Admissions consultants for arts and portfolio
Compare 117 admissions consultants who focus on arts and portfolio. Besides arts and portfolio, the most common focus areas are college admissions, college essays, athletic recruiting and financial aid and scholarships. They most often work with students, parents and creatives. Most charge $70 to $220 per hour or session.
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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.
Barry Beach
Barry Beach is a college advisor and portfolio coach who helps students and parents with college admissions. He works with high school students, transfer students, international students, first-generation students and arts applicants. He spent several years scoring freshman applications at UC Berkeley, so he knows how that review works. He has also worked in admissions at two art schools. He has advised families independently since 2009 from San Rafael, California.
Eunhwa Lee
Eunhwa Lee runs Lee College Counseling, an independent college admissions practice for students and their parents. She focuses on engineering, business, music, art, and STEM-bound students, especially pre-med. She holds an M.Ed in Educational Administration and has worked with hundreds of students. Before consulting, she taught English in middle schools and mentored students at Oregon high schools. She works in English and Korean.
Jodi Glou
Jodi Glou is a college admissions consultant who helps high school students and their families find the right fit in post-secondary education. She founded Custom College Consulting, LLC. She has worked as an educator, tutor and academic planner for over 25 years. She taught English composition at Montgomery College and co-authored The PR Style Guide while on the faculty at American University. She also worked in public relations at Hill and Knowlton and Feld Entertainment.
Kat Clowes
Kat Clowes is a college admissions consultant and the founder of March Consulting. She helps high school students and transfer students find colleges that fit them academically and financially. She also guides undecided students toward a major and career. Before starting her practice, she advised transfer students at Bakersfield College and worked there as the costume designer. She has been in practice for a decade and wrote the book Put College to Work.
Kelly B
Kelly B is an admissions counselor who helps students apply to college, graduate school, and specialized programs. She worked in admissions at Stanford, first in the undergraduate office and then as Head of Admissions at the Graduate School of Education. She ran graduate admissions alone and reviewed over 3,400 graduate applications each year. She also has deep experience with visual arts portfolios and works with students around the world.
Kyle Sykes
Kyle Sykes is a master's programs admissions consultant who helps aspiring filmmakers and media professionals apply to graduate programs. He is an award-winning director with a Stanford film degree and a USC film MFA. He worked as Director of Photography for The Hollywood Reporter round tables, shooting stars like Viola Davis and Adam Sandler. He also interned at HBO. He offers full application packages, essay help and interview prep.
Miller Liberatore
Miller Liberatore is a college admission consultant who works with theatre students and LGBTQIA+ students. Miller holds two Barnard degrees, in sociology and theatre directing, and earned a C.A.C. certification at U.C. Berkeley. Miller also works as a theatre director and youth theatre teacher. Miller sits on the HECA Advocacy/DEI committee and serves on the board of Campus Q, a nonprofit for LGBTQIA+ college applicants and students.
Nita June
Nita June is an educational consultant who helps students and families with college admissions. She specializes in visual arts portfolio guidance and performing arts audition coaching. She also works with transfer students, graduate students and athletes. Before starting her own practice, she taught high school English, literature and theater for almost a decade. She has focused on college counseling since 2012. She also directs and produces for her own theatre company.
Tayo Amos
Tayo Amos coaches people who want to get into film school or build a career in film and television. Tayo is a director and a member of the Directors Guild of America. Tayo directed an episode of Chicago Fire and has had short films screen at Tribeca and Cannes. Tayo is an adjunct professor at USC and sits on its admissions committee. Tayo has coached five people so far.
Timothy O'Hair
Timothy O'Hair is an admissions consultant who helps students and families apply to selective colleges in the United States, the UK and Ireland. He also guides film school and MBA applicants. Tim spent twenty years in the film business and uses that skill in storytelling to shape applications. He holds a UCLA college counseling certificate and British Council training in UCAS and Oxbridge applications. He visits campuses in the US, England and Scotland.
Ellen Kuppersmith
Ellen Kuppersmith is a college admissions consultant in Los Angeles. She helps students find colleges that fit them and guides them through the whole application process. She has over 18 years of experience in education and college advising. She began in the College Center at LACES, a Los Angeles magnet school. She opened her own practice, College Kupp, in June 2019. She also holds the NACAC International University Advocate Badge, so she can help students apply to universities around the world.
