Admissions Consultants
Compare 2,336 admissions consultants. Besides their main focus, the most common focus areas are college admissions, college essays, ivy league and top schools and financial aid and scholarships. They most often work with students, parents and professionals. Most charge $69 to $150 per hour or session.
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Grad School Road Map
Grad School Road Map is a graduate school admissions coaching practice. It helps applicants to MBA, law, medical, master's and doctoral programs across all fields. The team includes former deans and directors of admissions at Columbia, Northwestern and University of Chicago. In 18 years, it has worked with just over 1150 applicants. It also speaks on campuses and has written a book on the application process from start to finish.
Ahab Chopra
Ahab Chopra is a college admissions counselor who works with students and their families. He has more than eight years of admissions experience, plus a decade of teaching and six years of research. His students have gained admission to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Williams and Swarthmore. He taught courses at Harvard, including CS50, and founded a non-profit for adolescent mental health. He also led operations for the 988 Lifeline chat and text service.
Akin Obiri
Akin Obiri is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants build strong business school applications. He spent over 10 years in graduate admissions and was Director of Masters Admissions and Recruitment at Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business. He has reviewed over 4,000 applications and read 300 to 400 per cycle. He has also conducted evaluative interviews and served on an admissions committee. His career focused on MBA and JD admissions.
Cyndy McDonald
Cyndy McDonald is a college admissions counselor in Visalia, California. She helps students and parents plan and prepare for college. She is a credentialed school counselor who has worked at the high school and middle school levels. She holds leadership roles in WACAC and founded HECA. She also runs The College Counselor's Coach, where she helps other college counselors grow their practices. She hosts a free Zoom series called Friday Forums.
Genevieve Morgan
Genevieve Morgan is an independent college counselor who helps students and their parents through the college application process. She has over 30 years in education, working on the college side, in high schools and in admissions. She specializes in UC and CSU applications. She has read applications for Northeastern University and Reed College. She also serves on the board of the Higher Education Consultants Association. Her work is high-touch, with support at every step.
Lorraine Serra
Lorraine Serra is the founder and managing director of Portfolio College Counseling. She guides art, design and architecture students through college and graduate admissions. She has worked with these students for 17 years. Her clients include U.S. and international students, and transfer students. She helps them build a portfolio that stands out. She has also consulted for other educational consultants and coached as a volunteer with College Summit.
Robert Piazza
Robert Piazza is a college admissions coach who helps students with essays and application strategy. He spent two decades writing and editing for large newspapers and magazines, and he has published personal essays. He has taught at two colleges and logged more than 1,500 coaching hours. His students have gained acceptance to Yale, Berkeley, Duke, Rice, Georgetown, and the US Naval Academy, among other schools.
Sabrina Fathi
Sabrina Fathi is an MBA admissions consultant. She helps applicants with non-linear paths, global backgrounds, or careers in transition. She earned her MBA at Wharton and served as an Admissions Fellow, so she has reviewed candidates from the evaluation side. Before business school she moved from investment management into tech startups, and she worked at Nike. She takes a small number of clients each cycle and has 40+ M7 admits.
Sowa Imoisili
Sowa Imoisili is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants build strong applications for top business programs. Sowa graduated from Stanford's business school and served as Student Body Co-President there. Before that, Sowa worked as a teacher and a management consultant. Clients have come from the US, Hong Kong, China, and Singapore. Sowa has also coached undergraduate applicants in the US, Canada, China, and Singapore. Sessions focus on telling each applicant's true story.
Spencer Shih
Spencer Shih is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants choose schools and tell their story based on career goals. He is a Navy veteran who used a full-time MBA to move into marketing. He has worked with more than 60 MBA clients and has coached full-time MBA students on recruiting for over 5 years. He starts by asking what career you want after the MBA and what experience you want during the two years.
Tanya Keeney
Tanya Keeney is an independent college admissions consultant and the founder of College Pragmatics LLC in Massachusetts. She helps students and their parents plan the college search and application process. She is a licensed school counselor with 25+ years in higher education. She has helped over 1,000 students and has visited over 200 colleges. She uses a family systems counseling approach that includes both students and parents.
Tomilola Abiodun
Tomilola Abiodun is an MBA admissions consultant who helps international and domestic students with admissions, scholarships, and careers. She founded TitanR Consulting. In seven years she has helped 500+ students get into their target programs and secured more than $35M in scholarships for them. She has also supported 350+ career placements. She went through the process herself as an international student and earned her MBA at Fisher College of Business in 2019.
