College without direction
is expensive guesswork.
Launch with strategy.
Education Encompassed delivers expert college and career planning that reduces financial risk, eliminates guesswork, and builds aligned pathways.
EE was founded in 2016 by Dr. Zachariah Seiden, known to students as Dr. Zed.
Not everyone needs college.
Everyone needs alignment.
By the time most people realize they chose the wrong path, they have already invested years and tens of thousands of dollars.
Applying for college with unclear direction and uninformed decisions creates misalignment that can lead to costly mistakes, wasted time, misery, and unnecessary debt that is often irreversible.
To change this, Education Encompassed operates on a clear framework: career alignment first, then college. Strategy before application. Financial clarity before commitment.
Our Process
Career Alignment Discovery & Clarity
- Structured assessment
- Guided conversations
- Strength and interest discovery
- Temperament and values mapping
- Long-term aspiration alignment
Financial Feasibility Strategy
- Scholarship mapping
- Affordability analysis
- Financial aid positioning
- Financial planning
- Debt minimization planning
Strategic Admission Positioning
- Essays and narrative development
- Well-rounded application
- Complete portfolio
- Leadership and service positioning
- Experience stacking
Where Our Students Have Been Accepted
These logos represent schools our students have been accepted into through strategic planning and guided application support.
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What Clients Say to Education Encompassed
The
Engineer Who
Decided
Direction Can Be Taught.
Dr. Zachariah Seiden, known to students as Dr. Zed, built Education Encompassed not from a business plan but from a Wednesday evening that changed everything. Harvard alumnus. Licensed engineer. Published author. And someone who sat in a room full of brilliant people who would not choose their professional paths again.
Help 1 million students launch a clear career path with a plan they can afford by 2035.
A world where every student, regardless of background or income, enters their post-secondary path with clarity, strategy, and financial intelligence. A generation that doesn't look back and wonder what their life could have been.
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