Admissions consultants for athletes
Compare 75 admissions consultants. Besides their main focus, the most common focus areas are college admissions, athletic recruiting, college essays and financial aid and scholarships. They most often work with athletes, students and parents. Most charge $69 to $150 per hour or session.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Conrad Ukropina
Conrad Ukropina is an MBA admissions consultant who also coaches startup founders and career changers. He works most with athletes and people close to sports who want to move into business school, consulting, or entrepreneurship. He is a former NFL kicker and a former McKinsey Engagement Manager. He has started three companies and co-founded Lifespark. He holds an MBA, MS, and BS from Stanford. He has helped clients get into Yale School of Management.
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 Beecher
David Beecher is an independent education consultant in Madison, Connecticut. He advises families on prep and boarding school placement, college admissions, athletic recruiting, and students with learning differences. He co-founded Sound Consulting with Chrissie Pape. He is a former college athlete, a former NCAA Division 1 coach and athletic administrator, and spent 9 years as a Director of Admission. He also leads Prep Hockey Advisors, a division of the firm.
Deb Rooney
Deb Rooney is an independent educational consultant who helps teens and their parents with college and private school admissions. She runs Rooney Education in Watertown, Massachusetts. Her work covers choosing the right school, test prep, applications, and final admission. She has worked with teens for over 25 years. She also teaches executive functioning skills and offers services built for student-athletes. She has written a book and works with Team IMPACT.
Emily Gallagher
Emily Gallagher is an independent college admissions consultant who runs My College Game Plan. She helps high school students and their parents plan for college. She builds best-fit college lists, plans campus visits, and coaches students through college essays. She runs a summer application essay camp for rising seniors. She also advises prospective college athletes. Her practice has worked with families for over a decade and has guided hundreds of students.
Eric Simonelli
Eric Simonelli is a college admissions consultant and managing partner at Academic Admissions Advisors in Rhode Island. He helps students of all majors plan for college and reach their goals. He spent thirteen years as an admissions advisor and athletic liaison at the University of Rhode Island. He then spent eight years as director of college counseling and varsity boys' basketball coach at La Salle Academy. He also knows the athletic recruiting process well.
IvySelect
IvySelect is a boutique college admissions consultancy. It helps high-achieving students apply to Ivy League schools and other top colleges in the United States, Canada and the U.K. The team also works with international students, B.S./M.D. applicants, student-athletes, transfer students, and law school and medical school applicants. Each counselor works with few students, which leaves more time for personal statements and supplemental essays. Clients get a strategic plan built around academics and activities.
Kimberly Kim Chorosiewski
Kim Chorosiewski is a college and school planning counselor at McMillan Education. She helps students and families find the right school or college, with a focus on athletic recruiting. She spent 25 years as an educator, coach and administrator in schools and colleges. She also chairs the firm's Athletic Recruiting College Planning area. She was an All-American in field hockey and lacrosse and played for the US National Team in both sports.
Lauran Williamson
Lauran Williamson is an independent college admissions consultant who helps students and parents with the college search and application process. Lauran runs Williamson College Prep. Lauran spent six years as a school counselor for Denver Public Schools before starting a private practice. Lauran's work adds to what public school counselors provide. Lauran also focuses on student-athletes who want a balance of academics and athletics in college. Lauran is a former DIII athlete and a DI and high school coach.
Makoto Harada
Makoto Harada is an educational consultant who helps middle school and high school students and their parents plan for US college admission. Makoto runs MACS Career & Education in San Jose, California. Makoto founded it in 2003 after working as a consultant at Mitsubishi Research Institute. Makoto has advised more than 500 students, including students living in Japan and Europe. Makoto works in both Japanese and English and also supports student athletes.
Matt Kilby
Matt Kilby is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants get into top business schools and undergraduate schools. He has coached for over 6 years. He is a former nuclear submarine officer and a Project Leader at BCG. Clients he has helped were admitted to Harvard Business School, Wharton, Chicago Booth, Kellogg and MIT Sloan, including the LGO program. He also works with military veterans, engineers and athletes.
McKenna Miller
McKenna Miller is an MBA admissions consultant who helps athletes and consultants apply to business school, with a focus on Stanford GSB. She is a recent GSB graduate and a former Deloitte strategy consultant. She captained the Brown women's water polo team. She has worked with 10+ MBA clients. She has also coached aquatics for over 10 years.