Abby Bittler
Abby Bittler is a college admissions consultant who helps students plan for college and move into it successfully. She works with students in regular education and with students who learn differently, including those with ADHD or dyslexia. She started as an independent educational consultant in 2014. Before that she was a teacher, tutor and academic coach. She focuses on colleges in the Southeast, including public and private schools with moderately selective admissions.
Abby Friedman
Abby Friedman is an independent educational consultant in Berkeley, California. She helps students and parents plan for college and apply. She is a Certified Educational Planner and a lifelong educator. Her work covers US colleges and also programs in the EU, UK and Canada. She pays close attention to fit, including academic, social and financial fit. She holds a master's in education and a UC Berkeley certificate in college admissions and career planning.
Abby Siegel
Abby Siegel is an independent college admissions consultant in New York City. She helps students and their parents plan for college and finish applications. She has more than 24 years of experience in top public and private schools. She started her own practice in 2006 after years as a school counselor. She has visited hundreds of campuses across the country. Her work covers college lists, essays, financial aid, and scholarships.
Abby Troy
Abby Troy is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants with strategy, essays and interviews. She holds a Kellogg MBA and a Yale BA. Before business school she worked at American Express as a product marketing manager and product manager. She has worked with more than 30 MBA clients, including 19 who got into M7 schools. Her admits include 10 at Kellogg, 5 at Columbia and 4 at Yale SOM. She has coached for 13,031 minutes.
Abel Geleta
Abel Geleta is a college admissions counselor who helps students with applications, essays, interviews and strategy. He holds a Yale BA and is now earning an MPH at the Yale School of Public Health. He works as a First Year Advisor and has been a writing instructor at Yale. He also worked in investment banking at Baird and in strategy consulting. He has coached 18 students.
Abigail Hagan
Abigail Hagan is an admissions consultant who helps students get into PhD, MBA, master's and undergraduate programs. She has coached 100+ clients into top STEM PhD, master's and undergraduate programs, including MD/PhD and dual-degree paths. She also helps early-career professionals land roles at firms like Amazon, BCG and Morgan Stanley. She works on PwC's AI Strategy team under the Chief AI Officer and scored 331 on the GRE.
Abigail Lind
Abigail Lind is a college admissions consultant who helps students build applications that tell a clear story. She has 13 years of experience and has helped over 600 students get into top colleges. She started out tutoring in California, where she learned the Stanford and UC applications well. She holds an MFA in creative writing, which shapes her story-driven approach. She left larger agencies to offer custom plans and unlimited support.
Abigail Simkus
Abigail Simkus is an independent college admissions consultant who helps high school, transfer and returning students plan for college. She founded The College Connection in 2008 and works from Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania. Her team has helped over 400 students prepare for college. Most clients come from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. She also works online with students outside the region and with international students applying to U.S. colleges.
Adam Hoff
Adam Hoff is a college admissions coach who helps students and families with applications, essays, and interviews. He ran the admissions committee for Seaver College at Pepperdine and later led MBA admissions consulting at Veritas Prep. He also co-owned an MBA practice that helped hundreds of candidates get into top business schools. He co-founded the podcast studio Campside Media and has written screenplays. He has coached over 100 college clients.
Ade Dedeke
Ade Dedeke is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants tell clear, personal stories. Ade graduated from Columbia Business School with a full ride scholarship for both years, after getting into multiple top 20 programs. Ade worked as a management consultant and is also a founder. Ade has helped more than 10 MBA clients across the U.S. with essays, resumes, interviews and waitlist strategy.
Aditi Singh
Aditi Singh is an MBA admissions consultant who helps people apply to business school. She is a Stanford MBA graduate and served as an MBA Admissions Ambassador there. Before Stanford, she worked in strategy, operations, venture capital and international business. She led expansion into APAC and Middle East markets at Teachmint. She has guided 18 clients through their MBA applications and also helps with interview prep and career transitions.
Aditya Shah
Aditya Shah is a medical school admissions consultant who helps applicants get into medical school. He is a current MD candidate at CMU School of Medicine and sits on its Admissions Committee. He also evaluates Multiple Mini Interviews and traditional interviews. He reviews applications, coaches interviews, and guides waitlist strategy.
