Admissions consultants for college essays
Compare 1,198 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 mba admissions. 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Carlos Noel
Carlos Noel is a medical school admissions consultant who helps applicants build strong applications. He is a third-year student at Harvard Medical School. He applied in the 2022 to 2023 cycle and was accepted to Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Penn, and Yale before choosing Harvard. He has mentored friends and mentees on personal statements, secondary essays, and interview prep. He also works on activities lists and application strategy.
Cathy Manlow
Cathy Manlow is an MBA admissions consultant who helps candidates get into global business schools. She earned her own MBA at INSEAD and now interviews applicants for the school. Before that, she worked on Wall Street and in the gourmet chocolate world. She has coached candidates since 2018. Her clients have gained admission to INSEAD, LBS, Bocconi, Booth, Wharton, HEC Paris, IESE, Cambridge Judge, Oxford Said and NYU Stern.
Cayo Gonzalez
Cayo Gonzalez is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants with essays and personal narrative. Cayo holds a Stanford MD/MBA and works at Boston Consulting Group. Before focusing on MBA admissions, Cayo coached medical school applicants. Clients have gained admission to schools including Wharton and Stanford GSB. Cayo has worked with more than 10 MBA clients and offers sessions on weekends, with weekday times in Eastern Time arranged as needed.
Charlene You
Charlene You is an MBA admissions consultant who also coaches candidates for consulting interviews. She helps ambitious professionals get into top MBA programs or land roles at leading consulting firms. She served as a Wharton Admissions Fellow, so she knows how admissions committees read applications. She currently takes a limited number of clients for Round 3 MBA applications.
Charlotte Weiss
Charlotte Weiss is an MBA admissions consultant who helps young professionals get into business school. She graduated from Stanford GSB in 2021 and now works as an Operating Executive at Alpine Investors. At Stanford she was President of the Native Business Students Association and CMO of student government. She focuses on strong essays and clear storytelling.
Chris Bell
Chris Bell is a college admissions consultant who helps high school students plan for college. He runs Bell College Consulting and works with students in Colorado. He spent more than 25 years in higher education before starting his practice. He has held roles in teaching, advising, counseling, student activities, and academic technology. He holds a graduate degree in Student Affairs in Higher Education, where he trained as a counselor. He guides students from self-discovery through the final application.
Chris Morgan
Chris Morgan is a college admissions counselor who helps students plan and complete their applications. Chris taught high school English for over two decades at a nationally ranked school in Illinois. Chris also reviewed applications and ran interviews for the University of Chicago admissions committee. Chris has worked with over 100 college clients and focuses on personal essays and applications to Ivy League and other elite schools.
Christian Hansen
Christian Hansen is a full-time admissions counselor who helps students get into college, MBA and master's programs. He is a former Associate Director of the MBA program at UC Irvine and a former member of BYU's Admissions Committee. He also ran internships for LG Electronics in South Korea and China. He wrote the book The Influence Mindset and uses its ideas to teach students personal influence. He says every one of his students got into one of their top 3 programs.
Claire Qin
Claire Qin is an MBA admissions consultant and executive coach. She helps applicants shape their story and sharpen their positioning, and she coaches leaders through career moves. She holds a Stanford MBA and spent a decade in senior roles at Amazon, Uber, Sylvera and Morgan Stanley. She has trained in organisational psychology at the NHS Tavistock Clinic. She has also coached senior leaders and MBA students in INSEAD's Personal Leadership Development Programme.
Clay Phillips
Clay Phillips is a college admissions counselor who helps high school students build strong applications. He works as a technology consultant and has guided 20+ students through the process from start to finish. He builds custom timelines and oversees application submissions. He reports an acceptance rate above 80%, with students placed at Top 50 schools, including Ivies, some with scholarships. He also tutored children in STEM and coached lacrosse at inner-city schools.
Colin Weidmann
Colin Weidmann is an MBA admissions consultant who helps veterans and other non-traditional applicants. He is a Stanford GSB graduate and a former U.S. Army Special Forces officer with 11 years of service. He got into Stanford GSB, Harvard Business School and Wharton himself. He has coached veterans into Stanford GSB, Harvard, Wharton, Kellogg, Booth and Haas. He also works as a Chief of Staff at a private equity-backed healthcare company.
