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College Admissions Consultant Jessie
Jessie
College Admissions Consultant

As an expert on all areas of the boarding/college prep/private/religious, college/university, and graduate school admissions application processes, I have been working with students and their families for over a decade now. During that time, I have helped manage over 5,000 student relationships, and enabled them to achieve their goals of gaining admission into some of the nation's most prestigious schools with scholarships. I am also a member of the National Association for College Admission Counseling, and very actively involved in an array of educational and professional activities on the national level.

My most popular services include: personalized admissions strategies, career education, school selection, writing advice, interviewing techniques, campus visits, presentation skills, resume strategy, portfolio packaging, course planning, test taking tips, and scholarships. I also sub-specialize in athletic recruitment and high profile clients. My program areas of expertise include: business, international relations, diplomacy, government, classics, languages, sciences, marketing, communications, film, theatre, education, pre-professional tracking, psychology, engineering, music, and combined undergraduate/graduate degree programs.

The most popular and frequented colleges/universities that my students have gained admission to over the years are: Penn, Cornell, Columbia, Princeton, Duke, Dartmouth, Washington University, Georgetown, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, UVA, Boston University, NYU, Fordham, Northwestern, Boston College, Northeastern, Loyola, Emory, Carnegie Mellon, Tufts, SMU, Baylor, Drexel, Michigan, Maryland, Delaware, Amherst, Bryant, Fairfield, Hawaii-Manoa, Notre Dame, Ohio State, University of Pittsburgh, University of Florida, American, Arizona State, University of Arizona, George Washington, New School, CUNY, SUNY, University of California, Pepperdine, Colgate, University of Miami, and Syracuse.

Some of the many elite schools my students have gained admission into recently include: Dalton, Birch Wathen Lenox, Nightingale-Bamford, Chapin, Brearley, Dwight, Collegiate, UNIS, Buckley-NY/CA, Spence, Friends Seminary, Columbia Grammar Prep, Loyola, Calhoun, LREI, Regis, Marymount, Packer, Poly Prep, Hackley, Rye Country, Friends Academy, Buckley Country, Groton, Andover, Exeter, Hotchkiss, Deerfield, Pine Crest, Gulliver Prep, Harvard-Westlake, Brentwood, Iolani, Punahou, and Hawaii Preparatory Academy.

As an admissions consultant, it's very satisfying to work with students through word of mouth referrals. Being in a position to coach these students on how to write, speak, and think outside the box, as well as "market" themselves with confidence and ease, is rewarding. As a campaign marketing manager for admission, my primary goals are to make the process as stress-free as possible, be your biggest enthusiast, and work one on one with individuals to achieve all of their goals in finding the "perfect fit" school.

I am a graduate of Buckley Country Day School, and an alumnus of Washington University. Here, I received the esteemed, academic based Harold and Erica Mann Ramis Scholarship, and was named an Arts & Sciences Scholar. In addition to writing and editing application materials for Wash.U, I served as an ambassador, tour guide, admissions application reviewer, and interviewer. Since graduating, I continue to serve my alma maters in the local NYC/LI area. Outside of Kaplan, I maintain a private advisory practice. I am also a published author and professional lecturer.