AdmissionSight
AdmissionSight is an admissions consulting firm that helps students and parents apply to Ivy League and other top universities. The team covers college, transfer, graduate and MBA applications. Founder Eric Eng has over 15 years of experience and graduated from Princeton. He works one-on-one with only 15 students per year. Senior consultants include graduates of Harvard, Stanford and Carnegie Mellon. Services also include essay editing, extracurricular planning and test tutoring.
Admissionado
Admissionado is an admissions consulting firm for college, MBA, law and medical school applicants. Two Brown University classmates started it in 2007, and it now has a team of 60+ consultants. The firm has reviewed over 40,000 applications. Every client works with a lead consultant on strategy and a separate essay specialist on writing. The firm does not pre-qualify clients, so it takes applicants with lower stats or unusual backgrounds.
Admit Expert
Admit Expert is an MBA admissions consulting company that helps applicants get into top global business schools. Clients apply to schools such as Harvard, INSEAD, ISB, LBS and NUS. Every client works with a lead consultant, school mentors and a quality assurance manager. The team includes former admissions committee members and business school alumni. Admit Expert holds a 5.0 rating on GMAT Club from more than 120 verified reviews.
Adrienne Frumberg
Adrienne Frumberg is an independent educational consultant who helps students and parents with college admissions. She runs Lighthouse Guidance in New Milford, Connecticut. She has spent 18 years helping clients reach opportunities that were otherwise out of reach. She worked as a school counselor at three schools and built the guidance program at Aaron School from the ground up. She also co-founded a social skills program for students with special needs and learning disabilities.
Adrienne Spraggins
Adrienne Spraggins is a college admissions consultant in Nashville, Tennessee. She helps students and their parents with the college search, applications, and final decisions. She used to be an admissions officer at Vanderbilt University, where she reviewed over 6,400 applications for admission and scholarship. She has guided more than 700 students. Her work covers athletes, arts students, students with learning differences, and students who want to study abroad.
Adwoa Boateng
Adwoa Boateng is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants get into Wharton and other top 10 programs. She is a former U.S. government professional with five years in international development oversight and foreign policy. In the last two years, she helped over five applicants win Wharton admission, with funding from 25% to full tuition. Her focus is storytelling. She helps clients show how an MBA fits their personal and professional goals.
Afton Kuebitz
Afton Kuebitz is a college admissions and essay coach who helps high school seniors through the application process. Afton has nearly two decades of writing and editing experience. Students have gained admission to BYU, the University of Oxford, UC Santa Cruz, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and San Diego State University. Afton offers a free BYU essay review with a Common App essay review package.
Alan Sheptin
Alan Sheptin is an independent educational consultant who helps students and parents with college admissions. He runs Sheptin Tutoring Group in Chappaqua, New York. He has toured over 200 campuses worldwide and knows admissions directors at many schools. His team also offers tutoring and test prep from middle school through graduate school. Sessions run by Zoom or in person, with private or small group options.
Albert Choi
Albert Choi is an admissions consultant who helps students and professionals apply to MBA programs, colleges and other graduate schools. He has coached for nearly two decades, starting with tutoring at age 15. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and worked in strategy consulting at Deloitte. His clients have been admitted to schools such as Harvard, Stanford GSB, Yale Law and Princeton. He keeps his client roster small.
Alec Emmert
Alec Emmert coaches people who want into top MBA programs and elite consulting firms. He works with applicants from non-traditional backgrounds. He was admitted to Wharton at age 35 with a 2.85 undergraduate GPA. He then joined McKinsey & Company as an Associate and worked in its Private Equity practice. He also led Service to School, a nonprofit that helps veterans get into top universities, and wrote a book on MBA success for veterans.
Alex Bastoky
Alex Bastoky is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants build strong stories for top business schools. He holds an HBS MBA and is a former Bain consultant, Fulbright Scholar and West Point graduate. His own HBS essay was printed in the book "50 Successful Harvard Application Essays." He scored a perfect GRE Verbal and adds test help to his coaching. His clients have won offers from Stanford GSB, HBS, Wharton, Kellogg, Haas and Fuqua.
Alex Clark
Alex Clark is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants build strong applications for top business schools. Alex is a Stanford GSB graduate, a former U.S. Army Infantry Officer and a former Strategy Consultant at Boston Consulting Group. Alex also served as a TALK Coach at Stanford. Alex has worked with more than 10 MBA clients on strategy, essays and personal stories, with a focus on applicants from non-traditional paths.
