Admissions Consultants
We compared 456 admissions consultants using their public profiles. Besides their main focus, the most common focus areas are college admissions, college essays, financial aid and scholarships and international students. They most often work with students, parents and professionals. Most charge $69 to $129 per hour or session.
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Abigail Hagan
Abigail Hagan scored 331 on the GRE and was admitted to Harvard's 2+2 deferred MBA program. She works on PwC's AI Strategy team and has coached 100+ clients into PhD, master's and undergraduate programs.
Amanda Wirtz
Amanda Wirtz was Director of Admissions at the University of Redlands School of Education and recruited for the Claremont Colleges. She also worked at Google HR and Kaplan, co-authored a Kaplan writing textbook, and has logged over 47,000 minutes coached.
Jodi Walder
Jodi Walder founded College Admission Coach and has helped more than 1,000 students since 2005, following earlier careers as an English teacher, advertising sales rep, and magazine editor; she also reads applications for a highly selective East Coast college.
Pamela
Pamela is a former Bain consultant in Bangkok and Strategy& London consultant with an LBS MBA. She has helped 100+ candidates get offers at MBB and MBA programs and worked with 300+ on CVs. She covers consulting recruiting and MBA positioning.
Sharmon Goodman
Sharmon Goodman has over 20 years of college counseling experience as Director of a College Access Program at a Southern California nonprofit, chairs a regional college access network's Steering Committee, and sits on the Bates College Advisory Board.
Virginia Blackwell
Virginia Blackwell has been an Independent Educational Consultant since 2001, after directing and associate-directing admissions at Hollins University in the 1980s and interning in Harvard's scholarship office.
Abby Troy
Abby Troy is a Kellogg MBA and Yale graduate who worked at American Express before business school. She reports 19 M7 client admits and helps MBA applicants with strategy, essays and interviews.
Abigail Lind
Abigail Lind grew up in San Diego, studied at Harvard and earned an MFA in creative writing. She has 13 years in college admissions consulting, with deep knowledge of Stanford and UC applications, and works independently.
Adam B
Adam B spent seven years at Citi before attending London Business School as a Merit Scholar, and now works in post-merger integration at Accenture. He coaches MBA applicants and finance and consulting candidates, with particular experience helping international applicants and women from the Gulf.
Ade Dedeke
Ade Dedeke earned a full-ride Columbia MBA on a third application attempt after years as a management consultant. She coaches applicants on essays, interviews and waitlist strategy.
Afton Kuebitz
Afton Kuebitz has nearly two decades of writing and editing experience and has coached seniors at College Essay Builder since 2023. Her students have been admitted to BYU, Oxford and several UC schools.
Ahab Chopra
Ahab Chopra has over eight years in college admissions counseling and taught at Harvard, including CS50. He founded the nonprofit Blue Talks and leads operations for the 988 Lifeline chat and text service.
Akin Obiri
Akin Obiri was Director of Masters Admissions at Carnegie Mellon Tepper and has reviewed over 4,000 applications in 10+ years. He coaches MBA applicants.
Alissa Orlando
Alissa Orlando was rejected by Stanford GSB one year and admitted the next, and she now coaches MBA reapplicants and nontraditional candidates. Before this she worked at McKinsey, ran operations at Rocket Internet and Uber, and co-produced Broadway shows including a Tony winner. She has worked with 10+ MBA clients.
Allie O'Shea
Allie O'Shea spent nearly a decade at Deloitte Consulting before earning an MBA at Harvard Business School, where she co-founded an impact investing fund. She now leads Product and Marketing at a fintech startup and coaches on MBA applications, career transitions, and management consulting.
Altagracia Evangelista Cuevas Arthur
Altagracia Evangelista Cuevas Arthur has over a decade in higher education and career advising, including a Career Advisor role at IE University and eight years as Academic Coordinator at the University of Barcelona. She says she has guided 100+ students on academic and professional paths.
Aman Khurana
Aman Khurana is Director of Product at Galaxy Digital with 15+ years in fintech. He led a 50+ person product and engineering team at Ripple and earned a Duke Fuqua MBA with a merit scholarship, and he coaches on product roles and MBA admissions.
