Admissions consultants for college essays
Compare 1,216 admissions consultants who focus on college essays. Besides college essays, the most common focus areas are college admissions, financial aid and scholarships, ivy league and top schools and international students. They most often work with students, parents and professionals. Most charge $75 to $225 per hour or session.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Andy Pelletier
Andy Pelletier is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants build and tell a strong story for business school. He has coached applicants since 2002 at three consulting firms. He co-designed one firm's editing service and was its sole essay doctor for 100+ consultants. He also interviews applicants as a Stanford alumni interviewer. His clients have gained admission to schools such as Stanford, HBS, Wharton, and INSEAD.
Aniket Aggarwal
Aniket Aggarwal is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants get into top business schools. He is an MBA candidate at Yale School of Management. He has coached for 3 years and has worked with 50+ MBA clients. His clients have been admitted to Yale SOM, ESSEC, Columbia, Kellogg and Chicago Booth. Before business school, he worked with startups in their early growth stages. He also scored 740 on the GMAT.
Ankur Chadha
Ankur Chadha is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants get into top full-time MBA programs in the United States. He is a strategy consultant at Accenture and an incoming MIT Sloan student. He won admission to five top programs, including MIT Sloan, Columbia, Kellogg, Booth and Stern. He also guest lectures at UC Berkeley Haas on strategy consulting and career development.
Ann Cadwallader
Ann Cadwallader is an independent college admissions consultant who helps high school students and their parents through the admissions process. She founded My University Coach in Wayzata, Minnesota. Ann began her career at The Princeton Review in 1992 and is a master trainer in the SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT and LSAT. She has visited over 150 colleges and taught high school math. She also coaches students on test prep, essays and interviews.
Ann Rossbach
Ann Rossbach is an independent educational consultant who helps high school students and their parents through college admissions. She has worked with students for 18 years and has helped hundreds of them. Before consulting, she taught community college reading, English and study skills. She served 15 years on two Boards of Education, 12 as president. She also teaches educational consulting at the University of California, Irvine, and works from Rumson, New Jersey.
Anna Gee
Anna Gee is an admissions coach who helps students apply to college and law school. She is a public defender in New York and an alum of BYU and Harvard Law School. She clerked for a federal district court judge and worked as a legal research and writing advisor at Harvard Law School. She helps clients shape their story and share it clearly. She coaches on essays, nerves, and interviews.
Anna McGuire
Anna McGuire is a law school admissions consultant who helps applicants turn their stories into strong applications. She is a current 3L at Stanford Law School and an editor of the Stanford Law Review. Before law school, she worked on Capitol Hill and as a legal assistant at a law firm. She also earned an MSc in Criminal Justice Policy at the London School of Economics. She has a focus on applicants with career paths that are not straight.
Annette Mackaness
Annette Mackaness is an independent college admissions consultant who helps high school students and their parents plan for college. She works from San Jose, California, and serves families in the South Bay and across the country. Before counseling, she was a CPA and then Director of HR & Recruiting at Ricoh Innovations. She uses that hiring background to match each student with a college that fits their needs, goals and interests.
Annika Liu
Annika Liu is a medical school admissions consultant who helps pre-med students with applications and interviews. She is a current MD candidate in the 7-year BS/MD Medical Honors Program at the University of Florida. She has mentored students since January 2020 and has guided 62 aspiring medical students. She also worked as a student interviewer at the University of Florida. She focuses on early assurance and BS/MD programs.
Antonietta Breitenfeldt
Antonietta Breitenfeldt is an independent college admissions consultant who helps students and parents plan for life after high school. She runs BrightSpot Labs in Seattle. Her background includes classroom teaching, school and district leadership, and professional learning. She has worked as an independent consultant since 2022. She helps with college lists, applications, essays, scholarships and interviews. She also guides families on PreK to 12 school choices.