Alex L
Alex L is a college admissions counselor who also coaches professionals on resumes and interviews. He has been an alumni undergraduate candidate interviewer for Stanford. He advises students on choosing top programs, building an admission strategy and writing essays. Before coaching, he worked in hi-tech in product management, marketing and business development. He holds an MBA from Stanford Business School. He also co-founded a STEM tutoring startup for high school students.
Alex Leventhal
Alex Leventhal runs Prep MBA, an admissions consultancy for people applying to MBA programs, law schools and other graduate programs. Alex has worked with hundreds of US and international applicants, in person and by video. Alex stays a boutique firm, so clients work with Alex directly and not with a junior consultant. Poets & Quants added Alex to its MBA Consultant Hall of Fame in 2021. Alex has more than 19 years of experience.
Alex MacArthur
Alex MacArthur is a college admissions counselor who helps students apply to top schools. Alex was admitted to Princeton and nearly every other school applied to in the regular decision round. Alex taught the process to himself by reading everything on admissions and essay writing and by talking with dozens of Ivy League students. Alex is also a working journalist and a peer-reviewed academic, and uses storytelling skills to bring out what makes each student unique.
Alex Reznik
Alex Reznik is a medical school admissions coach who helps pre-med students, medical students and residency applicants. Alex is a current MD/PhD student at the University of Miami School of Medicine and also does research at Baptist Health. Alex has coached more than 50 applicants and has 60+ medical school clients on the profile. Clients have gained spots at schools such as the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Pittsburgh and USC. Alex also coaches MD/PhD program (MSTP) applicants.
Alex Trombetta
Alex Trombetta is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants get into business school. Alex studied at Berkeley Haas and has insider knowledge of the Haas admissions committee. Alex also works as a Principal at INITIATE, a healthcare and life sciences company creation platform, and as a Venture Partner at Courtyard Ventures.
Alex Valenzuela
Alex Valenzuela is a USMLE tutor who helps medical students prepare for Step 1, Step 2 CK, shelf exams and clinical rotations. Alex earned an MD from UCLA and completed a general surgery intern year at Weill Cornell. Alex scored a 258 on Step 2 CK and has worked with more than 60 USMLE clients. Sessions use UWorld and NBME-style questions to build clear frameworks for clinical vignettes.
Alex Weinberger
Alex Weinberger is a dental school admissions consultant who helps students apply to dental programs. Alex is a fourth year student at Harvard School of Dental Medicine and sat on the school's admissions committee this past cycle. Alex started coaching dental admissions in 2022 and also worked as a tutor with Cambridge Coaching and a consultant with Inspira Advantage. Alex has an undergraduate background from UCLA and just finished the residency application cycle.
Alexander Cheng
Alexander Cheng is a scholarships and fellowships advisor who helps candidates from non-traditional backgrounds build strong applications. He is a social impact consultant and a former consultant at L.E.K. Consulting. He was selected as a Schwarzman Scholar from a pool of more than 5,800 applicants. He also founded a not-for-profit that supports diverse professionals in Australia. His coaching focuses on turning lived experience into clear, honest stories that selection committees trust.
Alexandra Eitel
Alexandra Eitel is an MBA admissions consultant who helps candidates plan and write strong business school applications. She is a first year student at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Before that, she worked at Creative Artists Agency and helped start YouTube's Public Figures business. She was admitted to Stanford GSB, Columbia, INSEAD, MIT Sloan, Berkeley and UCLA. She focuses on school selection, essays and interviews.
Alexandra Matthews
Alexandra Matthews is a college admissions counselor who runs College Odyssey in Mill Valley, California. She helps high school students find best-fit colleges and get in. She has worked as a life coach with teens for 20 years, focusing on anxiety and stress. She also taught writing at an Ivy League college and has interviewed applicants as an alumni interviewer for an Ivy League school. She works with clients across the country and abroad.
Alexia Godron
Alexia Godron is an admissions consultant who helps students with law school applications, college admissions and early career steps. She is a JD student at Columbia Law School and a Yale graduate. She worked three years as a litigation paralegal at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in New York City, then returned there as a summer associate. She also interviews applicants for Yale as a volunteer.
Alice Reid
Alice Reid is an MBA admissions consultant and consulting case coach. She helps people with MBA applications, interviews and consulting recruiting. Alice was accepted to Harvard Business School, Wharton, Booth and Kellogg, and won merit scholarships at all four. She enrolled at Harvard. She worked at Bain & Company and served as an official Bain interviewer for two years. She has coached and mentored for 6+ years.