Conor Ahern
Conor Ahern is a law school admissions consultant who helps applicants get into top programs. He has coached and tutored applicants for 10 years. He has a law degree from Harvard and has worked with 7Sage, Inspirica, Onsen Education, Diamond Education and NoodlePros. He helps clients raise their LSAT scores and build strong applications. His clients have won admission to all of the T14 law schools.
Courtney Bland
Courtney Bland is an admissions consultant who helps students with MBA and college applications. She is an MBA student at NYU Stern and a Duke graduate in Mechanical Engineering and Finance. She spent two years as an equity derivatives trader at Bank of America. She also interviews applicants as a Duke alumni interviewer. She was deferred by Duke and later admitted, so she guides clients through deferral and waitlist situations.
Cynthia Rivera
Cynthia Rivera is a law school admissions consultant who helps applicants build a clear, strong case for admission. She founded CW Admissions Consulting. She has worked as an admissions reader and served on an admissions task force in law school. Before consulting, she practiced as a federal attorney and worked in wealth management. She also consulted at 7Sage and Barrier Breakers, where she supported first-generation law school applicants.
Daniel Saa
Daniel Saa is an MBA admissions consultant who helps candidates with STEM backgrounds. He is an MBA candidate at Harvard Business School and a former Chief Admissions Ambassador. Before business school he worked as a chemical engineer for 4 years, including at ExxonMobil. He also held venture capital roles and will join Bain & Company in consulting. He coaches on application strategy, essays and interview preparation.
Darla Trendler
Darla Trendler is a college admissions counselor who helps students apply to BYU. She focuses on application essays. Darla spent 10 years as a professional editor and worked on executive-level writing. She has coached applicants through BYU admissions since 2017. She is a BYU graduate who first got in as a transfer student after community college. That path gives her a close view of the process for students who doubt they belong.
Dawn Androphy
Dawn Androphy is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants plan and write their MBA applications. She holds an MBA from Stanford GSB. Before consulting, she worked in product strategy and corporate development at Microsoft and as an Associate at BCG. She now runs Allswell, a startup focused on health equity. She works with applicants at any stage, from first ideas to final drafts.
Eleanor Roberts
Eleanor Roberts is a college admissions counselor who helps students with Common App and BYU essays. She spent six years as a BYU application reader and admissions counselor, and she has read hundreds of applications. She also worked as a financial aid manager from 2007 to 2018 and as an associate registrar at Ensign College. Today she is Director of NCAA Compliance. Her focus is helping students get into Brigham Young University.
Elizabeth Arenz Hosbein
Elizabeth Arenz Hosbein is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants with resumes, essays, and overall application strategy. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and was admitted to four of the top seven business schools she applied to, including Booth, Darden, HBS, Kellogg, and Wharton. Before business school, she worked in investment banking at Baird and in private equity at Insight Equity. She has worked with more than 10 MBA clients.
Ellen Chao
Ellen Chao is a college admissions consultant who guides high school students through course choices, activities, summer plans and the application process. She runs South Bay Educational Consultants and has helped families since 2015. Ellen began her career as an investment banking analyst and holds an NYU MBA in Finance. She raised two recruited athletes as a single parent, so she knows athletic recruiting and financial aid. She works with students in Southern California.
Elsa Sze
Elsa Sze is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants tell their story clearly and stand out. She earned a joint MBA and MPP from Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School. She built a venture-backed startup out of the Harvard Innovation Lab. She began coaching while at Harvard, after co-founding a leadership institute for graduate students. She also tells clients honestly if an MBA is the wrong step for them.
Emily Lammers
Emily Lammers is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants present their best selves to admissions committees. She spent most of her career in product marketing and product management at BlackRock and Franklin Templeton. She has also worked on a political campaign, consulted for Silicon Valley startups, and worked in biotech investor relations. She lives in Salt Lake City.
Emily Malech
Emily Malech is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants with essays, application strategy and interviews. She also coaches consulting candidates through recruiting. She was admitted to Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan and Columbia Business School, and earned a full merit scholarship at Columbia. Her GMAT Focus score landed in the top 8% of test takers. She has over three years of coaching experience and works in management consulting in New York City.
