Admissions consultants for financial aid and scholarships
Compare 662 admissions consultants who focus on financial aid and scholarships. Besides financial aid and scholarships, the most common focus areas are college admissions, college essays, ivy league and top schools and international students. They most often work with students, parents and athletes. Most charge $125 to $250 per hour or session.
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Grad School Road Map
Grad School Road Map is a graduate school admissions coaching practice. It helps applicants to MBA, law, medical, master's and doctoral programs across all fields. The team includes former deans and directors of admissions at Columbia, Northwestern and University of Chicago. In 18 years, it has worked with just over 1150 applicants. It also speaks on campuses and has written a book on the application process from start to finish.
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.
Tanya Keeney
Tanya Keeney is an independent college admissions consultant and the founder of College Pragmatics LLC in Massachusetts. She helps students and their parents plan the college search and application process. She is a licensed school counselor with 25+ years in higher education. She has helped over 1,000 students and has visited over 200 colleges. She uses a family systems counseling approach that includes both students and parents.
Tomilola Abiodun
Tomilola Abiodun is an MBA admissions consultant who helps international and domestic students with admissions, scholarships, and careers. She founded TitanR Consulting. In seven years she has helped 500+ students get into their target programs and secured more than $35M in scholarships for them. She has also supported 350+ career placements. She went through the process herself as an international student and earned her MBA at Fisher College of Business in 2019.
Abby Bittler
Abby Bittler is a college admissions consultant who helps students plan for college and move into it successfully. She works with students in regular education and with students who learn differently, including those with ADHD or dyslexia. She started as an independent educational consultant in 2014. Before that she was a teacher, tutor and academic coach. She focuses on colleges in the Southeast, including public and private schools with moderately selective admissions.
Abby Friedman
Abby Friedman is an independent educational consultant in Berkeley, California. She helps students and parents plan for college and apply. She is a Certified Educational Planner and a lifelong educator. Her work covers US colleges and also programs in the EU, UK and Canada. She pays close attention to fit, including academic, social and financial fit. She holds a master's in education and a UC Berkeley certificate in college admissions and career planning.
Abby Siegel
Abby Siegel is an independent college admissions consultant in New York City. She helps students and their parents plan for college and finish applications. She has more than 24 years of experience in top public and private schools. She started her own practice in 2006 after years as a school counselor. She has visited hundreds of campuses across the country. Her work covers college lists, essays, financial aid, and scholarships.
Abigail Hagan
Abigail Hagan is an admissions consultant who helps students get into PhD, MBA, master's and undergraduate programs. She has coached 100+ clients into top STEM PhD, master's and undergraduate programs, including MD/PhD and dual-degree paths. She also helps early-career professionals land roles at firms like Amazon, BCG and Morgan Stanley. She works on PwC's AI Strategy team under the Chief AI Officer and scored 331 on the GRE.
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.
Adrienne Spraggins
Adrienne Spraggins is a college admissions consultant in Nashville, Tennessee. She helps students and their parents with the college search, applications, and final decisions. She used to be an admissions officer at Vanderbilt University, where she reviewed over 6,400 applications for admission and scholarship. She has guided more than 700 students. Her work covers athletes, arts students, students with learning differences, and students who want to study abroad.
Adwoa Boateng
Adwoa Boateng is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants get into Wharton and other top 10 programs. She is a former U.S. government professional with five years in international development oversight and foreign policy. In the last two years, she helped over five applicants win Wharton admission, with funding from 25% to full tuition. Her focus is storytelling. She helps clients show how an MBA fits their personal and professional goals.
Alex Bastoky
Alex Bastoky is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants build strong stories for top business schools. He holds an HBS MBA and is a former Bain consultant, Fulbright Scholar and West Point graduate. His own HBS essay was printed in the book "50 Successful Harvard Application Essays." He scored a perfect GRE Verbal and adds test help to his coaching. His clients have won offers from Stanford GSB, HBS, Wharton, Kellogg, Haas and Fuqua.
