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Package Description:
This package is meticulously designed for high school students aiming to maximize their chances of acceptance to top colleges by enlisting the expertise of a seasoned coach to guide them through the entire application process from start to finish. Here's a comprehensive overview of what this package entails: - Personalized Coach Matching: Upon enrollment, you'll complete a detailed matching survey to facilitate the selection of the perfect coach tailored to your target colleges and individual objectives. - Initial Kickoff and Planning Session: Following the coach pairing, embark on an extensive kickoff session delving into your background, goals, experiences, potential recommenders, aspirations, and more. Together, you'll develop a customized plan specifically tailored to your college application journey. - School Selection: Collaborate closely with your coach to compile a list of 10-15 optimal colleges aligned with your profile, aspirations, and preferences. - Application Strategy: Engage in in-depth discussions with your coach to identify your unique strengths as an applicant and strategize on effectively showcasing them throughout your college application. - Personal Statement Brainstorming, Advising & Editing: Receive expert guidance and feedback from your coach throughout the personal statement crafting process, ensuring your narrative effectively highlights your motivations, experiences, and aspirations. - Activity Descriptions: Work closely with your coach to select and articulate extracurricular activities, experiences, awards, and honors in a compelling manner, enhancing the overall strength of your application. - Letters of Recommendation: Strategize with your coach on selecting and engaging potential recommenders, crafting polished recommendation requests, and ensuring the submission of strong and supportive letters. - Complete Application Review: Your coach will conduct a meticulous review and final edit of all application materials, including personal statements, essays, activity descriptions, and letters of recommendation, ensuring a cohesive and compelling application package. - Supplemental Essays Advising & Editing: Benefit from personalized advising and editing support from your coach to refine your supplemental essays, ensuring they align seamlessly with each college's specific requirements and ethos (up to 4 revisions per essay). - Interview Coaching: Prepare thoroughly for college interviews through mock interview sessions conducted by your coach, equipping you with the confidence and skills necessary to excel (one mock interview per school). - Supplemental Support Strategy: Develop a strategic plan for networking and securing supplemental letters of support to bolster your application, where applicable. - Final Review: Your coach will conduct a comprehensive review and provide final edits on all application materials to ensure they are polished and aligned with your overall narrative and objectives. - Waitlist Strategy (if applicable): Receive guidance and support from your coach in developing a targeted action plan to enhance your chances of admission if placed on a waitlist. To summarize, you are drafting a world-class coach onto your team to help you with every step of this competitive process. They will check-in in regularly, share honest/constructive feedback freely, and ensure you are on the right track. If for any reason it becomes clear that your coach is not the right fit, we are happy to help you find another coach that can help you get to the finish line successfully. So, what are you waiting for? Let's get you matched to a great coach who can support you as you embark on your journey to secure acceptance to a top college.
What you'll get from this package
A clear application timeline and plan, to ensure you stay on track and hit college application deadlines
Compelling personal statement that is differentiated, personalized, and thoughtful
Expertly articulated extracurriculars and activities in the Activities section of your college application
Strong recommender prep documents that you'll pass off to your recommenders to ensure they write world-class recommendations for you
A polished final application that you can feel proud of submitting and sharing with the admissions team
Confidence to ace admissions interviews through mock interviews and additional role plays for difficult-to-answer questions
Unique and interesting supplemental essays — tailored to each school you decide to apply to
Additional details
Coaching delivered via live sessions and .
You are eligible to switch your coach any time during the first two weeks to ensure you have found the right fit for you. Additional expectations or terms of engagement may be provided by coaches (e.g. expected response times, etc.).
Services included:
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Editing
Recommendations
Interviews
Waitlist Strategy
School Selection
Secondary Review
Application Strategy
Essays
Resume
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Joined May 2024
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✅ Former Stanford Admissions Officer | Expert Coach for U.S. & Int'l Apps
With over 9 years of experience in selective undergraduate admissions and coaching, I know all the ins and outs of navigating the complicated U.S. college admissions process from anywhere in the world. I believe that with the right support and guidance, you can find yourself studying at a great U.S. university for you. Why work with me? 1. I know what it takes to get in. I'm an admissions expert. As an Assistant Director of Admission at Stanford, I personally reviewed ~7,000 undergraduate applications. My portfolio included various regions in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Ireland, and the UK. Before Stanford, I was an alumni interviewer for Harvard, I interned for Harvard Admissions' student recruitment initiatives, even supported their application file room. 2. I know how to help you apply as your best self. I am a global admissions consultant with clear results. For 3 years, I advised students from the U.S. and around the world for a top global college admissions consulting company. 75% of the students I coached were admitted to the most selective universities (keep in mind the extra obstacles that international applicants face - so this is significant!). My clients were admitted to private and public universities like Yale, Brown, Stanford, Columbia, NYU, Northwestern, Carnegie Mellon, UCLA, UC San Diego, UVA, Georgia Tech, Grinnell, Babson, UIUC, Drexel, University of Washington, and Boston University. As an independent consultant working both pro bono and for my consultancy, Eleva Edge Admissions, my clients were admitted to Harvard, Emory, Pomona, UC Berkeley, Johns Hopkins, Penn, and others. I've coached ~50 student clients directly over multi-year coaching programs. I have completed additional application reviews for 50+ one-off clients. I share these variety of universities to show the breadth of colleges my students applied to. Yes, many got into elite colleges, and they also applied or attended colleges outside the "Top 20." There are many incredible schools out there, and I love helping students discover universities that are a good match for their goals, regardless of the ranking. 3. I get it. From the beginning of my own higher ed career, I've been committed to supporting educational journeys with a focus on personal growth. I graduated from Harvard with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and a Master of Education in International Education Policy. I also graduated from the University of Oxford with an MBA, so I understand firsthand the experience of figuring out how to study abroad in a different country. I was a first-generation college student from immigrant parents, and had to figure everything out own my own. I grew a lot but it was challenging, confusing, and stressful. It doesn't have to be like that for you. I believe that with the right guidance, students can view the application process as a time of incredible personal development and self-awareness. My approach is personalized, empathetic, and strategic, ensuring that your unique strengths and experiences shine through in your application. Let's work together to make your college dreams a reality—book a free intro call today!
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