Mission
Getting In EDU provides high school students and their parents greater access to the expert advice they need, when they need it most, to successfully prepare for, research and get admitted to the right college. For the serious student and student-athlete, Getting In EDU gives you the inside scoop from the people who know best – today’s admissions officers and athletic coaches at the top colleges and universities across the country.
High school is stressful enough for high school students and their parents, and with college admissions being more competitive than ever, families are starting the college research and admissions process sooner than ever before. The athletic-recruiting process starts sooner than most people realize and those that are informed on how the process works greatly enhance their chances of being recruited. Getting In EDU will help you successfully navigate the process, reduce your stress, and help you get the most out of your high school years. Most importantly, Getting In EDU will help you find the school that represents the best fit for you as a student, an athlete, and as a person.
At Getting In EDU, we don’t believe that the best advice should only be available to people who can afford to pay $2,000 - $5,000 on college admissions counseling services. At $79.99for a one year subscription, Getting In EDU is offered at a price everyone can afford. That’s why Getting In EDU is now embraced by high school and club athletic coaches, guidance counselors, and college planning counselors across the country as the source for information and advice for student-athletes in the 9th – 12th grades hoping to play their sport at the college level.
What is Getting In EDU?
Getting in EDU empowers high school student-athletes and families with information and advice to successfully navigate the intensely competitive athletic recruiting and college admissions process. With Getting In EDU, you'll have the information you need each step of the way in the 9th - 12th grades to find the right school and to get recruited. Until now, such easy access to the advice of the experts has not been available.
Subscribers to Getting In EDU receive instant accesss to the advice of the top college athletic coaches in the country on www.GettingInEdu.com. In the Coach's Office, you'll learn the secrets from today's coaches on such topics as:
- What coaches at different colleges look for in the successful student-athlete
- The borderline academic profile that with coach support has a chance of being admitted to their institution
- How to save money by not using a recruiting service, and get better results
- The traits that separate the student-athletes that recruited from those that don’t
- How and when to introduce yourself to college coaches
- When coaches finish their recruiting for the upcoming season and what you need to do to get their attention
- The mistakes otherwise top-recruits and their parents make during the athletic recruiting process
- What coaches can and cannot do to help their athletes
- How to know if you are scholarship material
- The do’s and don’ts on your unofficial and official visits
- …much more
Subscribers to Getting In EDU also gain access to the Admissions Office where you'll gain the advice of the Deans of Admission at the top schools in the country on what you should be doing starting in your freshman year of high school to find the schools representing the best fit and how to improve the competitiveness of your application. In the Admissions Office, you'll learn:
- The traits admissions officers from the top schools in the country look for in the successful applicant
- How to build an academic track-record that will get you into the school of your choice
- The myths and realities in choosing extra-curricular activities
- Methods to conduct a successful college search process
- How the decisions you make as a freshman will affect the competitiveness of your application
- The mistakes made by otherwise strong applicants and how to avoid them
- How to know if a school is the right fit for you
- The mistakes parents make and how parents can most effectively support their child as they prepare for and apply to college
- The types of students admissions offciers feel would be happy and unhappy at their institution
Who is Getting In EDU For?
