When Elliot Geise graduated high school, he did what everyone around him expected: he applied to college. He picked a school based on a campus visit, a gut feeling, and the vague hope that things would work themselves out. Nobody sat him down and asked the hard questions — what do you actually want to do? What kind of environment do you thrive in? What happens if you change your mind halfway through?
Nobody told him that the school he chose — and the major he defaulted to — would shape not just his next four years, but the trajectory of his career and his finances for a decade afterward.
"I changed my major twice. I graduated with a degree I wasn't passionate about and debt for a decision I didn't fully understand when I made it."
The financial weight of that uncertainty is something students rarely talk about openly. Choosing the wrong school — or the right school for the wrong reasons — can mean tens of thousands of dollars in additional debt, years spent in a career that doesn't fit, or the painful process of starting over. These aren't small consequences. They follow you.
What frustrated Elliot most wasn't that he made a mistake. It was that the information he needed existed — it just wasn't given to him. There were students out there who had navigated these exact decisions and come out the other side with clarity and purpose. He just never had access to their stories.
That gap is what ScholarPath is built to close. Every college guide, every student testimonial, every scholarship dollar is Elliot's way of giving the next generation what he didn't have: honest, specific, experience-driven guidance from people who've been there — and the financial support to make the right choice possible.