Heather Holly-Freitag
Heather Holly-Freitag is an independent college admissions consultant in Oregon. She helps high school students and their parents plan for college, from building a school list to finishing applications. She founded Options Abound Educational Consulting in January 2022 after a career in medical social work. She has a special interest in affordability and financial aid, and she offers pro bono and discounted services. She meets clients in person and on Zoom.
Linda Keiles
Linda Keiles is a college admissions consultant who helps high school students, transfer students and post-grad applicants find schools that fit them. She owns Keiles College Consulting and is a co-founder of K&L College Advising. Since 2015, she and her partner have advised more than 350 students and families. They help with applications in the U.S. and abroad. They also run Creative Edge, a service for students applying to arts programs.
Patrick Zylka
Patrick Zylka is a college admissions consultant at College Solutions. He works with students and their families, starting as early as 9th grade, to find the right college fit. He specializes in admission to highly selective schools and performing arts admission. He also worked part-time at InGenius Prep and Perceiver.
Nick Soper
Nick Soper is an independent college admissions consultant who runs Creative College Prep, a boutique consultancy. He helps students and parents with college planning, especially arts-minded students and students who do many things but are unsure what they want to study. He has tutored standardized exams for more than 12 years. He is also a professionally trained actor and writer who coaches auditions and writing. His work is based in California.
Carroll College Consulting, LLC
Carroll College Consulting, LLC is a college admissions practice that guides high school students and their families through the college process. The consultant meets with students on Zoom and serves students across the United States. Her work covers highly selective and less selective schools, athletic recruiting, arts supplements, and students with 504 Plans or IEPs. She also helped her own children through admissions and uses data to guide decisions.
Nichole Clark
Nichole Clark is a life coach, college admissions consultant and career development guide who works with high school and community college students. She runs LIFEmaps. She has spent three years teaching overseas, including service in the US Peace Corps in the Republic of Kiribati. She teaches as adjunct faculty at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She has helped artists apply to art schools and mentored AmeriCorps Health Corps volunteers through medical school applications.
Elizabeth Katz
Elizabeth Katz is an independent college admissions consultant who helps high school students and their parents plan for college. She runs Spark College Consulting in Menlo Park, California. She has worked with paying clients since November 2013. Her clients come from public and private high schools. They include athletes, artists and students with special needs. She covers college list creation, essay preparation and the application process.
Patricia Finer
Patricia Finer is a college admissions consultant who helps students and families with applications, financial aid and immigration questions. She runs Finer College Admissions and Immigration Consultants, founded in 2007. Her team starts where the student is now and builds a list of schools that fit. The firm does not charge by the number of applications a student sends. It also covers arts programs, learning differences, athletes, DACA recipients and international students.
Mandee Adler
Mandee Adler is the founder and president of International College Counselors. She helps U.S. and international students with undergraduate and graduate admissions. Her firm covers essays, applications, interview preparation, financial aid and tuition questions. It also supports arts portfolios, auditions and athletic recruiting. Her practice has offices in New York, Florida, Colombia and Venezuela. Services run in person and online, in English and Spanish.
Nola Healy Lynch
Nola Healy Lynch is a college admissions advisor who works one-on-one with students on the college application process. She runs Northwest College Search. From 2001 to 2004 she built and operated a college resource center at the School for Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati. She also worked as a professional editor for major publishers, which supports her work on application essays. She helps with any part of the process, from high school planning to the final choice of school.
Kathryn Miller
Kathryn Miller is a college admissions consultant who helps students and their parents plan for college. She runs Miller Educational Consulting, Inc. Her work starts in high school. She builds a timeline, helps pick classes and activities, and plans the testing schedule. She also builds a balanced college list with low, medium and high chance schools. Her services cover essays, interviews, scholarships and the move to college.
Stephanie Adkins
Stephanie Adkins runs Open Gate College Advising, a college advising and career consulting practice. She works with students from 9th grade through college and into their careers. Her work covers selective college admissions, athletic recruiting, military academies, conservatory and vocal performance auditions, and art portfolios. She also handles merit aid and financial aid, including appeals. She has a background in gifted education, mentoring and education reform research.
