Welcome
CollegeGateways offers a wider view of post-secondary educational opportunities
Dr. Heather Ricker-Gilbert, D.Ed
Susan L. Marshall, M.Ed
Our Goal is Your Goal
Choosing a college is an expensive and important decision. Our goal is your goal–to identify the best college to meet your child’s unique interests, talents, learning style and career objectives. Together, we can help your student find the right college where they will be happy and successful.
How We Help Your Child Get Into College
As educators and college admissions consultants, our mission is to provide customized information and encouragement to students and parents/guardians throughout the entire competitive college selection and admissions process. With personal, positive, and professional guidance, we provide students with strategies to meet the challenge of selecting, and being selected by, the college or university that most closely matches their values, interests and abilities.
We have dedicated our careers to education and we are committed to young people. We would like to help your student enjoy and achieve success in planning for college. We want to lend our expertise, energy, and experience to you as you look ahead toward your future plans. We look forward to speaking with you.
Don’t take our word for it
What Clients Say
“Thank you so much for helping me through the college application process! You helped me through every step so I could submit each application assured of its quality, and walk into each interview and audition with confidence in my preparation.”
“I’ve never met Mrs. R-G in person, but we were able to go through all my college admissions and application information through Skype and emails. It was such a major help for me because as an international student, I had no idea what the colleges are like and what should I focus on. After I got into my 1st choice college, I’m still in touch with Mrs. R-G”
“I learned about Dr. Ricker-Gilbert’s excellent services from a friend who lives in Connecticut. When the time came for my son to apply to college, we called Dr. Ricker-Gilbert even though we live in Ohio. We used email for exchanging files, and Skype for one hour sessions to talk and see each other. There was never a problem communicating this way and we were very pleased with the results. The Internet made it possible for us to use the services of somebody we trusted. This is a great feeling when dealing with the college application process.”
“Thank you again for your guidance with PJ this year. It made a huge difference for him. I plan to stop by with a treat for you!”
“As a concerned parent and school administrator, it would have been easy to think I was equipped with the skills to help my daughter Brittany visit the “right” colleges, write her essays, and apply wisely. Fortunately, we called on Dr. Ricker-Gilbert whose expertise is apparent within the first five minutes of conversation. Dr. Ricker-Gilbert took the anxiety out of this very stressful process and quickly moved Brittany forward to writing a powerful resume and thoughtful essay. Dr. Ricker-Gilbert immediately gained our trust because she was sensitive to Brittany’s personality, character, and academic history.
She guided Brittany to good choices and we are thankful for the part Dr. Ricker-Gilbert played in making Brittany a successful student at New York University.”
“Heather helped us from the very beginning stages right through acceptance. She worked with our daughter to identify her interests and goals and then put together a list of schools for us to research. We narrowed the list, visited some, and found the perfect fit in High Point University. Heather reviewed the completed application and essay and Caroline was accepted early admission. Several friends have told us the college selection process has been very stressful. It was not for us with Heather’s help.”
“Thank you very much for keeping me up to date with deadlines. Molly and I are so appreciative of your guidance.”
“Peter and I want to thank you for doing such a fine job with Joe… You provided him with the guidance and motivation that he needed. Your services are wonderful and I would highly recommend them to anyone. Great job!”
“We have received the acceptance paperwork from Union–so it’s official. I want to thank you for all your help. I can’t imagine going through this without you.”
“Heather, thank you so much for the support and guidance throughout the college application process! I’m so glad you and my mom encouraged me to apply to Wellesley because now I can’t wait to go.”
