can call 1-800-730-8913 or by calling the CSS Profile Customer Service Line For U.S. and Canadian students, the CSS Profile customer service line is 844-202-0524. International applicants can call 212-299-0096.

Just like with scholarships, you should not be paying for things like this.

When I setup a follow-up call, I spoke with Rico and they also recorded that call, without asking first. He stated they have a tool they run you through to see if they can work with you, and they will only assist you with up to two-students per family, or they will have to charge more. He told me the cost was normally $5,200, but because I had attended the seminar, it would only be $3,800 and that they were committing to saving me $40,000 over the four years of my daughter's college tuition or I would get my money back. But then he went on to state that they would help with FAFSA denial, but there is no such thing as FAFSA denial, and he stated he would help with the CSS profile, but neither of my children's schools participate in CSS profile - which is easy to look up, IF you are informed or don't just blindly listen to what the representatives are saying. Rico stated they would call the schools on my behalf to negotiate lower tuition using their established relationships with the institutions, but was unable to name names of his contacts at the schools and when I reached out to the schools financial aid departments, (both are very small schools), they were not familiar with the company or the people I named.

Most of the information they provide is readily available online for free or by calling and speaking to the college/university. Charging thousands of dollars to "help" you cut college costs is like paying for a scholarship, neither makes sense. Based on the positive reviews I read on this site, it seems a lot of these individuals are going through the college process for the first time, making them vulnerable targets for companies like this that seek to repackage free information and lure you into spending money you should be using towards college expenses.

Here are the tools provided in the webinar:

CollegeAid 2.0 Framework
-Financial Aid - the four pillars:
*Need Based Aid (FAFSA + CSS Profile)
*Merit Based Aid
*Private Outside Scholarships
*Due Diligence & Strategic Plan

Here one of the "giveaways" which are links they drop in the chat for their tools
*Cut College Costs ebook - YCP 20-step guide to save $10K-$20K each year on college costs

Need Based Aid (FAFSA + CSS Profile)
- FAFSA uses your income taxes from two years ago (2026-2027 FAFSA pulls your 2024 taxes)
-CSS is only applicable to certain schools you can google and find out which ones.
-EFC/SAI
-COA
-Common Data Set - google it
-AGI & Reporting Assets

Attend the free webinars for the tools. Don't get talked into paying thousands for "help".

Great information and resources!

Very helpful. This is not just a sales pitch. They provide alot of information and explanations to assist you and to educate you. This is worth your time investment.

The information was made very clear and it was so helpful. I no longer feel overwhelmed by not knowing what to do nor do I feel afraid of overpaying because of Yorkshire College Planning. My questions were answered right away and I get to have the support not only for my oldest who is a senior in high school but also my youngest who is a sophomore in high school.

Very helpful and clear. Gabe was kind and enthusiastic. I feel I have a path to understanding how to pay for college.

We did the 1 hour free workshop and then the 2 hour Bootcamp and Mike and Adam were so down to earth and helpful in giving us information that will help our Sophomore in college even all the way to our twins who are Sophomores in high school. We learned so much in just these 3 hours alone that we didn't know. Being able to get information live as well as access to many documents that will help us be successful with filling out the FAFSA that we didn't know with our older kid and connecting our younger kids with a good college fit that also won't break the bank is gold for us, and I feel confident we will be able to do this with their help from these seminars!

Truly informative and time well spent. Thanks much excellent Guys.

Unbelievable the help that this was! Highly recommended

I have spent the past 3 years filling the FASFA and it was COMPLETELY wrong. I learned soooo much in this workshop and I feel so much better about this and what is required.

Very useful session with information on many unknowns and how this whole college admission works.

It was an eye opener. Very informative zoom meeting.