Alexander Cheng
Alexander Cheng is a scholarships and fellowships advisor who helps candidates from non-traditional backgrounds build strong applications. He is a social impact consultant and a former consultant at L.E.K. Consulting. He was selected as a Schwarzman Scholar from a pool of more than 5,800 applicants. He also founded a not-for-profit that supports diverse professionals in Australia. His coaching focuses on turning lived experience into clear, honest stories that selection committees trust.
Alexandra 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.
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.
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.
Amy Romm Lockard
Amy Romm Lockard is an independent college admissions consultant who helps students and parents with the college search and applications. She runs Dovetail College Consulting in Portland, Oregon, and serves families across the U.S. She worked in secondary and higher education before starting her practice. She works with students who have learning differences, mental health differences, or significant financial need. She does not work with private high school students or those aiming for the most highly selective universities.
Andrea Rieves
Andrea Rieves is an independent education consultant who helps students and parents plan for college. She owns ARC Education Planning in Huntersville, North Carolina. She spent over 22 years in education, teaching high school English and elementary literacy and advising in middle school. She earned her College Counseling Certificate with distinction from UCLA Extension. She tours colleges in person so she can share firsthand knowledge of campuses with families.
Andrew Ghadimi
Andrew Ghadimi is a dental school admissions consultant who helps pre-dental students get into dental school. He runs Predenting, an advising company for pre-dentals. He sits on the AADSAS Advisory Board and works with current and former admissions officers. He has created over 100 admissions strategies for his students. His students receive an average of 4 acceptances each, and some have won scholarships of $250,000 or more. He was also accepted to UCLA and UCSF dental schools himself.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Coyle
Beth Coyle is a college admissions advisor who works one-on-one with students to find a college that fits them. She taught in classrooms for over 20 years before moving into advising. She serves the Concord and Walnut Creek area. She has 15 seniors in her current class and is building her sophomore and junior classes. She helped 10 transfer students this cycle and also takes pro bono clients from low-income families.
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.
Bob Verini
Bob Verini is a private LSAT tutor who helps students raise their scores. He began teaching the LSAT at Kaplan 45 years ago. Stanley Kaplan, the company founder, hired him, and he later served as a Director of the LSAT program. He has scored a perfect 180 on the LSAT more than once. He has taught more than 10,000 students. His clients have reached scores from 166 to 180, and some have gained up to 30 points.
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.
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.
Brian Bernstein
Brian Bernstein is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants get into top business schools. He is a Wharton MBA graduate with honors and a former Admissions Fellow. He worked in investment banking before business school. He has helped more than 30 MBA clients. He was admitted to all 3 schools he applied to and won scholarships from two top programs. He works best with applicants from finance backgrounds.
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.
Brynnen Ford
Brynnen Ford is an independent educational consultant in Seattle who helps students and parents find the right college or school. She works with families from PreK through college. Her past roles include college faculty member, school administrator and teacher. She helps families sort out what matters most, learn how admission and financial aid systems work, and finish the whole application process or only the parts they choose. She meets in central Seattle or online.
Caitlin Breen
Caitlin Breen is an MBA admissions consultant and consulting interview coach. She helps applicants get into top business schools and prepare for case interviews at consulting firms. She earned offers from Bain, McKinsey and BCG while at Kellogg. She was accepted at Kellogg, Booth and Fuqua with over $250K in scholarships. She later led Kellogg on-campus recruiting and served as an alumni interviewer.
Cali Bottom
Cali Bottom is an independent college admissions advisor who helps students and their parents find and apply to colleges that fit. She runs EUREKA! College Prep & Admissions Advising in California. Her Find the Fit process builds a list of 20 to 30 suggested schools based on a student's interests, values and budget. She also teaches an SAT prep course and has helped graduate school applicants. Families use her online portal to schedule sessions and manage applications.