Amanda Thomsen
Amanda Thomsen was admitted to every MBA program she applied to, including Stanford GSB and HBS, and chose Stanford. A former non-target school applicant from Arkansas with a startup and product management background, she has worked with 30+ MBA clients.
Ambar Sinha
Ambar Sinha is a mechanical engineer who worked in engineering consulting, India's Smart Cities Mission, and Amazon before and after an IESE MBA. He coaches MBA applicants and post-MBA professionals targeting consulting, big tech, or regional moves.
Amber Ashley James
Amber Ashley James holds a Harvard JD/MBA and worked two years in M&A at Morgan Stanley. She has helped clients get into Harvard Law, HBS, Stanford GSB, and Ross, and now runs a wine and hospitality business in Cape Town.
Amelia Chan
Amelia Chan is a former investment banker turned educator who homeschooled her own children into selective universities. She has 60+ college clients and specializes in homeschooled and nontraditional students, including transcript and school profile preparation.
Amie Nguyen
Amie Nguyen is a first-generation student at Harvard Law School who spent three years at McKinsey and worked in private equity at Macquarie. She co-founded the nonprofit Emboldly for early-career women and coaches on law school applications.
Amin Bagheri
Amin Bagheri is a practicing pediatric dentist and former Residency Program Director at UCLA with a UCSF DDS. He says he has guided 100+ applicants and offers full application packages for dental school.
Amit Shingare
Amit Shingare is a Duke Fuqua MBA who served as an admissions ambassador and worked in engineering and real estate operations. He offers a comprehensive Fuqua package and has 10+ MBA clients.
Amrit Hassaram
Amrit Hassaram coached 250+ students at Chicago Booth on consulting and pivots and founded AmritAdmit, which says it has helped 300+ candidates and won $10M+ in scholarships. He has switched industries and countries multiple times and worked at McKinsey.
Amy Hazen
Amy Hazen spent 12 years at Wharton, including interviewing applicants and sitting in admissions committee meetings, after five years as a newspaper journalist. She has 100+ MBA clients and ranks in the top 10 percent of MBA experts on Leland.
Andrea Bryan
Andrea Bryan holds a Rice Jones MBA, has admissions experience at Rice, and is CAO at Race Rock in Houston. She has coached for over 10 years and has edited hundreds of resumes and essays.
Andrea Santambrogio
Andrea Santambrogio is a BCG consultant with a Bocconi and Columbia MBA who has prepared 400+ students. His median GMAT Focus student score is 665, and he also coaches MBA admissions and MBB interviews.
Andrew Ghadimi
Andrew Ghadimi runs Predenting and has helped 500+ pre-dental students, with an average of about 4 acceptances each. He sits on the AADSAS Advisory Board and worked with the American Dental Education Association.
Beverly Brutzkus
Beverly Brutzkus runs Conejo College Consulting and started her private practice in 2018 after volunteering at Agoura High School, also serving as a college counselor at Synergy Academics and scoring scholarship essays for UCLA Alumni and UC Davis programs.
Chris Kim
Chris Kim co-founded Excellerate Learning Studio and has worked as an independent educational consultant for 3 years, after nearly two decades in curriculum design and youth leadership development, including over 15 years as a youth pastor.
Claire Mangrum
Claire Mangrum runs Bright Futures Consulting after 5 years as Assistant Director of Admission at St. Edward's University and time with the El Nomad gap year program in Ecuador. She uses the Birkman Assessment as part of her college and career consulting.
Ellen Kuppersmith
Ellen Kuppersmith runs College Kupp in Los Angeles and has 18 years of experience in college advising, starting at LACES magnet school before launching her own practice in 2019 and serving as HECA College Fair Co-Chair from 2019 to 2023.
Eric Delehoy
Eric Delehoy runs Delehoy College Counseling and served as President of the Higher Education Consultants Association from 2014 to 2015, after admissions roles at Colorado State University and Franklin College Switzerland.
Jackie Postelnick
Jackie Postelnick founded Conscious College Planning in 2022 after starting as a Financial Aid Advisor in 2012 and working with a private college planning firm since 2015, and has helped more than 800 students get into best-fit colleges.