Nita June
Nita June is an educational consultant who helps students and families with college admissions. She specializes in visual arts portfolio guidance and performing arts audition coaching. She also works with transfer students, graduate students and athletes. Before starting her own practice, she taught high school English, literature and theater for almost a decade. She has focused on college counseling since 2012. She also directs and produces for her own theatre company.
Paul Nicholas
Paul Nicholas is an independent college admissions consultant and the founder of Alma Mater Educational Services. She helps students and their parents with college applications, from early planning to decisions and follow-up. She is in the eleventh year of her practice and works with students across the country and around the world by Zoom. She earned her college counseling certificate at UCLA Extension and volunteered with Minds Matter in Los Angeles.
Randi Heathman
Randi Heathman is an independent college admissions consultant who helps high school students and their parents find colleges that fit both academic and equestrian goals. She has over twenty years in higher education. She once served as Senior Assistant Director of Admission at Albion College. She also helped start Albion's riding program in 2004. She works from Horton, Michigan, and hosts a podcast called The Road to Rome.
Yvonne Espinoza
Yvonne Espinoza is an independent college admissions counselor in Austin, Texas. She helps students in grades 9 to 12 and their parents plan for college and apply. She has over 24 years of experience and has helped thousands of students. She does all the counseling herself and caps her senior caseload at 15 clients. She also advises transfer students and works with families across the United States.
Amy Bryant
Amy Bryant is an independent educational consultant in Decatur, Georgia. She helps high school student-athletes and their parents with the college search, athletics recruiting and admissions. Before consulting, she was a long-time coach at Emory University and an 18-time NCAA National Championship coach. She builds an individual plan for each athlete. The plan looks at sports ability, academic interests, personal values and long-term career goals.
Annie Reece
Annie Reece is an independent educational consultant who helps students and parents find and apply to boarding schools. She runs Right Fit Educational Consulting in Topsfield, Massachusetts. She works with families across the country. Her work covers traditional and junior boarding schools, athletic admissions, and schools for students with learning differences. She also advises on gap years and summer programs. She builds a school list for each student after detailed meetings with the family.
Barbara Sams
Barbara Sams is a college admissions consultant and Managing Partner at McNeal Sams College Consulting in Saint Louis. She guides college applicants and their parents through the admissions process. She worked in university admission and high school college counseling before starting the firm with Cornelia McNeal. Her focus areas include athletic recruiting, international students, the US military academy process, and students with learning differences. The Princeton Review named her one of its 20 School Counselors Who Make a Difference in 2019.
Bibi Malek
Bibi Malek is a university admissions consultant and the founder of Select College Admissions in West Vancouver, Canada. She helps students and parents plan and complete applications to universities in the US, Canada and the UK. She has more than a decade of experience in admission counseling. She works with athletes, aspiring architects and studio or performing artists. She meets clients in person or by live video, so families in other countries can work with her.
Cristine Butler
Cristine Butler is an independent educational consultant who runs College Click, a college admissions counseling practice in Valencia, California. She helps students and parents build a college list, understand the admissions process, and write strong essays. The practice has served over 1,000 students, including athletes and performing arts applicants. Its team includes former admissions officers from top creative schools. Cristine is a professional member of the IECA.
Henry Mulzac
Henry Mulzac is an independent educational consultant in Arlington, Virginia. He helps students and parents with private and boarding school admissions. His firm, Henry Charles Consulting, also advises student athletes and international families. He is a Professional member of IECA. His work covers school research, fit, application plans, and support from the first talk through enrollment.
Karen Fong Donoghue
Karen Fong Donoghue is an independent college consultant who helps rugby student-athletes and their parents with college recruiting. She runs The Rugger's Edge, an advisory firm built for rugby players. Karen is a former counselor and a recruiting advisor. She works with college coaches to match players with programs. She also offers a college rugby playbook and a rugby resume template for athletes.
Karen Herbst
Karen Herbst is an independent college and medical school admissions consultant in Colorado. She runs Admission Intuition and works with students and their parents. She helps students build a school list that fits them academically, socially and financially. She also guides them through applications that sound authentic. Her site covers college research, finances, scholarships, test prep, athletes, diversity and students with disabilities. She visits colleges to learn about them firsthand.