Eric Lucrezia
Eric Lucrezia is an MBA admissions consultant who also helps clients with Master's applications and job searches. He spent 6 years at ESSEC Business School in Paris and Singapore as Director of Recruitment for the Global MBA. He has worked full-time as a consultant since 2020. He is based between Paris and New York City and sets appointments across time zones. As a longtime English teacher, he also reviews essays for grammar and spelling.
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.
Federico Mele-Cormier
Federico Mele-Cormier is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants build strong applications for top business schools. He is a Wharton MBA graduate and a former Wharton Admissions Fellow, where he led team-based application evaluations. He is also co-founder and CEO of GenieAI, an AI-driven fintech company. His clients have been admitted to HBS, Stanford GSB, Wharton, MIT Sloan, Columbia, Chicago Booth and INSEAD.
Felipe Pinto
Felipe Pinto is an admissions consultant who helps applicants with MBA and JD applications. He was admitted to the Stanford MBA, Stanford JD and Harvard JD programs. He scored a 770 on the GMAT, including a 51 out of 51 on Quant. His Stanford MBA interview was led by Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors. He has helped clients gain admission to Yale's JD program and win interviews at Stanford's MBA program.
Firas Atwa
Firas Atwa is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants plan and write strong applications. He is a current MBA candidate at Harvard Business School. He was admitted to three top 10 MBA programs: Harvard, Columbia and London Business School. Before business school he worked in investment and strategy at Algebra Ventures and Alvarez & Marsal. He focuses on applicants from underrepresented countries and backgrounds who need a distinct profile.
Firo Cole
Firo Cole is a medical school admissions consultant who helps applicants plan their strategy, write personal statements, and prepare for interviews. Firo is a UCSF-trained physician in ophthalmology residency and a former member of the UCSF Admissions Committee. Firo has coached over 200 students. Clients include first-time applicants and people who are applying again with a stronger story.
Geri Towvim
Geri Towvim is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants get into top business schools. She spent 8 years on the MBA Admissions Board at Harvard Business School, where she reviewed applications, ran interviews and helped launch the 2+2 deferred admissions program. She has worked with 250+ MBA clients, including 150+ admits to M7 schools. She works as an independent coach and covers school choice, essays, resumes, recommenders and interviews.
Gloria Liu
Gloria Liu is a medical school admissions consultant who helps applicants build their story and finish strong applications. She is a second-year medical student at Northwestern and a Case Western Reserve graduate with degrees in Biology and Finance. She got 15 interview invites and 13 acceptances after writing 40 secondaries for AMCAS. She coaches on secondaries, the activities list and the AMCAS application.
Greg Guglielmo
Greg Guglielmo is an MBA admissions consultant and the founder of Avanti Prep. He helps applicants with essays, resumes, recommendations and school-specific strategy. Before starting his firm in 2017, he worked in admissions consulting at Critical Square, served as a student member of admissions at Berkeley-Haas, and spent eight years in private equity and asset management. He works full-time as a consultant and has logged over 7,000 hours of one-on-one sessions.
Habib Akouri
Habib Akouri is a medical school admissions consultant who helps pre-med applicants build stronger applications. He is a medical student at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He went through the process recently and was accepted to 11 programs. He also worked as an MCAT tutor with Blueprint Test Prep. He coaches on school lists, essays, activities lists and interviews, both before and during an application cycle.
Haelee Norton
Haelee Norton is a college admissions counselor who helps undergraduate applicants tell their story. She focuses on essays, resumes, interviews and full application support. Before coaching, she spent five years in the nonprofit industry, where she wrote grant proposals, fundraising letters and marketing materials. She is a Licensed Master Social Worker and a recent MSW graduate. She studied at Baylor University and worked at American Philanthropic.
Hailee DeMott
Hailee DeMott is an Independent Educational Consultant who helps students and families plan for college and graduate school. She owns DeMott College and Education Consulting. Before starting her practice, she worked in student recruitment and admissions, academic advising, and as a faculty member. She is a 2013 Fulbright Scholar who studied in Berlin and Strasbourg. She also serves as the Las Vegas Community Coordinator for the Higher Education Consultants Association.
