Road To College™ is a premier college consulting service offering personalized college preparation solutions to students and parents. Our goal is to provide parents and students from all over the world access to quality, affordable college counseling services. Our products help prospective candidates assess their strengths and weaknesses, create a plan of action and prepare for the admissions process.

With our network of former admissions officers, Road To College™ provides customers unprecedented access to admissions experts who share their professional experience and knowledge with the customer. All our admissions experts have a minimum of 3 years experience as college admissions officers to provide customers with the highest quality service. Our extensive network of admissions officers come from selective schools throughout the country including: Boston College, Colby, Drake, Duke, Iowa State, Harvard, Lasell, MIT, St. Lawrence, Stanford, Tufts, UNC-Chapel Hill, Washington University, Case Western, University of Pennsylvania, Hobart and William Smith, Barnard, Providence, University of Connecticut, Siena, Columbia, and the University of Chicago. The Road To College™ team is constantly growing, adding new experienced members to team every year.

To connect with a Road To College™ expert contact us or call 1-888-835-4620.

Our Founders

Chuck Hughes – President and Founder
Former Senior Admissions Officer at Harvard College

Chuck Hughes brings his experience as a senior admissions officer at Harvard College to Road To College™. Author of What It Really Takes to Get into the Ivy League and Other Highly Selective Colleges, Chuck has the experience to help students better prepare for the college admissions process. A former teacher, a Harvard graduate, coach, academic advisor and residential proctor, Chuck adds academic and career coaching to his admissions knowledge. Read Chuck's complete founder profile.

Stephen J. Pemberton – Founder
Former Senior Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Boston College

Stephen J. Pemberton served as Senior Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Boston College . Over his 10 year tenure, he was the primary application evaluator for 11 territories across the country, chaired several admission committees as well as coordinated a large network of student and alumni volunteers. Creator of Making College Search Count and Making College Financing Count, Pemberton served as Vice President of Strategy and Development for Monster.com prior to co-founding Road to College, Inc.™ Read Steve's complete founder profile.

Matthew E. Buonomano – Founder
Former CTO, .NET Architect

Matthew worked at Monster.com as a website architect prior to helping found Road to College. He designed and built the Road to College website using ASP.Net web forms technology and sturdy N-tier architecture, ecommerce flow, member’s database, and other aspects of the technology that powers Road to College’s online presence. Today he works as a .Net Architect and Consultant. Read Matt’s complete founder profile

Our Management Team

Sara Cronin – Senior Admissions Consultant

A graduate of Siena College (Albany, NY), Sara Cronin was assistant director and then associate director of admissions at her alma mater from 1992-1996. Following Siena, Sara made the move to the public sector and worked in the admissions office at the University of Connecticut. Sara became assistant dean of admission at Providence College and was ultimately promoted to associate dean from 1997-2000. Sara completed her masters in Guidance and Counseling in 2001 at Providence College. Following her departure of Providence College Sara worked at the College Planning Center of Rhode Island, and the Community College of Rhode Island Advising Center.

Sara manages several educational partnership programs and our consulting team in addition to working with individual students.