Kathy Connor
Kathy Connor is an independent college consultant in Portland, Oregon. She runs Connor College Consulting and helps high school students and their parents with college admissions and athletic recruiting. She swam on a full scholarship at Stanford University and was a United States National Team member for many years. She works one-on-one with students to find right-fit colleges using four measures: Academic, social, financial and athletic.
Lynette Mathews
Lynette Mathews is an independent educational consultant who helps students and parents with college admissions. She founded The College Planning Center in 2005. The first office was in Folsom, California, and grew to three locations. Her team serves the Sacramento and Bay Areas and families nationwide. The center offers one-on-one guidance, SAT and ACT test prep, and help for student-athletes who want to be recruited. It also runs the Signature Project, a mentored program for students.
Matt McGee
Matt McGee is a private tutor and college admissions counselor who founded MRM Education in 2020. He helps late middle school and high school students through the full college application process. He has worked in tutoring and admissions for 15 years. His team has placed students at multiple Ivy+ universities and the top UC schools. He also supports athletes, homeschooled students and neurodivergent students.
Michele Coleman
Michele Coleman is a college admissions and career counselor who helps students and families with the college search. She runs Coleman College Counseling as a sole owner, so each plan is built for the student and family. She also works with transfer students, college students who want career direction, and students applying to graduate and professional schools. Before this, she spent over 13 years in training, organizational development and outplacement. She works with athletes and arts students.
Mindy Popp
Mindy Popp is an independent educational consultant who helps students and parents with college admissions. She runs Popp & Associates, LLC in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. The practice guides students in grades 9 to 12 and gives strategic advice to applicants at every step of the admission process. It also offers athletic counseling for college-bound athletes and services for international students. The firm has reached its 20th anniversary and is a member of IECA.
Reid Meyer
Reid Meyer is an independent educational consultant and the lead advisor at A2A Academy. He helps student-athletes and their parents plan for college, from applications to athletic recruiting and financial planning. He is an IECA Professional member based in Magnolia, Texas. He built the program after his own confusing recruiting path, which included four schools in four years. His work covers the classroom side of college choice as well as the sport.
Rose Ellen Mocombe
Rose Ellen Mocombe is an independent educational consultant in Oviedo, Florida. She runs Beyond Ivy Educational Consulting and helps students and parents with college admissions. She uses a method called the Inside-Out Method, which starts with who the student is. She has firsthand experience as a homeschool parent and an athletic-recruiting parent. She works with families as early as 9th grade and gives monthly guidance at each grade level.
Shawn Berger
Shawn Berger is an independent educational consultant who helps students and parents with boarding school, private school and college admissions. He runs The Lyceum Institute from Woodstock, New York. The Institute also offers online test prep, math and English tutoring, and executive functioning programs. Berger is a working teacher. Families work with him on essays, school lists, and applications. The team serves clients in any time zone.
Dave Morris
Dave Morris is an independent educational consultant in Tumwater, Washington. He runs College Athletic Advisor and helps students and parents with the college search, with a focus on student athletes. He uses a 5A College Search Model to find schools where a student can do well in academics, athletics, and social life. He is a former coach. His work covers recruiting strategy, coach outreach, interviews, and resumes.
Debbie Luckett
Debbie Luckett is an independent educational consultant who helps students and parents with college admissions. She runs Top Dog College Counseling in Windermere, Florida. Her services cover college lists, applications, essays, and athletic recruiting. She also offers a 3 hour group boot camp for groups of at least 4 students. Her students have been accepted to schools such as Duke University, Emory University, Baylor University, and Colorado College. She is a Professional member of IECA.
Mark Bechthold
Mark Bechthold is an independent college consultant in Lodi, California. He runs Mister B's College Crunch Management and helps students and parents through the college admissions process. He earned the UCLA College Counseling Certificate and did his practicum at Tokay High School, a large public school with a diverse student body. He has more than 10 years of experience helping families with college applications. He is a professional member of IECA.
Audrey Ludemann
Audrey Ludemann is an independent educational consultant in Wilton, Connecticut. She helps students and parents with boarding and private school admissions. Her practice, The Bertram Group, also advises on college and graduate school, non-traditional school options, and career and life coaching for young adults. The team interviews each student and looks at strengths, needs, goals, athletics, arts, service and social skills to find a school that fits.