Hailey Lee
Hailey Lee is an MBA admissions consultant who helps non-traditional candidates get into top business schools. She is a Stanford GSB graduate with a media industry background. She works in corporate development at Webtoon and has coached more than 25 clients. She helps with application strategy, essays, interviews, and big career pivots. She trained as a coach through the Stanford Arbuckle Leadership Fellowship.
Hamid Arbab
Hamid Arbab is an admissions consultant who helps applicants with college, law school and policy school applications. He has coached 60+ applicants on school selection, essays and overall strategy, including international applicants. He got into Harvard Law School two years early through the Junior Deferral Program. He studied at Princeton and is now a Marshall Scholar and DPhil candidate at Oxford. He focuses on making every part of an application point in the same direction.
Hanna Stotland
Hanna Stotland is an independent admissions consultant in Las Vegas. She helps students with college, law school and grad school applications. She focuses on crisis management, working with students who have faced discipline, mental health issues, academic failure or criminal charges. She has worked with paying clients since 1999, first as a contractor for Kaplan and Brody and then in her own practice. She serves families from California to Maine.
Hannah Shapiro
Hannah Shapiro is a medical school admissions consultant and MCAT tutor. She helps pre-med students study for the MCAT and build strong applications. She is a first year student at Harvard Medical School. She worked for three years as a clinical research coordinator at McLean Hospital. When she applied, she got interview invitations from 12 schools and acceptances to Harvard, Johns Hopkins, the University of Washington and UCLA.
Hillary Hewins
Hillary Hewins is a college admissions counselor who helps students with US and global university applications. She has 18 years of experience and has guided over 600 students. She has led college counseling at Hunter College High School and Léman Manhattan Preparatory School in New York City. She has visited over 100 US campuses to talk with admissions committee members. She also speaks at admissions conferences in the US, Europe, and Asia.
Irving Barrera
Irving Barrera is a medical school admissions consultant who helps applicants build a clear story for their applications. He is a current Harvard Medical School student. He got into eight top medical schools, including Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Yale and UCSF, and won major merit scholarships. He worked at the Broad Institute and as a Spanish medical interpreter. He focuses on applicants who do not follow the usual pre-med path.
Jake Goodman
Jake Goodman is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants with essays, applications and interviews. He graduated from Harvard Business School. Before that he worked in investment banking at Barclays and in strategy and finance roles at Gopuff, a grocery delivery startup. He studied English in college and focuses on helping clients shape their story. He has helped students get into Wharton, HBS, Booth and Tuck.
Jake Winans
Jake Winans is a college admissions counselor who helps students get into top schools and prepare for careers. He founded Aventira Admissions Consulting. Before that, he worked in investment banking and consulting at RBC and Deloitte, then in corporate strategy at The Walt Disney Company. He has helped over 200 students gain admission to schools like Harvard, Stanford, MIT and Princeton. He also speaks at high schools and industry conferences.
Jason Milan
Jason Milan is a college admissions counselor who works one-on-one with teenagers on applications to top-choice colleges, with a focus on early admission rounds. He has guided more than a hundred students across STEM, business and humanities. His Class of 2023 students had a 100% acceptance rate in early admission and are going to schools like Stanford, U Chicago and Brown. He studied screenwriting and uses it to shape application stories.
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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 |
| Abby Bittler | College admissions and College essays | $70 to $130 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 |
| Ade Dedeke | MBA admissions and College essays | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Adwoa Boateng | MBA admissions and College essays | $70 to $150 an hour |
| Afton Kuebitz | College admissions and College essays | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Alex Clark | MBA admissions and College essays | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Alexandra Eitel | MBA admissions and College essays | $70 to $150 an hour |
| Alexandra Matthews | College admissions and College essays | $130 to $300 an hour |
| Alice Shang | MBA admissions and College admissions | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Alicen Adams | College admissions and College essays | $150 to $240 an hour |
| Alissa Orlando | MBA admissions and College essays | $70 to $145 an hour |
Common questions
How much does an admissions consultant for college essays cost?
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 mba admissions.
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Last updated September 2026.