About Dr. Ellis

With caring, humor, and attention to detail as hallmarks of his personal style, Ralph has served both as a high school counselor in the public school system as well as a career counselor at the university level. He was Associate Director of Career Services at the University of Rochester, Assistant Director of Career Planning & Placement at SUNY Cortland, and conducted personal and career counseling at Southeast Missouri State University, Towson University, and Southern Illinois University (SIU). In addition, he taught career planning courses at SIU, Towson University, and Nazareth College.

Over the years, Ralph has conducted workshops on various topics including Applying to College, Assertiveness, Communication Skills, Interviewing Skills, and Resume Writing. Ralph is also a member of the Higher Education Consultants Association.

Originally from Lancaster, PA, Ralph received his B.A. in Psychology from Penn State, M.S. in Clinical Psychology from Eastern Kentucky University, and Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University – Carbondale in Education with a concentration in Educational Psychology.

Ralph is married, has two children, and lives in Rochester, NY.

We Provide:

  • List of best fit colleges
  • Essay proofreading
  • Interview prep
  • College visit prep
  • Career assessment
  • Application assistance
  • Financial aid advising

We Counsel:

  • High school students
  • Athletes
  • Students with disabilities
  • Middle school students
  • Returning older students
  • Community college students

What Our Clients are Saying:

“Ralph swooped into our lives, organized us, educated us and became an advisor. Ralph took my lump of coal and processed him into the diamond that we all knew was there.”

“I recommend Ralph’s services to students and their families seeking to have a positive and successful college selection and application experience.”

“Ralph Ellis’s expertise, experience and guidance proved to be the most important component of our daughter’s successful college acceptance process.”

“Thanks Ralph for all of your hard work and care. It is obvious by your excitement and dedication how much you enjoy what you do.”

“We can now highly recommend Ralph to our friends and are looking forward to working with him again very soon as our youngest son begins the college search process.”

“He was very thorough and conscientious and he certainly made the process of choosing and applying to college much easier and saner… for ALL of us!”

“I highly recommend Ralph and his services to any parent/student entering the college search and application process. Believe me, it will help your relationship with your child.”

“Ralph is organized, efficient, and professional; I felt confident and was never confused. But on top of everything, it felt like this part of my life was equally important to him as it was for me.”

“When it came down to it, Mr. Ellis was always there, always willing and ready to help me with the entire process. His guidance and quality of assistance was unparalleled and for that I am truly grateful.”

“It was obvious that Dr. Ellis truly cared about us and he went above and beyond to guide us towards the best choice. We would certainly recommend Dr. Ellis for any family making this important decision.”