College Consultants of Colorado

Chad Van Soest

Apex College Services Littleton

Phone: 720-258-6884

Chad Van Soest earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, California. The first four years of his career were spent as an Admissions Counselor for Point Loma, where he learned the ins and outs of the college admissions process. His Master’s in Education with an Emphasis in Counseling ultimately led him to Valor Christian High School, a private, college-prep high school in the Denver area, where he spent ten years counseling students in the academic and college categories. He is a vetted professional member of the IECA, which exists to maintain the ethics and standards of the educational consulting industry, as well as RMACAC, a collaborative network of admissions professionals in the Rocky Mountain region. In addition to this, Chad is a certified college essay coach through WOW essay workshop.

Since the beginning, Chad continues to travel the country and other parts of the world, attending conferences and visiting colleges, all with the goal of gathering information to pass on to students and their families. His dedication to visiting colleges first-hand was realized in 2022-2023, when he traveled the country, lived in a camper, and visited 160 colleges.

Professional Associations

• Professional Member of Independent Educational Consultant Association (IECA)

• Rocky Mountain Association for College Admissions Counseling (RMACAC)

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