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Shopping for the Right College and Scholarships?

College Prep Company Offers a Powerful Combination of New Online Counseling Center and One-of-a-kind Technology to Help Students Find the Right College Opportunity

HOUSTON, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- CollegiateZone, a company that provides the administrative tools needed to prepare for college, combines its unique technology of college and scholarship search engines with a new online counseling center.

Topquest (www.topquest.net) is a powerful tool that streamlines the college preparation and application process allowing students to search, match and apply to colleges, funding and resources. The latest addition to the Topquest service is the CZ Counseling Center. Students can receive individualized counseling from certified guidance counselors, and attend bi-weekly online chat and event forums facilitated by counselors and special guests. This service is free to all Topquest members. All of this is done in a secured and controlled environment.

"Topquest provides students with multiple resources to ensure their college preparation activities are both positive and effective. What is most unique about this service is that you have the planning tools, and the added benefit of an online counseling center with organized chats that are customized to meet the needs of every student," says Alice Stewart, guidance counselor.

Topquest actively recruits counselors from partnering schools to host the online chats. CZ Chats are tailored to a wide-range of topics such as Choosing the right major, college and career path; How to prepare for the SAT and ACT; and Applying for college and financial aid. During the 90-minute to two hour chats, students, parents and counselors can ask questions and receive answers to any college-related topic, and inquire about Topquest, its many features and how to get the most out of it! In addition, these chats are archived in a program guide and can be viewed at any time.

"Topquest was a constant resource for me when I was preparing for college. The college prep tools are really cool, especially the auto-fill. I still use Topquest and highly recommend it to others beginning or continuing their college career," says Kaneesha Jones, college student.

Using Topquest, students begin the college preparation process by databanking their personal and academic information into the online CZ College Prep Form. This detailed profile includes all fields that are commonly required on college admissions, scholarship, financial aid and loan applications. Once the personal information is completed, the student becomes searchable by colleges and universities who have access to Topquest.

Students can then apply for multiple colleges and funding resources with the click of a button using the CZ Auto-fill Tool(TM). The tool transfers all data from the CZ College Prep Form, completing admissions, scholarship and financial aid applications, including the redundant, required data fields of the FAFSA form (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), leaving fewer entries for the student to complete manually.

Media Contact: Rashena Lindsay, 832.595.2455 or 713.301.4577

SOURCE CollegiateZone