Jerry Daniels
Jerry Daniels runs Daniels Educational Consulting. He previously taught agriculture science in Fort Bend ISD for 10 years, was named the district's secondary teacher of the year in 1996, and worked as a student advisor and lecturer at Texas A&M University before spending 16 years helping students with college admissions.
Jodi Glou
Jodi Glou, M.A., founded Custom College Consulting after more than 25 years as an educator, including teaching English composition at Montgomery College and serving as full-time faculty at American University's School of Communication, where she co-authored The PR Style Guide. She specializes in working with students with learning differences and special talents including athletes and artists.
Jue Wang
Jue Wang runs Shanghai Edurizon Consulting, founded in 2018 after working in higher education consulting since 2008, focusing on developing Chinese students' reading and essay skills; her students have been admitted to schools including Harvard, Columbia, and Oxford.
Kat Clowes
Kat Clowes runs March Consulting, providing college admissions and career guidance. She previously advised transfer students in the theatre department at Bakersfield College and wrote the book Put College to Work.
Kimberly Kim Chorosiewski
Kimberly Kim Chorosiewski chairs the Athletic Recruiting College Planning focus area at McMillan Education. She spent 25 years as an educator, coach, and administrator, including as Athletic Director at The Fay School and Garrison Forest School, before moving into college consulting leadership.
Lorraine Serra
Lorraine Serra founded Portfolio College Counseling, working for 17 years with visual arts, design, and architecture students on both US and international admissions. She also consults for other independent educational consultants and volunteers as a College Coach for College Summit.
Miller Liberatore
Miller Liberatore runs MillerCAC, specializing in theatre admissions and LGBTQIA+ students, drawing on degrees in sociology and theatre directing from Barnard College of Columbia University and a certification from UC Berkeley. They also sit on HECA's DEI committee and the board of Campus Q, a nonprofit for LGBTQIA+ college applicants.
Nita June
Nita June, founder of Nita June: Educational Consultant, taught high school English, literature, and theater for nearly a decade before moving into college counseling in 2012. She holds an Independent Educational Consultant Certification from UC Irvine, became a full HECA member in 2018, and specializes in visual arts portfolio guidance and performing arts audition coaching.
Patty LeCompte
Patty LeCompte runs LeCompte College Prep, delivering virtual college advising services nationwide. She had a long career as a classroom teacher in Pennsylvania and New York, was named PA Career & Technical Teacher of the Year, and completed her IEC certification at UC Irvine.
Robyn Johnson
Robyn Johnson spent nearly a decade at The Walker School, rising from College Counseling Coordinator to Associate Director of College Counseling, and has personally visited over 200 colleges and worked with over 1,000 students and families as an independent college counselor.
Sarah DeVore
Sarah DeVore brings 20 years in education to her college consulting practice, including experience as Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions at a private liberal arts college, a UC external application reader, and a high school counselor.
Steven Antonoff
Steven Antonoff runs Antonoff Associates, Inc. Over nearly 40 years as an independent educational consultant, he has worked with more than 3,800 students and previously served as Dean of Admission and Financial Aid at the University of Denver.
Timothy O'Hair
Timothy O'Hair, a longtime entertainment executive and film school instructor, combines a Dartmouth and Columbia MBA background with a UCLA college counseling certificate and British Council UCAS training to help students apply to US, UK, and international film schools using narrative techniques from his twenty years in the film business.
Aditya Shah
Aditya Shah is a non-traditional MD candidate who serves on the Central Michigan University admissions committee and evaluates interviews. He coaches medical school applicants on AMCAS, MMI and waitlists.
Adwoa Boateng
Adwoa Boateng is a first-generation graduate who spent five years in international development oversight and foreign policy. She has helped over five applicants gain admission to Wharton with scholarships of 25% to full tuition.
Allie Kronthal
Allie Kronthal holds a Wharton MBA and Harvard Kennedy School MPA and has 74 reviews on Leland. Her own background spans Goldman Sachs, BCG, Omidyar Network, and the Rockefeller University Endowment. She coaches MBA applicants to schools such as HBS, Stanford GSB, and Wharton, and interviews alumni applicants for Penn.
Alyssa Toh
Alyssa Toh landed a full-time Associate Consultant role at Bain New York without prior consulting internships, and was the only one from her university to do so that year. She coaches consulting case and fit interviews, and MBA applicants targeting M7 and top-15 programs.