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.
Alexandra Peruta
Alexandra Peruta is an independent college consultant who helps students and parents with college, graduate school and private school admissions. She runs Strategic Academic Success from an office in Lexington, Massachusetts. Her clients have been accepted to schools such as Yale, Stanford, Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge. She also works with arts and music students on portfolio admissions. Her practice serves students from elementary school to graduate school, in person and online.
Barrie Raffel
Barrie Raffel is a dance college consultant who helps high school dancers plan their next step in dance education after graduation. She is a Juilliard-trained professional dancer with many years on stage. She now works one on one with students on college lists, auditions, and essays. She has advised dance students for several years and works with COPA, Inc. She also speaks to New York City performing arts schools about college options.
Cathy McMeekan
Cathy McMeekan is a college admissions consultant who guides students through choosing and applying to college. She has over twenty years of experience in admission and counseling. She spent 8 years as Director of College Counseling at Saint George's School in Spokane and has worked in admission offices at the University of Oregon, Northern Arizona University and Linfield College. She now runs McMeekan College Consulting LLC.
Christine Luksza
Christine Luksza is a college admissions counselor who helps students plan for and apply to college. She founded My Best College Plan Counseling and has more than 15 years of experience. She has guided hundreds of students in the United States and abroad. She is a former teacher in public and private schools and taught Latin and English. She also wrote My Best College Planner, a day planner and college guidebook.
Christine Luksza
Christine Luksza is an independent college admissions counselor who runs My Best College Plan Counseling. She helps high school students and college transfer students choose schools, write essays and build strong applications. She works with students in Sonoma, Marin and across the country. She leads a team of counselors and wrote the My Best College Planner book, which has a 2026/2027 edition. Her team supports students aiming for engineering, STEM, pre-med, athletics and the arts.
Doug Hundley
Doug Hundley is a college admissions counselor who helps students find and win admission to colleges in the US and around the world. He founded Encore after working with international students and creative thinkers. He has spent over 25 years as a university and high school educator. He has also served as an external examiner for both the College Board and the International Baccalaureate Organization. He holds a PhD in Theater and Cultural Performance.
Elizabeth Brotman
Elizabeth Brotman is an independent college admissions consultant who helps students and parents through the college process. She runs Hawthorn College Advisors with a partner, Janet, and serves Marin County, the San Francisco Bay area, and beyond. She has guided over 100 families. Her work includes student athletes and visual and performing arts applicants. She has given presentations for arts applicants and built a curriculum and webinar for them.
Elizabeth Stone
Elizabeth Stone is a college admissions counselor and the Executive Director of Campanile College Admissions Counseling in San Mateo, California. She helps students and parents with college applications, essays, and transfers. She wrote the book The Better College Essay. Her Class of 2026 students were admitted to 73 different universities and earned over $3.4 million in merit scholarships. She is a professional member of the IECA.
Elora Lyda
Elora Lyda is a life and creative development coach who helps creators and teens with portfolios, college admissions and personal creative projects. She spent nearly a decade as a Character Designer for studios like Warner Brothers and FOX, and worked on Rick and Morty. She holds an ICF certification and trained in Martha Beck's Wayfinder program. She created an art-based system called Inner Team Building that builds confidence by working with a client's inner voices.
Gloria Tenenbown
Gloria Tenenbown is an admissions consultant who helps students with college and graduate school applications. She has worked with students for over 18 years and has helped hundreds with college counseling. In the 2019-20 season she finished work with 20 students, including two applying to medical school and two applying to MBA programs. She built her practice only on client referrals. She also taught speech and drama at The Kinkaid School.
Harriet Katz
Harriet Katz is an independent college counselor who helps visual and performing arts students get into college programs. She owns Creative Kid College Coach in California. Before counseling, she spent over 20 years in film production and animation. She began counseling arts students at Freestyle Academy in 2007. Her practice now serves domestic and international students. She helps with portfolios, auditions, essays, and college lists for undergraduate and graduate programs.