Antonietta Breitenfeldt
Antonietta Breitenfeldt is an education consultant who helps students and families with college admissions and PreK-12 school decisions. She founded BrightSpot Labs and has more than 25 years in education. She has worked as a classroom teacher, school administrator, district leader, and professional learning specialist. Her work covers college lists, essays, scholarships, and school enrollment. She mainly serves families in the Greater Seattle area and works online with some families elsewhere.
April Paris-Joseph
April Paris-Joseph is a college admissions counselor who helps students find schools that fit them academically, socially, and financially. She also advises student athletes on recruiting. She began working as a college counselor in the 2021-2022 cycle. Her class of 2022 students were admitted to over 50 unique colleges and earned over $2 million in combined merit aid. Her student athletes all secured roster spots on D1, D3, or NAIA teams.
April Paris-Joseph
April Paris-Joseph is an independent college admissions consultant in Bellevue, Washington. She runs Paris Educational Solutions and helps high school students and their parents find a college that fits academically, socially and financially. She guides students through a four step process that starts as early as spring of 8th grade. She is a Certified Educational Planner and a former alumni interviewer for Middlebury and Stanford.
Arianna Z.
Arianna Z. is a law school admissions consultant who helps applicants build personal statements and application materials. She is a Cornell Law School graduate and a former corporate attorney at Clifford Chance. While at the firm, she ran first-round interviews for law student candidates as part of its recruiting. She also worked at Gornitzky GNY. She helps clients brainstorm essays, prepare for interviews, and plan their overall application strategy.
Arielle Martin
Arielle Martin is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants plan and tell their story. Her clients have been admitted to M7 and Top 20 programs, including HBS, GSB, Wharton, Booth and Kellogg. She is a 2022 Harvard Business School alum who applied in Round 2 with 3 years of work experience. She works in healthcare strategy at Teladoc Health and coaches applicants across time zones from the Bay Area.
Ashley Dixon
Ashley Dixon is an independent education consultant in Seattle who helps high school students and their families with college admissions. She owns UMatch Consulting, which she started in 2022. Ashley holds a law degree and a college counseling certificate from UC San Diego. She also serves as Co-Director of College Counseling at Minds Matter Seattle, a program for high-achieving students from low-income backgrounds. She guides students through list building, essays, and financial aid.
Atharva Abhyankar
Atharva Abhyankar is an LSAT tutor who also helps students with law school admissions. He works one-on-one and online with college students and working professionals. Every student starts with a diagnostic test, and he looks for patterns in their mistakes. He wrote a successful application to Harvard Law as a junior, and he uses that experience to help students shape personal statements and other application essays.
Atharva Deshmukh
Atharva Deshmukh is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants with school selection, essays, resumes, interviews and GRE quant prep. He has a Biomedical Engineering degree from Georgia Tech and works in medical devices and healthcare. He was admitted to Harvard Business School through the 2+2 program, and also to Kellogg and Darden. He also coaches competitive swimmers, including 2 US Olympians.
Austin Lee
Austin Lee is a college admissions consultant in Belmont, California. He helps high school students and their parents plan and complete the college application process. He spent 17 years in higher education at Stanford, Harvard and USC. He worked with Stanford's Office of Admission on applications from varsity athletes and read applications as a seasonal reader. He started his consulting practice in spring 2021.
Austin Moulder
Austin Moulder is a full-time college admissions counselor who helps students through the whole application process, from the first college search to the first direct deposit. He has worked with 60+ college clients. Students from his class of 2024 curriculum have been admitted to Northwestern, Columbia, and Yale. He worked at Boston Consulting Group and studied at Olin School of Business. His students can also book office hours with a network of 50+ mentors.
Aysha Syeda
Aysha Syeda is a medical school admissions consultant who helps pre-med students with personal statements, application edits and interviews. She is an incoming medical student at the Perelman School of Medicine at UPenn. She has tutored writing and biology for more than 3 years. She spent two summers in the Penn Access Summer Scholars program and did clinical research on an apoE chatbot. She also mentored pre-med students through QuestBridge at Haverford College.