Amy Duckworth
Amy Duckworth was Director of Admissions at Imperial College Business School and earlier Head of MBA Recruitment and Admissions at Cambridge Judge. She coaches MBA applicants and offers practice interviews and application packages.
Amy Greenstein
Amy Greenstein has over two decades in higher education enrollment and teaches as an adjunct professor at NYU. She coaches first-generation applicants on college, graduate, and nursing school admissions.
April Paris-Joseph
April Paris-Joseph runs Paris Educational Solutions and holds a Certificate in College Counseling with Distinction from UCLA. Her class of 2022 students earned rostered spots on D1, D3, or NAIA athletic teams and were admitted to over 50 colleges with more than $2 million in combined merit aid.
Beth Coyle
Beth Coyle runs Coyle College Advising in the Walnut Creek, California area after more than 20 years of classroom teaching, currently guiding 15 seniors along with pro-bono, low-income clients and transfer students.
Darius F.
Darius is an ML PhD student and researcher at Meta FAIR, jointly with UCL, and a former software engineer at Google, Amazon, and JPMorgan. He studied at Cambridge and Manchester and also helps with Cambridge MPhil applications and interviews.
Dave Morris
Dave Morris founded College Athletic Advisor, using his 5A College Search Model to align students' athletic and academic profiles. He coached at the NCAA Division I, II, and III levels as well as NAIA and NJCAA, and holds a master's degree from Frostburg State University.
Ellen Chao
Ellen Chao runs South Bay Educational Consultants, founded in 2015, after an early career as an investment banking analyst and an MBA from NYU Stern; as a parent of two recruited athletes, she brings added expertise in athletic recruiting and financial aid.
Emmeline Chen
Emmeline Chen runs College Perspective. She spent more than 20 years as a professional writer and editor and holds a PhD in Social Psychology from NYU, and served as an alumni interviewer for Stanford before launching her consulting practice.
Hailee DeMott
Hailee DeMott is the owner of DeMott College and Education Consulting and a 2013 Fulbright Scholar who studied in Berlin and Strasbourg. She previously worked in higher education in student recruitment, admissions, and academic advising, and serves as the Las Vegas Community Coordinator for the Higher Education Consultants Association.
Hamid Arbab
Hamid Arbab was admitted to Harvard Law two years early through its Junior Deferral Program and is now a Marshall Scholar at Oxford. He has coached 60+ applicants across college, law and policy school admissions.
Janet Pacifico
Janet Pacifico spent 30 years as a public school counselor before serving 14 years as Director of College Counseling at an independent school. She has spent the last 10 years working with private college counseling clients at Coastal College Counseling.
Jean Nadell
Jean Nadell was a school-based college counselor at the Hackley School in Tarrytown, NY from 2006 to 2020, and has worked as a private counselor since 2018 and an admissions coach for Private Prep since 2020.
Julie Hanna
Julie Hanna runs Lakeside College Advisers, LLC with more than a decade of experience and currently works with 85 active students, focusing on high school, boarding school, and transfer applicants.
Katie Andersen
Katie Andersen founded College Fit after playing Women's Soccer at Duke University in the late 1980s and spending 15 years in the software industry across the U.S., the Netherlands, and Norway. She now specializes in guiding student-athletes through NCAA and NAIA recruiting and college applications.
Katie Thatcher
Katie Thatcher is a former corporate lawyer of more than 20 years who founded ThriveAdmission in December 2016. She focuses on high-achieving students applying to competitive liberal arts colleges and mentors first-generation students at Newton North High School.
Kim Anderson
Kim Anderson founded Spotlight College Advising after 3.5 years at Partners For Achievement, where she led student workshops on resumes and paying for college and oversaw the firm's essay program. Her comprehensive package runs 35 to 45 hours across 12 to 15 meetings.
Kristen Borsetti
Kristen Borsetti founded College Alchemist and works with international families on US and global college admissions. She spent 30 years in management consulting, moving from technology into diversity, equity, and inclusion work, and is a dual US-Italian national who has lived in Singapore for much of her career.
Liz Murphy
Liz Murphy runs Liz Murphy College Advising. She is a Certified Educational Planner and a graduate of UC Berkeley's College Counseling program with over 12 years of experience, and previously served as a Peace Corps teacher in Kenya.