Judith Painter
Judith Painter is a college admissions consultant who helps high school students find schools that fit them. She spent 10 years as an educator in the Sacramento public school system and earned her college counseling certification through UCLA. She visits over 25 campuses a year so her advice stays current. She has also guided high performing students from disadvantaged backgrounds through Peer Forward, ScholarMatch and College Tracks. Her students live on both coasts.
Katie Thomas
Katie Thomas is a college admissions consultant who helps students and parents plan the college search and application process. She runs Thomas College Consulting, LLC. She spent 7+ years working in college admission at a selective liberal arts college and a public flagship university. She then spent 17 years at Kent Denver School, where she was director of college counseling for 6 years. She offers full packages and hourly help.
Lisa Hillhouse
Lisa Hillhouse is a college admissions consultant who helps students and their families with the college process. She started her own consulting business in 2014, after 20 years working in college admissions. She held roles from senior admissions counselor to director of adult and graduate admissions. She worked at three SF Bay Area colleges and one service academy. She meets families in person in Atlanta and the SF Bay Area, and online across the country.
Malerie Simon
Malerie Simon is an independent college counselor who helps students and parents choose colleges and win admission. She has 38 years of experience, including 23 years at a top public high school in New York and 20 years in private practice. She has helped more than 1,700 students get into college. Her students come from the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia. She serves on the board of the Hudson Valley chapter of GLSEN.
Maria Nicolacakis
Maria Nicolacakis is an independent college admissions consultant in Calabasas, California. She helps students and parents with college applications and essays, and she has a specialty in visual and performing arts admissions. She founded Act One College Counseling as a boutique practice. She is a former assistant dean and college professor, and a working performer and writer. She finished the UCLA College Counseling Certification Program with distinction.
Mary Anna Dennard
Mary Anna Dennard is the founder of College Audition Coach. She helps high school performers and their parents with college applications and auditions for acting and musical theater programs. She has worked in this field since 2000 and wrote two college audition guide books. Her team has coached hundreds of students across the country, and many were accepted to programs in the US and Europe. The practice also runs Moonifieds, an in person audition event in Dallas.
Michael Craig
Michael Craig is a college admissions consultant and the founder and president of College Inspired. He helps students apply to college, with a focus on STEM. He has advised students for 20 years and worked with more than 400 of them. Before that, he was a director at The Princeton Review. He works with students across Southern California and with international students by video.
Miller Liberatore
Miller Liberatore is an independent college admissions consultant who helps students and parents with the college application process. Miller is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and works with students across the United States. Miller has two focus areas: Support for LGBTQIA+ students and prep for performing arts and theatre auditions. Miller is a theatre director and co-chairs the Advocacy/DEI committee for HECA.
Pat Cannon
Pat Cannon is a college admissions consultant with Ravinia College Consulting, a practice near Chicago's North Shore that serves students and parents nationwide. The counselors on the team each have over 30 years of experience helping high school students. They hold master's degrees in counseling psychology and school counseling. They have visited over 250 colleges and universities, and they build a custom college list for each student.
Paul Nicholas
Paul Nicholas is an independent college admissions consultant and the founder of Alma Mater Educational Services. He helps students and their parents with college applications, from early planning to decisions and follow-up. He is in the eleventh year of his practice and works with students across the country and around the world by Zoom. He earned his college counseling certificate at UCLA Extension and volunteered with Minds Matter in Los Angeles.
Ralph Becker
Ralph Becker is an independent college admissions counselor who works with high school students in grades 9 to 12 and their families. He is the director of Ivy College Prep, LLC. He covers the full admissions process, from college lists to essays and aid. His students have been admitted to all the Ivy League schools, Stanford, MIT, Cal Tech and Carnegie Mellon. He also knows the application paths for studio arts, nursing, BS-MD and engineering.
Sarah Epstein
Sarah Epstein is a college admissions coach who helps students and parents with college search, applications and essays. She is a former admissions officer who worked at Rice University, where she read thousands of applications and helped make final decisions. She has more than 12 years in admissions and college counseling, in both university and high school settings. She focuses on highly selective colleges, liberal arts colleges, fine and performing arts programs, and students with learning differences.
Tali Nesher
Tali Nesher is a college admissions consultant who helps high school students and their families through the application process. She has guided students for nearly a decade. Her practice, UCollege Consulting, is based in Los Angeles and works with students across the United States. She has a focus on film, arts and creative majors, and she is a member of the Directors Guild of America. She also reviews film portfolios.