- 9th - 12th grade student-athletes who want to know what they can be doing now to increase the options they’ll ultimately have in choosing a college
- High school students looking for an edge in college admissions
- Student-athletes with the desire to play their sport at the college level
- Parents of high school students seeking advice on how they can effectively help their child prepare for, research and get admitted to the right college
- Parents of eighth and ninth graders who want to understand how the decisions they make as a freshmen and sophomore in high school will impact the competitiveness of their child’s college application
- High school career and guidance counselors who want to provide their students access to the advice of the experts
- High school and club athletic coaches who want to give their student athletes the most current college admissions and recruiting advice
- Independent college admissions counselors wanting to provide their clients the most current advice from college athletic coaches and to stay current on admissions trends at the most selective schools
What They're Saying About Getting In EDU
Gettting In EDU has quickly become the nation's leading information and advisory resource helping high school student-athletes, parents, and educational counselors understand exactly how the athletic recruiting process works and is helping high school athletes find and get recruited to the schools representing the best fit. Here's what they're saying about Getting In EDU:
"My daughter is a high junior, plays lacrosse, lives in California, and wants to go to school in the northeast and play lacrosse for a DI or top DIII program. It's so hard for lacrosse players in California to be taken seriously by the schools in the northeast, but we've been following the advice of the coaches in Getting In EDU and my daughter is getting a lot of serious attention. The coach at one Ivy League school said after my daughter's recent unofficial visit that she was the most prepared interview she has had so far (thanks to you!)." Ann A., parent of HS junior lacrosse player, CA
"All of the college recruiting and admissions resources I have found provide useful, but general and dated information. When I log into my Getting In EDU account, I can see exactly what the Middlebury Admissions officer recommends about applying, or what the Dartmouth Soccer coach says about trying to get recruited. When I have a question for a particular school or coach, I can email Getting In EDU to ask it for me. I can't think of anywhere else where you can get that kind of specific information. It is quite simply the best resource I have found." Karen B., parent of HS sophomore soccer player, NY
"Getting In EDU provides me with much of the missing data that I need to provide my student-athletes a better college list! Ultimately, it is about finding a good academic and athletic fit for the student. With Getting In EDU, I have the confidence I need when recommending realistic possibilities to my student-athlete clients, and in advising them on what THEY need to do to get recruited. Getting In EDU saves me and my students time and energy and gives me an edge in the process of advising them." Judy Z., Education Counselor, MA
"The athletic recruiting process has always been a mystery to me. Individual sports seem to have their own recruiting idiosyncrasies and there have been no good resources for our students who want to be collegiate athletes until now. Each coach interview contains current information and in addition to learning about the school's athletic recruiting process, you can learn a lot about the school's priorities for its student athletes.
The admission officer interviews are valuable because they address topics like, 'what type of students are not well suited for your school,' and 'what are the more subjective qualities of the successful applicant to your school.' When students are researching colleges, this information, in such a concise form, is so useful." Carolyn M., High School College and Career Center Coordinator, CA
Founder’s Bio
Chris Strausser has had a 20+ year marketing career leading the marketing and product development efforts for both large, Fortune 500 companies and small, high-growth start-ups. He has spent most of the past ten years with companies focused on higher education.
Strausser started his career with Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising in New York City where he became Vice President, Management Supervisor. He left Saatchi & Saatchi to join PepsiCo where he held various marketing leadership positions for Taco Bell over five years. During his last three years at Taco Bell, Strausser oversaw the National Marketing Calendar and led the development of the Double Decker Taco, the most successful new product introduction in the company's history.
Strausser left PepsiCo/Taco Bell in 1997 to run Marketing and Product Development for Jamba Juice just after the start-up secured its first major round of venture financing. After helping lead Jamba Juice through its rapid growth phase during which time the company added over 200 new stores and clearly established itself as the category leader, Strausser joined Kaplan Education. At Kaplan, Strausser held various positions including Chief Marketing Officer of SCORE! Learning and General Manager of the Personal Academic Training business unit.
In 2003, Strausser joined Chela Education Financing where he was Chief Marketing and Sales Officer, and together with the CEO planned the strategic direction of the company. Chela soon became the fastest growing originator of federal and private student loans in the student loan industry and was later acquired by Nelnet, Inc., the third largest education financing company with net assets exceeding $20 billion.
Strausser began work on Getting In EDU in June, 2008 and launched the business in December of that year. Getting In EDU has quickly become one of the most widely respected information resources on the topic of student-athlete college admission and athletic recruitment.
Strausser graduated from Brown University where he played varsity soccer for four years. He was drafted to play for the Houston Dynamos of the North American Soccer League upon graduation, but instead chose to pursue a business career. He now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and three children.
