COACHING SUCCESSES

My 99% success rate proves that clients excel when we build a 360-degree view of WHO YOU ARE into your Admissions or Career strategy, flipping the script from anxiety into authenticity — and reshaping your mindset from one of scarcity to possibility, embracing what makes YOU unlike other candidates.

Recent College Acceptances

Universities: Yale, Penn/Wharton (ED), Dartmouth, Cornell, Columbia, Duke (ED), Vanderbilt (ED), UVA (ED), Emory, Michigan, Tufts, UC-Berkeley, UCLA, Northwestern, Boston University, Bucknell (ED), Syracuse, UNC-Chapel Hill

Liberal Arts Colleges: Vassar, Wesleyan, Bowdoin, Oberlin, Mount Holyoke (ED), Boston College, Carleton, Macalester, Occidental (Obama’s alma mater!), William & Mary, Holy Cross (ED), Union, Skidmore, Bard, Sarah Lawrence

Tech / Engineering focus: MIT, Virginia Tech, Cal Poly SLO, Rochester Institute of Technology, RPI, WPI, Rose-Hulman, Colorado School of Mines

Business focus: Penn/Wharton (ED), Bucknell University (ED)

Arts & Conservatory Programs: RISD, Pratt, Juilliard, Carnegie Mellon, Berklee

*ED = Early Decision acceptance

Contexts for College Admissions

It’s always overwhelming to start the college search and application process: students have so many options and often receive conflicting information (from teachers, school advisors, coaches, mentors, friends). So much of college strategy involves finding the right place for each unique individual’s specific talents and interests. There’s no such thing as “one size fits all” for colleges, but a range of campuses that could be exciting educational-intellectual-social homes.

A key part of my initial conversations with students is understanding who they are as people, what motivates and inspires them, experiences that have shaped them, their hopes and fears about college — so we can build intentional strategy together and they have exciting options for colleges where they’ll feel supported and inspired!

Field-Specific Grad/Professional Acceptances

Law: Harvard, Penn, Duke, Columbia, Berkeley, NYU, Georgetown, Michigan, UVA, William & Mary, Villanova
Public Policy (MPP) / International Affairs: Harvard Kennedy School, Georgetown McCourt, Columbia SIPA, American, GW, Tufts, Michigan
Education (MA/MS, MEd, EdD): Harvard GSE, Columbia, NYU, Penn, Georgetown, Vanderbilt
UX Design: Carnegie Mellon, Pratt, RIT, University of Maryland, DePaul
Climate Policy & Environmental Studies: Harvard, Columbia SIPA, Michigan, Hopkins, UW, Tufts
Business / MBA: Wharton/Penn, MIT Sloan, Columbia, Georgetown (McDonagh School), LSE, London Business School, Imperial College London
MSW / Social Work programs: Columbia, NYU, U Chicago, UC-Berkeley, U of M
Healthcare Degrees (PA, DNP, MD): Stanford, Yale, Michigan, Case Western, U of Minnesota, Wayne State
Neuroscience PhD: Northwestern, University of California-San Diego, McGill, McMaster, Concordia
Engineering: Columbia, Carnegie Mellon, NYU, RIT, RPI
Art History & Visual Studies (MA): NYU, Columbia, BU, Syracuse, Pratt, UNC-Chapel Hill, CO-Boulder
Cultural Studies/Ethnic Studies (PhD): UC-Berkeley, University of California-Santa Barbara, Columbia
Film (MFA): USC (Directing, Screenwriting, Editing), UCLA, AFI (Producing), NYU, Stanford (Doc Studies)
Rhetoric/Communications (PhD): Northwestern, Carnegie Mellon, UT-Austin, Ohio State, UW, Penn State
Creative Writing MFA & English PhD: Brown, UT-Austin, Trinity College (Dublin), CUNY/Hunter College (full fellowship), Virginia Tech (full fellowship), Ohio State

Graduate School Advice

Finding the right graduate program for your specific interests and career goals is NOTHING like applying to colleges; for graduate school, you are not applying to the University as a whole — you are applying to the particular program and/or department in your field(s) of interest, often to work directly with specific faculty advisors. As an example: Harvard is GREAT for Education & Public Policy programs, but not the best target for a PhD in Neuroscience, Engineering, or Music. Similarly, many universities you might not have considered for undergrad applications may be ranked in the Top 10 for your particular graduate program.

We’ll sift through the ins-and-outs of finding the right program for who you are, how your mind works, your academic-professional background and future goals.

Overview of Client Successes: College & Graduate/Professional School

Columbia University: Undergraduate, Law School, Business School, SIPA (School of International & Public Affairs), GSAPP (Architecture, Planning, Preservation), Teachers College (MA/MS Ed Policy, Instructional Technology & Media), MS Mechanical Engineering/Energy Systems, Social Work

University of California, Berkeley: Undergraduate (out-of-state & international applicants), Law School, School of Social Work, PhD programs

Yale University: Yale College (Undergraduate), Law School, School of Architecture

U Penn: Wharton (Early Decision/undergraduate Business), MSEd in Educational Policy

Duke University: Undergraduate (ED), Law School, PhD programs

MIT: Undergraduate, Sloan School of Management (MBA)

NYU: Law School, Steinhardt School, Digital Media Design for Learning, Art History

Harvard University / I have a track record of mentoring clients into fantastic programs at Harvard that support who they are & their specific career goals, though always emphasize that Harvard isn’t the be-all & end-all of admissions AND it’s often not the best fit for the particular field(s) you’re most interested in. SUCCESSES: Kennedy School for Public Policy (+ competitive fellowships once you’re there!), Law School, Graduate School of Design (Masters in Architecture); School of Education (HGSE): MA in Educational Policy, Learning Design & Innovation/Technology, Mind/Brain & Education

Cornell University: Undergraduate, Law, MA in Art History, PhD Visual Studies

Vanderbilt: Undergraduate (ED), Peabody College of Education (MEd., EdD), PhDs

Georgetown University: College, Law, McCourt School of Public Policy, MA in Educational Transformation

American University: College, Law, PhD in Political Science / School of Public Affairs, MPP & MPA (Public Policy / Public Administration)

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