Amy Goldin
Amy Goldin is a college admissions consultant who advises students interested in the performing arts. She runs COPA, Inc., College Options in the Performing Arts, with a team. She builds individual lists of colleges and summer programs and helps students prepare audition materials, portfolios, applications, essays and resumes. She also does an Artistic Review and Talent Evaluation to see how competitive a student is for schools and conservatories.
ArtsBridge
ArtsBridge is a college consulting firm for students in the visual and performing arts. It helps students in theater, music, dance and visual arts apply to college. The firm is based in Natick, Massachusetts. It offers artistic assessments, an application and essay bootcamp, audition workshops with college faculty, and summer programs in acting, voice, dance and musical theater. It also offers consulting for institutions.
Chris Andersson
Chris Andersson is an independent educational consultant who helps arts students and their parents with college admissions. He is the founder and CEO of Nothing But Drama in New York City. He has advised arts students for over 12 years. His clients study theatre, film, dramatic writing, music, dance, visual art, design and architecture. He also helps students look at programs in other countries, including Sweden, Hong Kong, Australia and France.
Cristine Butler
Cristine Butler is an independent educational consultant who runs College Click, a college admissions counseling practice in Valencia, California. She helps students and parents build a college list, understand the admissions process, and write strong essays. The practice has served over 1,000 students, including athletes and performing arts applicants. Its team includes former admissions officers from top creative schools. Cristine is a professional member of the IECA.
Dan Bisig
Dan Bisig is an independent educational consultant who helps students and parents with college admissions. He is the CEO of College and Beyond, LLC in Florence, Kentucky, and a professional member of IECA. He advises on college selection, application and essay review, timelines, test prep, scholarships and college funding. He helps students find colleges that fit academically, socially, financially and geographically. He also considers athletic or artistic fit when it matters.
Devon Simpson
Devon Simpson is an independent college admissions consultant in Portland, Oregon. Devon helps students and families with the college search, applications, financial aid and the final school choice. Devon has fourteen years of experience in admissions, academic advising and financial aid. Devon also counsels visual and performing arts students on artist statements and portfolios, and works with both domestic and international applicants across all majors.
Elizabeth LaScala
Elizabeth LaScala is an independent college advisor who helps high school, transfer and graduate school applicants get into the schools they want. She has worked with students for over 15 years and added graduate and professional school advising 8 years ago, after former clients asked for it. She handles medical, dental and vet school applicants in small numbers with a team of experts. Her clients have gotten into at least one school they applied to every time.
Eve Cooper
Eve Cooper is an independent college consultant in the Marin and Bay Area region of California. She helps high school students, college students and adults with college admissions and career planning. Her students have been accepted to Harvard, Yale, Brown, Amherst and many University of California campuses. She also advocates for students in student disability rights, art, technical and trade school admissions. She runs virtual college essay workshops after school and on weekends.
Ginger Apperson
Ginger Apperson is an independent college admissions consultant and the founder of College-Fit. She helps students and parents find colleges that match the student's interests, goals and budget. She has run her business since 2013 and has visited hundreds of colleges. She serves families in Marin and Sonoma Counties in California and beyond.
Irene Garcias
Irene Garcias is a college admissions consultant who works one-on-one with students in grades 10 to 12. She helps them apply to highly selective US and Canadian colleges. She plans the high school years, builds college lists, and guides essays and applications. She also teaches SAT, ACT and TOEFL prep. Her clients come from top Sao Paulo high schools and The American School of Paris. She takes only a limited number of students each semester.
Karen Curreri
Karen Curreri is an independent educational consultant who helps students and parents with college admissions. She founded Curreri Educational Consulting in Corona Del Mar, California. She has more than thirty years of experience as an elementary, middle, high school and independent college counselor. Her team starts with freshmen and sophomores and guides juniors and seniors through the full application process. The firm focuses on plans that fit a student's age and lower anxiety.
Lori Hofstetter
Lori Hofstetter is an independent college consultant who helps high school students and their parents with college placement. She runs L. Hofstetter and Associates, College Advisors. Her firm works with families in the New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania metro areas and across the globe. Services cover major assessment, college lists, resumes, portfolios, essays and interviews. Support by email and phone runs through the spring decision of senior year. The firm also offers career and internship help.
