About Us

Our Mission

Our mission is to provide families with expert guidance on the college search, admissions, and financial aid process. Our dedicated counselors work one-on-one with high school students to identify their college goals and support them in the steps necessary to achieve those goals in the most cost-effective manner possible.

Get to Know Us

Class 101 has been assisting students with college coaching and planning for over 20 years. Our clients have received hundreds of millions of dollars in scholarship money. Additionally, our college advisors have helped place students in a majority of the top tier universities in the United States. If you want to save a ton, contact Class 101!!

Charity Peak, Ph.D.

Owner & College Advisor

Dr. Charity Peak is committed to helping students connect their passions with their plans for the future. With 25 years of instructional design and teaching experience ranging from Pre-K to graduate school, Dr. Peak has administered multiple aspects of student success and faculty development programs throughout her career. Focusing mainly on the first-year transition to college, Dr. Peak has advised and coached hundreds of students to identify and pursue their unique path to success, be it technical school, liberal arts college, or comprehensive university. Prior to Class 101, she served as Academic Director for the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE), where she designed and implemented programs to improve student success through exceptional teaching for all types and sizes of postsecondary educational institutions. Dr. Peak holds a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and has served as academic advisor and faculty at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Regis University, and the University of Colorado. Prior to higher education, she taught at Cheyenne Mountain School District and Fountain Valley School of Colorado. Her comprehensive professional knowledge about the transition to college along with her ability to connect with students of all ages make her an asset to any family’s college planning process.

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Charity Peak, Ph.D.

Our Students Know Best

Class 101 helped me stay on track with college applications, making the feat of senior year a lot easier. The support and knowledge I gained from Class 101 was very valuable, and Charity is the best!!

Regan Nelson

University of Colorado Boulder

Class 101 was extremely worthwhile. It taught me more about having goals, managing expectations, and creating backup plans. It requires diligence and focus, but the more I dedicated to improving (like on the SAT), the more I made progress. I recommend starting the process early so that you can get guidance throughout the entire high school experience.

Micahstia Lumpkins

Cornell University

Kai Oddo

This is the second time my family has worked with Class 101. With my college planner’s help, I was able to improve my grades and write an amazing essay while abroad in Frankfurt, Germany. This made the distance between the two of us negligible, even before social distancing measures were put in place! Without Class 101, I would have been lost within the endless information required for applying to college. Thank you for making this difficult transition year so much more bearable!

Kai Oddo

Centre College

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