Carla Ramazan
Carla Ramazan is a law school admissions consultant who also coaches applicants on major scholarships and fellowships. She is a JD candidate and Knight-Hennessy Scholar at Stanford. She won the Schwarzman, Soros and Truman scholarships. Three of her law school acceptances came with full-ride offers, from UMichigan, NYU and UC Berkeley. She helps clients find their own story and tell it well in essays and applications. She has also coached high school policy debate.
Carolyn Francis
Carolyn Francis is an independent college admissions consultant in Englewood, Colorado. She helps students and parents with college search, applications and post-high school planning. Before consulting, she worked in retail and manufacturing, then served on the board of the Denver Waldorf School. She started as an ad-hoc college counselor for its high school. She visits college campuses across the US and the world, and she has worked with international students, first generation students and students with learning differences.
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.
Chichi A
Chichi A is an MBA admissions consultant who also helps with MPP and JD applications. Chichi works in real estate finance at an affordable housing operator and worked in Goldman Sachs' Urban Investment Group. Chichi won admission to Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, Wharton, Kellogg and Harvard Kennedy School in one cycle, with full-tuition scholarships at three. Chichi has 10 years of admissions and career coaching experience and has worked with 20+ applicants in the U.S. and Nigeria.
Chris Holzwarth
Chris Holzwarth is an independent college consultant who helps students and their families choose a college and plan a career. Chris uses a process called IDEAL to match each student's strengths and talents to schools and careers. Chris was a classical ballet dancer before moving into this work. Chris also gives talks at national conferences and partners with other consultants on arts admissions and assessments. Sessions run online, so students across the country can work with Chris.
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.
Claudine Vainrub
Claudine Vainrub is the principal of EduPlan, an educational consulting firm. She helps students get into college and graduate school. She has worked in admissions counseling for over 19 years and has supported thousands of candidates. Her students have been admitted to selective schools such as Harvard, MIT and Columbia. She reports that over 95% of her students earn merit scholarships each year. She works with students in the U.S. and in many other countries. She coaches in English, Spanish and Hebrew.
Claudine Vainrub
Claudine Vainrub is an independent educational consultant who helps students and parents with college, MBA and graduate school admissions. She founded EduPlan in 2004 and has over 15 years of admissions counseling experience. She works one-on-one with every student and leads a team of editors and writing specialists. Her practice is in Hollywood, Florida, and she has served clients in countries from India and Brazil to Italy and Saudi Arabia.
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.
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.
Cynthia Harlan
Cynthia Harlan is an independent college admissions consultant who helps students and their parents find the right college. She is in her twelfth year of work and serves both paying and pro bono clients. She holds a Master of Education and an MBA. She guides students one-on-one through testing plans, resumes, essay topics, and applications to colleges across the United States. She also helps families with scholarships and financial aid.
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.
Dave Morris
Dave Morris is the founder of College Athletic Advisor. He helps student athletes plan their college search and admissions. He has over two decades of experience as an educator, coach and consultant. He has coached at NCAA Division I, II and III, NAIA and NJCAA levels. He uses the 5A College Search Model to find schools that fit a student in academics, athletics and social life. He is based in Tumwater, Washington.
David McMillan
David McMillan is an admissions coach who helps students apply to master's programs and win scholarships. He finished an MSc at Oxford with Distinction as a Global Rotary Scholar. He also holds an MSc from Edinburgh. All of his own master's applications succeeded, including Cambridge, Oxford and Edinburgh programs. He has also consulted on PhD and DPhil applications at Oxford and Cambridge. He works on application strategy, personal statements and interview prep.
Dean Anoje
Dean Anoje is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants build a clear story for top business schools. He was a CPA in KPMG audit before he was admitted to Booth, Columbia, Cornell Johnson, and NYU Stern. At Booth he served as an Admissions Fellow, where he read essays, interviewed applicants, and wrote evaluations for the admissions committee. He also teaches cost accounting as adjunct faculty.