Barb Pasalis
Barb Pasalis is an independent college admissions consultant in Cleveland, Ohio. She guides students and their families through college search, testing, applications and financial aid. She started Northcoast Educational Consulting in 2003 and earned the Certified Educational Planner designation in 2010. She served as President of the Independent Educational Consultants Association from 2018 to 2020. She has visited over 250 colleges and taught middle and high school English before consulting.
Barbara Coward
Barbara Coward is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants get into business schools around the world. She has worked in admissions for over two decades. She was the Director of Admissions at the University of Bath and an admissions reader at Johns Hopkins University. Her clients have gained admission to Harvard, Stanford, Wharton and INSEAD. She has helped more than 100 people earn top MBA admits. She works with clients on every continent except Antarctica.
Barbara Rifkind
Barbara Rifkind is a college admissions consultant and the founder of Arise Advising. She works one-on-one with students and parents in New York City, across the US, and worldwide. Before advising, she was an executive at Pearson Education and Oxford University Press, and a literary agent who helped writers tell their stories. She also served as a longtime alumni interviewer. Her support starts with course planning in the early grades and runs through college applications.
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.
Beatriz Gorostiaga
Beatriz Gorostiaga is an MBA admissions consultant who helps international applicants build strong applications. She graduated from Harvard Business School in 2025 and went through the MBA process as an international applicant herself. She has worked in financial services, non-profits and tech ventures in the U.S. and Latin America. She has also mentored international students applying to U.S. colleges through the EducationUSA program since 2017.
Begum Cital
Begum Cital is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants with essays, interviews and overall application strategy. She is a Harvard Business School Class of 2025 graduate. She was admitted to both HBS and MIT Sloan, and she won a scholarship at Sloan. She moved from Turkey to the U.S. for college. She focuses on nontraditional and international candidates, and she coaches Turkish applicants in Turkish. She has logged 1,530 minutes of coaching.
Ben Lazaroff
Ben Lazaroff is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants with essays, strategy, resumes, test prep and interviews. He has advised more than 400 admits into schools like Stanford GSB, HBS, Wharton, Kellogg, MIT Sloan, INSEAD and Haas. He worked at McKinsey, in Chicago city government and in Bain's Private Equity Group. He is a Stanford GSB graduate based in New York City. He also plays chess professionally.
Benito Nishizawa Rodriguez
Benito Nishizawa Rodriguez is a college admissions counselor who helps students and families through the application process. He has more than 18 years of experience. He once worked at the Harvard Admissions Office and later at Google. He has supported hundreds of students worldwide. His students have gone on to schools such as Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, UC Berkeley and the University of Chicago. He focuses on capstone projects and a clear academic identity.
Benjamin Caldarelli
Benjamin Caldarelli is a college admissions consultant who helps students and their families plan for selective colleges. He runs a boutique practice in Princeton, NJ, and works with a small group of clients. Since 2009 he has helped over 600 students through the admissions process. He built the Citizen Scholar Admissions Strategy, his own framework for positioning students. He also spent 10 years as Co-Founder of Princeton College Consulting.
Beth Wilner
Beth Wilner is an independent college admissions consultant who helps students and families through the application process and beyond. She has worked as an educator for over 25 years. Her past roles include college counseling, pre-law advising, law school admissions, and teaching undergraduate political science. She runs Rosecliff College Consulting in Charlotte. She offers full support through graduation or help with one task, such as essays.
Bettina Weil
Bettina Weil is an independent college admissions consultant who helps students and their parents plan for college. She has advised families since 2007 and runs Weil College Advising, a boutique firm in Westchester, NY. Before that, she was Dean of High School Partnerships at the State University of New York. She also served as Director of College Programs at Yonkers Partners in Education. Her firm supports students in Latin America, Asia and Europe who want to attend college in the U.S.