Alice Shang
Alice Shang is an MBA admissions consultant who also coaches college applicants. She began her career in investment banking and growth equity, covering tech companies. She now works as a founder of a women's health startup. Her focus is story-telling. She helps clients build an application narrative that sounds like them. She has helped clients land spots at Harvard, Stanford, Wharton and MIT. She also helps with finance job recruiting.
Alice Zeng
Alice Zeng is a college admissions counselor who runs Polaris College Counseling in Redmond, Washington. She helps high school students and their parents plan for college and apply. Her practice reports more than 10 years of admissions experience. Her counselor team holds Ph.D. degrees and trained at UC Berkeley. Students have been accepted to 150+ unique colleges, including 8 Ivy League schools, Stanford, MIT, Caltech and Duke. She serves families in Greater Seattle and beyond.
Alicen Adams
Alicen Adams is a college admissions consultant who helps high school students and their families plan for college. She has worked in higher education since 2001, including residence life, academic support and transfer advising. She started her private practice in 2018. She keeps her caseload to 15 to 20 students per graduating class, and she visits more than 20 colleges each year.
Alicja Jahnke
Alicja Jahnke is a college admissions consultant in Milford, Michigan. He helps students and parents pick colleges and build strong applications. He runs ACE College Consultants with Lisa Acton. Alicja is a licensed teacher and school and college counselor with three master's degrees, in Music, Learning Disabilities and Counseling. The practice limits its number of clients and visits colleges in person. Students get a personalized list of best-fit schools and help with essays.
Alison Forbes
Alison Forbes is an independent college admissions consultant who helps students and parents plan the college search and application process. She founded Forbes College Consulting more than 20 years ago with a former Harvard Admissions Dean. She spends 20 percent of each year visiting colleges and meeting admissions staff. Her firm serves families worldwide, and 16 percent of its families are international.
Alissa Orlando
Alissa Orlando is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants tell their story clearly. She focuses on reapplicants, nontraditional candidates, and people changing careers. She was rejected by Stanford GSB one year and accepted the next. Before that, she worked at McKinsey and led operations at Rocket Internet and Uber. She has coached more than 10 MBA clients and also co-founded a Broadway production company.
Allen Koh
Allen Koh is the founder and CEO of Cardinal Education, an admissions consulting firm for private school, boarding school and college applicants. The firm has advised families for more than 20 years. It is a boutique practice with a team of consultants and tutors. It has offices in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York and Seattle. It reports a 98% top-three placement rate for its admissions clients.
Allie Kim
Allie Kim is a law school admissions consultant who also helps with MBA applications. She works with applicants who have finance, high-rigor, or non-traditional backgrounds. Allie applied to 13 T-14 law schools and was admitted to 7. She also earned a spot in Columbia's deferred MBA program. She spent nearly three years as a Public Finance Investment Banking Analyst at J.P. Morgan before starting at Harvard Law School.
Allie Kronthal
Allie Kronthal is an MBA admissions consultant who helps candidates build strong applications to top business schools. She has coached people from finance, private equity, consulting, healthcare, technology, real estate and impact investing. She also works as a writing coach and alumni interviewer for Penn. Her clients have gained admission to schools such as Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, Wharton, Chicago Booth, Kellogg, MIT Sloan, Columbia and Yale SOM.
Allison Grandits
Allison Grandits is an independent college admissions consultant who helps students and their parents find colleges and finish applications. She owns Grand Fit Educational Consulting. Before this work she was a public school counselor with a caseload of 400 students. She has visited 193 campuses in 21 states and helped students write over 1,200 essays. She works with each family herself and does not outsource the work.
Allison Henderson
Allison Henderson is an independent college counselor who helps students and parents with the college admissions process. She runs A+ College Consultants in the San Diego area of California. She has counseled over 1,000 clients across the country and abroad. Her work covers college search, applications, essays, deadlines, and merit-based aid. She also writes a blog with data-driven advice on admissions. She holds a college counseling certificate from UC San Diego.
Allison Matlack
Allison Matlack is an independent educational consultant who guides students and families through the school and college search and application process. She opened Matlack Educational Consulting in 2015, after 12 years as a consultant with AHP Educational Consulting. She began her career as an English teacher, dorm head and college counselor at Westtown School. She has served on the national board of IECA, the professional group for educational consultants.