Deidra Fisher
Deidra Fisher is an independent college admissions consultant in Dallas, Texas. She helps students and parents with college lists, applications and essays. She founded OneUp College Consulting. Before that, she taught high school English and worked in graduate admissions and recruiting at SMU. She is a Professional member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association. She works with students one-on-one or in small groups. She believes the best college is the one that fits the student, not only a short list of highly selective schools.
Dewey Wilmot
Dewey Wilmot is an independent college admissions consultant who helps students and parents choose colleges and apply. He runs Admissions Edge in San Jose, California, and started it in 1999. He has helped more than 1000 students. He holds a certificate in College Admissions Counseling from UCLA and graduated from Princeton in 1993. His work covers college lists, essays, interviews, and scholarships, plus study habits and test skills.
Donna Sakabu
Donna Sakabu is a college admissions consultant who helps high school students and their families plan for college. She founded Insightful College Planning and works from McKinney, Texas. She has visited more than 200 colleges in person. She worked with hundreds of students in California and knows the UC and CSU application systems well. She has also focused on college affordability for more than a decade.
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.
Elena Arida
Elena Arida is an MBA admissions and consulting recruiting coach. She helps applicants build their story and get into top business schools, with a focus on Stanford GSB and Harvard Business School. She is a former EY-Parthenon consultant who served on the firm's Americas strategy committee. As an applicant, she went from re-applicant to acceptances at Stanford GSB, HBS, Wharton, Columbia, and Darden, where she won the Jefferson Fellowship.
Elizabeth Cashel
Elizabeth Cashel is an independent educational consultant who helps students and families with college and boarding school admissions. She founded Cashel Educational Consulting and works from Fishers Island, New York. She spent over twenty years working with and in schools across the United States and Europe. She once led upper school admissions at a New York City independent school. She serves families in the US and around the world, including expats.
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.
Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ifediba
Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ifediba is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants build strong stories for top business schools. He is a second year MBA student at Berkeley Haas and worked in consulting at Deloitte and Accenture. He has worked with 100+ MBA clients and helped secure 10+ acceptances and over $500,000 in scholarships. He also founded MBA to Commas, a free mentorship platform that has supported 400+ first generation professionals.
Eric Endlich
Eric Endlich is an independent educational consultant who helps students with college and graduate school admissions. He leads Top College Consultants, a nationwide team that focuses on students with learning differences such as autism, ADHD and dyslexia. His students have received acceptances from over 110 schools. He also spoke at a 2020 college planning conference. His practice is based in Walnut Creek, California.
Estrela Consulting
Estrela Consulting is a college admissions consulting firm that helps students and their parents with the college search and application process. Kristina Dooley founded it in 2008 after years of working on the admission office side. The firm began in São Paulo, Brazil. Today a team of Independent Educational Consultants and Essay Specialists works with families remotely, in the U.S. and abroad, to find a college that fits academically, socially and financially.
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.
Faisal Khan
Faisal Khan is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants build strong applications to top business schools. He earned his MBA at Chicago Booth and served on the Booth admissions team, where he reviewed hundreds of applications. He also worked in management consulting, tech and healthcare. His clients have won over $5MM in combined scholarships.
Gabriel Fotsing
Gabriel Fotsing is an admissions counselor who helps students with college and MBA applications. He founded The College Initiative in 2012. Over seven years, it served 1,000+ students who all got into college and earned $170,000,000+ in scholarships. He has been a Harvard alumni interviewer since 2010, so he knows how admissions readers judge a story. He holds a Kellogg MBA and works at Microsoft.
Gena Lester
Dr. Gena Lester is an independent educational consultant in Livingston, Texas. She helps teens and parents through the college admissions process. She has guided hundreds of students. Her students get into top universities and earn scholarships. She wrote a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller about admissions. She also runs Edprenuer, a hub that helps education consultants build online businesses. She combines an education and psychology background in her work.