Beverly Brutzkus
Beverly Brutzkus is an independent college counselor who helps students and their families through the college application process. She runs Conejo College Consulting and also serves as a college counselor for Synergy Academics in West Hills, CA. She started her private practice in 2018. She has read and scored essays for UCLA Alumni scholarships, UC Davis alumni scholarships, and a youth essay contest. She also coaches virtually for ScholarMatch.
Bonnie Stewart
Bonnie Stewart is a college admissions consultant with Smart College Selection in Indianapolis. She helps high school students and their parents choose colleges and apply. Bonnie spent 25 years as an educator and taught Humanities at Park Tudor School. She has visited more than 120 college campuses. She holds a UCLA Certificate in College Counseling and helps teens tell their own story in essays and applications.
Brandon Pae
Brandon Pae is a college admissions coach who helps STEM students and applicants build a strong story for admissions committees and consulting interviews. He is a recent Columbia Engineering graduate in Computer Science and Entrepreneurship. He earned offers from eight colleges, including Columbia, Cornell and UPenn, and landed a BCG full-time offer through his own outreach. He has mentored 15+ students one-on-one on essays and positioning over four years.
Brandon Tran
Brandon Tran is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants with resumes, essays, and storytelling. He has worked with more than 30 MBA clients and has logged 9,885 minutes of coaching. He was admitted to Stanford GSB through its deferred MBA program. He works full time as a management consultant at KPMG. As a first-generation student, he knows the application process from the applicant's side.
Brenda Shepherd
Brenda Shepherd is a college admissions consultant in Winter Park, Florida. She helps high school students and their families plan for college and complete applications. She founded Shepherd College Consulting in 2018 and works with 35 seniors each application cycle. Before that, she co-owned another college consulting firm and led a high school college and career center. She also served as a Duke University alumni interviewer for five years.
Brooke Green
Brooke Green is a college admissions consultant who helps high school students and their parents get into the right schools. She founded Green College Consulting in Carlsbad, California. Brooke sat on the UC Berkeley Undergraduate Admissions Committee and read freshman applications in 2003, 2005, 2009 and 2016. She also holds a Harvard master's in higher education and has worked with students for over ten years.
Bryan Chao
Bryan Chao is an MBA admissions consultant who also teaches test prep for the GMAT, GRE, SAT and ACT. He helps applicants build one clear story from their career, experiences and goals. He has coached 50 MBA applicants aiming at top 10 programs over 12 years. His own career covered M&A, venture capital and startup operations in the U.S. and China. He holds an MBA from MIT Sloan and scored a 770 on the GMAT twice.
Caitlin Andersen
Caitlin Andersen is an independent educational consultant who helps working professionals, current students and recent grads get into top business master's programs. She founded Auxilium Education in Tampa, Florida. Caitlin holds an MBA from Oxford's Saïd Business School and has guided graduate applicants since 2018. She chairs the Business Roundtable for the IECA Graduate Committee. Her clients have earned interviews and admits at schools such as Chicago Booth, Cornell Tech and LSE.
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| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Genevieve Morgan | College admissions and College essays | $130 to $300 an hour |
| Robert Piazza | College admissions and College essays | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Sowa Imoisili | MBA admissions and College admissions | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Tanya Keeney | College admissions and College essays | $130 to $300 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 |
| Abby Troy | MBA admissions and College essays | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Abel Geleta | College admissions and College essays | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Abigail Lind | College admissions and College essays | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Abigail Simkus | College admissions and College essays | $150 to $225 an hour |
| Adam Hoff | College admissions and College essays | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Ade Dedeke | MBA admissions and College essays | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Aditi Singh | MBA admissions and College essays | $70 to $145 an hour |
| AdmissionSight | College admissions and College essays | $150 to $225 an hour |
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Most admissions consultants charge $75 to $225 per hour or session.
What else do these admissions consultants help with?
Common focus areas include college admissions, financial aid and scholarships, ivy league and top schools and international students.
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Other focus areas
Last updated September 2026.