Andy Lockwood

Andy Lockwood is a college Finance and Admissions Consultant in Long Island, New York where he focuses on coaching students and identifying admissions and financial aid strategies for business owners, divorced parents, student athletes and families.  In response to the tremendous demand for this specific genre of knowledge and strategy, Andy conducts numerous workshops on the “Dirty Little Secrets” of college finance at high schools, colleges, libraries, corporations and community centers.  He has served as an Instructor for CPA’s and other financial industry professionals and as a Mentor to other college planners about how to create breakthrough growth in their practices.

Never holding back and always proposing solutions that stretch his audiences outside the expected, Andy is a highly sought after Speaker for forward-thinking community groups, such as Booster Clubs, PTA’s, Accounting and Financial Advisor firms, libraries other non-profit organizations.  An outspoken and controversial critic of runaway college costs and the institutions that perpetuate them, Andy hosts the “College Success for Less” Podcast on iTunes and other podcast outlets.  He is aso the #1 Best Selling author of How to Pay “Wholesale” for College and The Incomparable Applicant. 

A consummate community servant, Andy serves on the Board of Directors of the College Quest Alliance, a national collective Association of College Planners, College Academic and Finance Personnel, is a member of the Nassau Counselors’ Association and is active in several local business and community groups.  He received his BA at Wesleyan University – where he was on (not “played for”) the basketball team – at St. John’s Law School.