Malesia Fuller
Malesia Fuller founded College Primed after a 20-year sales and marketing career at IBM, followed by 16 years volunteering at St. Catherine's School in Richmond and recruiting for her alma mater, Spelman College. She began college consulting in 2014 by mentoring QuestBridge students before completing certificate programs at UCSD and Columbia's Teachers College.
Matt McGee
Matt McGee founded MRM Education in 2020 after nearly 15 years working as a private tutor and admissions counselor. The practice supports late middle school through high school students, including athletes and homeschooled and neurodivergent students, and has placed students at multiple Ivy+ universities and top UC schools.
Nagla Orlando
Nagla Orlando spent 25 years as a California credentialed science teacher before founding Knowledge Worx 4 College. In 2022 she earned the Certified Educational Planner designation from AICEP, one of only 254 nationwide and 35 in California to hold it.
Nichole Clark
Nichole Clark runs LIFEmaps, combining life coaching with college admissions and career development for high school and community college students. She spent three years teaching overseas, including as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kiribati, is adjunct faculty at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco helping artists apply to art school, and has mentored AmeriCorps Health Corps volunteers through medical school applications.
Robin Johnson
Robin Johnson began volunteering in Cleveland High School's College and Career Center in September 2013 and completed the UCLA College Counseling Certificate program with distinction. She visits more than 25 colleges a year and is certified to administer the Strong Interest Inventory.
Rose Opengart
Rose Opengart offers college and graduate admissions guidance, including essay-only help. She has worked in higher education since 2001, earned a PhD in Adult Education and Human Resource Development in 2003, and was a college professor before becoming an independent educational consultant.
Shellee Howard
Shellee Howard is the founder of College Ready and author of "How to send your student to college without losing your mind or your money." She has been featured on Fox, CBS, and NBC and runs a structured, multi-year program for middle and high school students.
Abby Bittler
Abby Bittler runs Optima Educational College Planning and Coaching and has been an independent educational consultant since 2014, specializing in learning-different students including those with ADHD and dyslexia, after training at the Hill Learning Center, Landmark College, and Beacon College.
Ashley McNaughton
Ashley McNaughton runs ACM College Consulting, drawing on 10 years as an international educator working with students from Europe, the UAE, and Asia, and also volunteers as a virtual coach for the nonprofit Scholarmatch.
Brian Swan
Brian Swan runs Greatland College Consulting in Anchorage, Alaska, working with transfer students and pharmacy college applicants. He wrote the book The Savvy Guide to the 4-Year WUE Colleges.
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| Coach | Focus | Works with | Based in | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abigail Hagan | Grad school and PhD and MBA admissions | Students and Professionals | Not published | |
| Amanda Wirtz | College admissions and Grad school and PhD | Students | Not published | |
| Jodi Walder | College essays | Students | Oregon, United States | Not published |
| Pamela | MBA admissions | Professionals | Not published | |
| Sharmon Goodman | College admissions | Students | Los Angeles, California, United States | Not published |
| Virginia Blackwell | College admissions and College essays | Students and Parents | Not published | |
| Abby Troy | MBA admissions and Ivy League and top schools | Students | $129 per hour | |
| Abigail Lind | College admissions and College essays | Students | Not published | |
| Adam B | MBA admissions and Financial aid and scholarships | Students and Professionals | London, United Kingdom | Not published |
| Ade Dedeke | MBA admissions and Financial aid and scholarships | Students | $65 per hour | |
| Afton Kuebitz | College admissions and College essays | Students and Teens | Not published | |
| Ahab Chopra | College admissions and Ivy League and top schools | Students and Parents | Not published | |
| Akin Obiri | MBA admissions and Law school admissions | Students | $129 per hour | |
| Alissa Orlando | MBA admissions and Ivy League and top schools | Professionals | $185 per hour | |
| Allie O'Shea | MBA admissions | Not published |
Common questions
How much does an admissions consultant cost?
Based on 14 admissions consultants who publish their rates, the middle half charge $69 to $129 per hour or session, and the typical rate is $129.
What else do these admissions consultants help with?
Common focus areas include college admissions, college essays, financial aid and scholarships and international students.
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