Greg Zegas
Greg Zegas is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants focused on climate and the environment, and applicants applying from overseas. He has coached for six years. He holds an MBA and MS in Environment and Resources from Stanford GSB. He applied to Stanford from Mongolia, where he led climate finance programs at a commercial bank. His clients have won Fulbright and Chevening scholarships and gained admission to top-10 schools.
Hailee DeMott
Hailee DeMott is an independent college admissions consultant in Las Vegas, Nevada. She guides students and families through the admissions process from start to finish. Before starting her own practice, she worked in admissions at Westminster University in Salt Lake City, where she recruited top scholars. She also taught college transition courses. She served more than ten years as the Las Vegas Regional Coordinator for the Higher Education Consultants Association.
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.
Hannah Serota
Hannah Serota is an independent educational consultant who helps students and parents with college admissions. She founded Creative College Connections in Leesburg, Virginia, in 2010. Before that, she worked in college admissions and sat on admission committees in the 1990s. She now leads a team of four consultants. She visits 20 to 30 colleges each year and focuses on finding colleges that fit a student academically, personally, and financially.
Hilary Lehn
Hilary Lehn is an independent educational consultant in White Rock, British Columbia. She helps students and parents with college and university admissions in Canada, the United States and abroad. She has worked on both sides of the admissions desk for thirty years. Her career includes admissions work at US universities and counselling in US and Canadian independent schools, dating back to 1994. She works one-on-one with each family and has helped hundreds of students.
Hillary Mantis
Hillary Mantis is a law school admissions and career coach. She helps applicants get into law school and helps students and professionals plan or change careers. She spent years as Assistant Dean of the Pre-law Advising Program at Fordham University. She has advised hundreds of applicants into almost every law school in the country, including most of the T14. She also wrote The Essential Guide to Law School Admissions and Alternative Careers for Lawyers.
Inspira Advantage
Inspira Advantage is an admissions consulting firm for people applying to medical, dental, physician assistant and veterinary school. The team also supports residency and BS/MD applicants. Their coaches include former admissions officers and MDs. They focus only on graduate healthcare programs. The firm reports 15K+ applicants supported, a 98% acceptance rate and an average scholarship award of $35K. Test prep for exams like the MCAT, DAT and GRE is also offered.
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 Berlin
Jake Berlin is an MBA admissions consultant who also coaches college applicants. He helps people plan applications, prepare for tests, and think through careers after business school. He earned his bachelor's degree and his MBA on scholarships and was the first in his family to attend business school. He works in strategy at 3M and received offers from Bain and Johnson & Johnson before choosing that path.
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| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Grad School Road Map | MBA admissions and Law school admissions | $80 to $150 an hour |
| Genevieve Morgan | College admissions and College essays | $130 to $300 an hour |
| Robert Piazza | College admissions and College essays | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Tanya Keeney | College admissions and College essays | $130 to $300 an hour |
| Tomilola Abiodun | MBA admissions and International students | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Abby Bittler | College admissions and College essays | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Abby Friedman | College admissions and College essays | $150 to $240 an hour |
| Abby Siegel | College admissions and College essays | $150 to $225 an hour |
| Abigail Hagan | College admissions and MBA admissions | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Ade Dedeke | MBA admissions and College essays | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Adrienne Spraggins | College admissions and Students with learning differences | $150 to $225 an hour |
| Adwoa Boateng | MBA admissions and College essays | $70 to $150 an hour |
| Alex Bastoky | MBA admissions and Ivy League and top schools | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Alexander Cheng | Grad school and PhD and Ivy League and top schools | $80 to $230 an hour |
| Alexandra Matthews | College admissions and College essays | $130 to $300 an hour |
Common questions
How much does an admissions consultant for financial aid and scholarships cost?
Most admissions consultants charge $125 to $250 per hour or session.
What else do these admissions consultants help with?
Common focus areas include college admissions, college essays, ivy league and top schools and international students.
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Last updated September 2026.