Allyson Felix
Allyson Felix is a college admissions counselor who helps students and their parents plan for college and apply. She founded Rivertowns College Counseling to match each student with a best-fit school. Before counseling, she held senior marketing jobs at Tri-Star Pictures, Children's Television Workshop, King World and Dan Klores Communications. She graduated with distinction from the UCLA College Counseling program. Her work covers essays, interviews, college lists, testing plans and final school choice.
Allyson Weaver
Allyson Weaver is the Principal Consultant at Sage Educational Advisors in Washington, DC. She helps families find and apply to independent and private schools for students in grades PK to 12. Before starting Sage, she spent over two decades in independent school admissions. She directed admissions at Francis W. Parker School in Chicago and led both the Middle and Upper School divisions at Sidwell Friends School. She works with families in DC, Maryland, Virginia and across the country.
Amanda Hirko
Amanda Hirko is an independent educational consultant in San Diego, California. She helps students and parents with college admissions. She holds an M.Ed and is a Certified Educational Planner. She works with families from eighth grade through the senior year, and with college students who want to transfer. Her recent Class of 2026 students are heading to schools such as UC Berkeley, Indiana U, Virginia Tech, Boston U and Cal Poly SLO.
Amanda Reisman
Amanda Reisman is an admissions consultant who helps applicants get into dental school and dental residency. She is a current orthodontic resident at Columbia University and sits on the selection committee for her residency class. She earned her DMD with Honors at the University of Pennsylvania. She cofounded a pre-dental consulting service in 2021 and coached applicants there until 2024. She also helps with DAT and GRE prep.
Amanda Thomsen
Amanda Thomsen is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants with essays, interviews, resumes and application strategy. She focuses on deferred MBA applicants. She was admitted to every school she applied to, including Stanford GSB, Harvard HBS, MIT Sloan, UChicago Booth and Northwestern Kellogg. She chose Stanford GSB. She applied from a non-target school and has worked in startups, academic research and corporate product management. She has coached 30+ MBA clients.
Amanda Wirtz
Amanda Wirtz is a college admissions counselor who helps students get into college, graduate school and MBA programs. She spent years working on the school side of admissions as a director at the University of Redlands and a recruiter for the Claremont Colleges. Her students have gained entry to schools such as UCLA, Cornell, UPenn, Duke and BYU. She also worked at Google and Kaplan, and she co-authored a Kaplan writing textbook.
Ambar Sinha
Ambar Sinha is an MBA admissions consultant who also coaches career pivots. He helps MBA applicants choose between schools and regions. He also works with post-MBA professionals and big tech operators who want a new path. Ambar built a smart cities practice in engineering consulting and won $5.9M in contracts in its first year. He later earned an MBA at IESE Business School and joined Amazon's Operations Leadership program in the UK.
Amin Bagheri
Amin Bagheri is a dental school admissions consultant who helps pre-dental students get into dental programs. He is a practicing pediatric dentist with a DDS from UCSF and a former Residency Program Director at UCLA. He has guided more than 100 dental school clients. He also works with international dentists who apply in the United States. His coaching covers every step, from high school exploration to dental school and specialty programs.
Amit Shingare
Amit Shingare is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants to US business schools. He is a Duke Fuqua MBA and served as an Admissions Ambassador and VP of Admissions at Fuqua. Before business school he worked as a Project Engineer and later as Chief of Staff at a real estate company. He has worked with 10+ MBA clients. He offers a Duke Fuqua package as well as hourly help.
Amritha Mani
Amritha Mani is an admissions consultant who helps people apply to master's programs. She holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and worked as an MBA admissions consultant with The Red Pen. She has helped 50+ applicants get offers at schools including LSE, Michigan, Columbia, IIM, and Harvard (MPA). Before admissions, she spent 14+ years leading strategy and transformation work at Director and Principal level in financial services, government, and global consulting.
Amy Duckworth
Amy Duckworth is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants build strong business school applications. She spent 10 years in higher education. She was Director of Admissions at Imperial College Business School and Head of MBA Recruitment and Admissions at Cambridge Judge Business School. She has interviewed hundreds of candidates and chaired many Admissions Committee meetings. She has helped clients get into Imperial College Business School.
Amy Greenstein
Amy Greenstein is an admissions consultant who helps students apply to college, graduate school and nursing school. She has more than two decades in higher education, leading work in admissions, financial aid, student services and recruitment. She is Assistant Dean of Enrollment at NYU Silver School of Social Work and has been Vice Provost of Enrollment at Teachers College, Columbia University. She also teaches as an adjunct professor at NYU.