Marcia Moor
Marcia Moor is a college admissions consultant in Wellesley, Massachusetts. She helps high school students and their parents plan for college and build a school list. She has worked as an admission associate, teacher, school counselor and Special Education Director. Her practice, Moor Education, guides families from the first list of schools through essays, interviews and the final admission plan.
Martha Jones
Martha Jones is a college admissions consultant and founder of Jones College Counseling in Petaluma, California. She helps high school students and their parents plan for life after graduation. She has guided families through college admissions for more than a decade. Her work covers college search, deadlines, standardized test plans, applications, financial aid and scholarships. She also helps students who plan a gap year, attend trade school, transfer, or join ROTC.
Michele Coleman
Michele Coleman is a college admissions and career counselor who helps students and families with the college search. She runs Coleman College Counseling as a sole owner, so each plan is built for the student and family. She also works with transfer students, college students who want career direction, and students applying to graduate and professional schools. Before this, she spent over 13 years in training, organizational development and outplacement. She works with athletes and arts students.
Michelle Myers
Michelle Myers is an independent college consultant who helps high school students and their parents find and apply to colleges that fit. She founded College Placement Advising in Walnut Creek, California. Since 2009 she has helped hundreds of students gain admission. She and her associates use their own personalized method to match each student's background and goals to the right schools. Her firm also serves students with arts and music portfolios.
Nancy Gorman
Nancy Gorman is an independent educational consultant who runs Education Taken. She helps high school students and their parents with college admissions. She works on the Common App, essay prompts and UC applications. Her clients have pursued performing arts, fine arts, pre-med, nursing, engineering, business and pre-law. She has also helped a student with physical therapy school applications. She is a professional member of IECA and works from Carlsbad, California.
Robin Levi
Robin Levi is an independent educational consultant in Oakland, California. She helps students and their parents find the right college and get through the application process. She has worked with hundreds of students, and they have been admitted to colleges across the United States. Her work covers building a college list, application support, and essay editing. She looks at fit in three ways: Academic, social and financial.
Sarah Rickelman
Sarah Rickelman is an independent educational consultant who helps students and parents with college and graduate school admissions. She runs College Matters, LLC in Madison, Connecticut. The practice covers medical school, law school, BS/MD programs, the FAFSA, and affordability. It also works with prospective college athletes and students in the visual and performing arts. The team visits more than 75 colleges each year and has students in twenty-three states and six foreign countries.
Sean Hawes
Sean Hawes is an independent college admissions counselor in Bellingham, Washington. He helps high school students and their families prepare for, apply to, and graduate from a college that fits them. He founded Pathways to College Achievement in 2010. He meets students mostly in person across Whatcom and Skagit County.
Suzie Castello
Suzie Castello is an independent educational consultant who helps international students apply to US colleges. She runs Explorers English and Educational Consulting in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Her work covers US and global undergraduate admission, pre-college summer programs, and visual arts portfolios. She also tutors English for tests like the TOEFL iBT and the Duolingo English Test. She works with students in English and guides families in English and Portuguese.
Virginia & Jennifer Bush & Associates
Virginia & Jennifer Bush & Associates is an independent educational consulting firm in Cary, North Carolina. The team helps students and parents with boarding school, private school, and college placement. The firm has 50 years of experience and says it pioneered its field. Of the students who follow the VJB process, 97% are placed in one of their top three school choices. Consultants work with students from middle school through university.
Barbara Bergman
Barbara Bergman is a college admissions consultant who helps students plan for college and apply. She runs Bergman College Consulting, LLC. She has more than 30 years in college admissions and college counseling. She spent 16 years as Director of College Counseling at Georgetown Day School. She has visited hundreds of colleges and universities. Her work covers testing, college lists, essays, interviews, and the final college choice.
Beth Farias
Beth Farias is an independent college admissions counselor who helps students and their parents through the college search and application process. She runs Farias College Admission Partners in North Attleboro, Massachusetts. She has 25+ years of experience in selective college admission and independent school college counseling. She has guided 100+ families, and her students have earned 500+ acceptance letters from colleges across the United States.