Amy Hazen
Amy Hazen is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants get into top business schools. She spent 12 years on staff at the Wharton School, where she interviewed applicants, read files, and sat in admissions committee meetings. Before that, she worked 5 years as a journalist and editor. She has coached applicants to HBS, GSB, CBS, Wharton, and other M7 peer schools. She has 200+ M7 admits.
Amy Romm Lockard
Amy Romm Lockard is an independent college admissions consultant who helps students and parents with the college search and applications. She runs Dovetail College Consulting in Portland, Oregon, and serves families across the U.S. She worked in secondary and higher education before starting her practice. She works with students who have learning differences, mental health differences, or significant financial need. She does not work with private high school students or those aiming for the most highly selective universities.
Amy Sack
Amy Sack runs Admissions Accomplished, an independent admissions consulting practice in Ponte Vedra, Florida. She helps students and parents with college, MBA and graduate school applications. The practice also offers career counseling and works with international students. Her team includes a former deputy director of admissions at an Ivy League university. The practice has served students worldwide since 2000. She is a member of IECA, the Independent Educational Consultants Association.
Andrea Bryan
Andrea Bryan is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants build strong application materials. She is the Chief Administrative Officer at Race Rock and a Jones MBA graduate from Rice University. She has worked on the admissions side at Rice, where she ran interviews and read applications. She has coached for over 10 years and has edited hundreds of resumes, essays and letters. She joined Leland to coach applicants who are ready to work hard.
Andrea Rieves
Andrea Rieves is an independent education consultant who helps students and parents plan for college. She owns ARC Education Planning in Huntersville, North Carolina. She spent over 22 years in education, teaching high school English and elementary literacy and advising in middle school. She earned her College Counseling Certificate with distinction from UCLA Extension. She tours colleges in person so she can share firsthand knowledge of campuses with families.
Andrea Santambrogio
Andrea Santambrogio is a GMAT tutor and admissions and interview coach for people applying to business school and consulting jobs. Andrea is a BCG consultant with an MBA from SDA Bocconi and a Columbia Business School exchange. Andrea has prepared more than 400 students for the GMAT Focus, the Executive Assessment, MBA admissions and consulting interviews. Andrea's students have reached GMAT scores from 685 to 785.
Andrew Ghadimi
Andrew Ghadimi is a dental school admissions consultant who helps pre-dental students get into dental school. He runs Predenting, an advising company for pre-dentals. He sits on the AADSAS Advisory Board and works with current and former admissions officers. He has created over 100 admissions strategies for his students. His students receive an average of 4 acceptances each, and some have won scholarships of $250,000 or more. He was also accepted to UCLA and UCSF dental schools himself.
Andrew Kim
Andrew Kim is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants build their story and get into their chosen programs. He earned his own MBA/MA at Wharton and sat on the Wharton admissions committee. Before that, he worked at ION, taught in Bulgaria on a Fulbright, and sold at LinkedIn. He has coached more than 10 MBA clients. He now leads early-stage go-to-market at Unify.
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| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Grad School Road Map | MBA admissions and Law school admissions | $80 to $150 an hour |
| Ahab Chopra | College admissions and Ivy League and top schools | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Akin Obiri | MBA admissions and Law school admissions | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Cyndy McDonald | College admissions | $150 to $225 an hour |
| Genevieve Morgan | College admissions and College essays | $130 to $300 an hour |
| Lorraine Serra | College admissions and Grad school and PhD | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Robert Piazza | College admissions and College essays | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Sabrina Fathi | MBA admissions and Ivy League and top schools | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Sowa Imoisili | MBA admissions and College admissions | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Spencer Shih | MBA admissions | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Tanya Keeney | College admissions and College essays | $130 to $300 an hour |
| Tomilola Abiodun | MBA admissions and International students | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Abby Bittler | College admissions and College essays | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Abby Friedman | College admissions and College essays | $150 to $240 an hour |
| Abby Siegel | College admissions and College essays | $150 to $225 an hour |
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How much does an admissions consultant cost?
Most admissions consultants charge $69 to $150 per hour or session.
What else do these admissions consultants help with?
Common focus areas include college admissions, college essays, ivy league and top schools and financial aid and scholarships.
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Last updated September 2026.