Chris Holzwarth
Chris Holzwarth is a college admissions and career consultant who helps high school students plan what comes after graduation. Chris runs Beyond the Applause and has done so since 2007. Before that, Chris coordinated the College and Career Center at a local high school. Chris works one-on-one with students remotely across the US and includes families in the process. The work starts in high school and continues through the first semester of college.
Cynthia Robey
Cynthia Robey is a college admissions consultant who guides students from early planning through the final choice of a school. She has read freshman applications for UC Berkeley since 2011. She also speaks in the Berkeley Public Library College Speaker Series and manages College-Watch, LLC.
Jeffrey Quebec
Dr. Jeffrey Quebec is an independent educational consultant who helps students and parents with boarding school, day school and therapeutic placement. He is in his fourth decade of working with families from around the world. He also hosts an internationally recognized podcast. His work covers PK-12 day schools, post graduate and gap year programs, athletic recruiting, and visual and performing arts. He is based in Westford, Massachusetts.
Joan Franklin
Joan Franklin is a college admissions consultant with College Docs in Chicago. She helps high school students and their parents with the college search, applications, essays, and choosing a college. Joan is a clinical psychologist with a Psy.D. She has counseled students in high schools and private practice for over twenty-five years. She works with partner Vicki Boudin, and the two keep a personal approach instead of a large corporate one.
Kim Galway
Kim Galway is an independent college admissions consultant who helps students and parents with the college search, school selection and application process. She runs Galway College Consulting in East Quogue, New York. Kim has worked as a child and adolescent psychotherapist for over 25 years. She uses personality assessment and anxiety management skills to help families handle college planning with less stress. She also offers full packages and smaller custom packages.
Lori Byer
Lori Byer is an independent college admissions consultant who helps high school students and their parents. She runs Cornerstone College Consulting in Marin County, California, and works with students across the San Francisco Bay Area. She is a member of the Higher Education Consultants Association. Her services start in freshman year and continue through senior year. Families can also get guidance on two-year colleges, four-year colleges and gap years.
Marsha Winkler
Marsha Winkler, J.D., M.P.H., has advised students on performing arts college admissions since 2008. She completed a UCLA College Counseling Program internship at Incline High School in Nevada and later served in that school's Mentor Program before starting her private practice.
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| Coach | Focus | Works with | Based in | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorraine Serra | College admissions and Grad school and PhD | Students and Creatives | $70 to $130 an hour | |
| Barry Beach | College admissions and College essays | Students and Parents | San Rafael, California, United States | $150 to $225 an hour |
| Eunhwa Lee | College admissions and College essays | Students and Parents | Oregon, United States | $130 to $300 an hour |
| Jodi Glou | College admissions and College essays | Students and Parents | $70 to $130 an hour | |
| Kat Clowes | College admissions and Transfer students | Students | Kern County | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Kelly B | College admissions and Grad school and PhD | Students | $70 to $130 an hour | |
| Kyle Sykes | Grad school and PhD and Arts and portfolio | Creatives | $70 to $225 an hour | |
| Miller Liberatore | College admissions and Arts and portfolio | Students and LGBTQ+ | $70 to $130 an hour | |
| Nita June | College admissions and Grad school and PhD | Students and Parents | $70 to $130 an hour | |
| Tayo Amos | Arts and portfolio and Grad school and PhD | Creatives | $70 to $225 an hour | |
| Timothy O'Hair | College admissions and Ivy League and top schools | Students and Parents | $70 to $130 an hour | |
| Ellen Kuppersmith | College admissions and International students | Students and Parents | Los Angeles | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Heather Holly-Freitag | College admissions and Athletic recruiting | Students and Parents | Oregon, United States | $150 to $225 an hour |
| Linda Keiles | College admissions and College essays | Students and Parents | California, United States | $150 to $225 an hour |
| Patrick Zylka | College admissions and College essays | Students and Parents | $70 to $130 an hour |
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- Coaching vs Therapy: Cost and Key Differences
- Do Certified Coaches Charge More?
- Executive Functioning Coach Cost
- How Many Coaches Are There?
- How Many Coaching Sessions Do I Need?
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Last updated September 2026.