Danielle Kinney
Danielle Kinney is an independent college consultant who runs College Hive, a full-service college counseling program. She helps students across the United States with applications, essays, college lists, and financial aid. College Hive is based in Campbell, California, and serves the San Jose and Bay Area. The program uses a four-step method that runs from assessment and planning to career readiness. It also offers help for student athletes and their parents.
Ivy Scholars
Ivy Scholars is a team of college admissions consultants based in Sugar Land, Texas. They help students and parents with applications, essays, and SAT and ACT prep. Sasha Chada is the founder and CEO. In the last ten years, the team has helped thousands of students enroll at top universities and won millions of dollars in scholarships for them. They also run a scholarship program called Laurel Scholars.
Paul Lowe
Paul Lowe is an admissions advisor who helps students and families apply to elite private schools, Ivy League and highly selective colleges, and top medical, graduate, business and law schools. He leads Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group, which is based in Woodbridge, CT. His team has worked in admissions for over eighteen years. The firm runs regional offices across the Northeast and has affiliate partners in eight cities abroad.
Betsy Klene
Betsy Klene is an independent college advisor who guides high school students through the admissions process. She uses a set plan with a yearly agenda for each grade from freshman to senior year. She built workshops for La Jolla High School that the school still uses. She also worked with the US State Department at college fairs for US universities in Singapore. She advises 20 to 30 students each year, including students who live far away.
Patricia Finer
Patricia Finer is a college admissions consultant who helps students and families with applications, financial aid and immigration questions. She runs Finer College Admissions and Immigration Consultants, founded in 2007. Her team starts where the student is now and builds a list of schools that fit. The firm does not charge by the number of applications a student sends. It also covers arts programs, learning differences, athletes, DACA recipients and international students.
Elizabeth Katz
Elizabeth Katz is a college admissions consultant in Menlo Park, California. She helps high school students and their parents build a college list, write essays and finish applications. She has worked with paying clients since November 2013. Her students come from public and private high schools. They include athletes, artists and students with special needs. She is a professional member of IECA and runs Spark College Consulting.
Jessica White
Jessica White is an independent educational consultant in Madison, Mississippi. She runs EduSail, a college and career counseling practice for middle and high school students and their parents. She helps students with essays, activities, college lists, scholarships and choosing a path after high school, including trade school. Her team of mentors, called the Crew, works with her. EduSail offers a 6-week flagship program called The College Crew and special tracks for athletes, artists and international students.
Stephanie Adkins
Stephanie Adkins runs Open Gate College Advising, a college advising and career consulting practice. She works with students from 9th grade through college and into their careers. Her work covers selective college admissions, athletic recruiting, military academies, conservatory and vocal performance auditions, and art portfolios. She also handles merit aid and financial aid, including appeals. She has a background in gifted education, mentoring and education reform research.
Annette Mackaness
Annette Mackaness is a college admissions consultant who helps students find colleges that fit their needs and get through the application process. She owns I'm Going 2 College! and has eight years of experience. She has worked with over 60 students from 13 high schools in the SF Bay Area, Southern California and Boston. Before this, she was a CPA and led HR and recruiting at Ricoh Innovations.
Eileen Restrepo
Eileen Restrepo is an independent educational consultant who helps students get into college. She builds college lists, guides students through applications, and gives feedback on essays. She spent 10 years as the Career and College Specialist at Thomas Jefferson High School, an IB school. She also has experience with athletes, NCAA rules, and undocumented students. She runs her practice as College Nexus, LLC.
Gloria Tenenbown
Gloria Tenenbown is an admissions consultant who helps students with college and graduate school applications. She has worked with students for over 18 years and has helped hundreds with college counseling. In the 2019-20 season she finished work with 20 students, including two applying to medical school and two applying to MBA programs. She built her practice only on client referrals. She also taught speech and drama at The Kinkaid School.
Heidi de Chatellus
Heidi de Chatellus is an independent college admissions consultant who helps high school students and their parents find the right colleges and apply to them. She runs Insights to College in Corte Madera, California. Before consulting, she worked in banking and marketing, and she uses that marketing background to help students present themselves well in applications. She is a Certified Educational Planner and also guides student-athletes who want to compete at Division I, II or III schools.
Jackie Woolley
Jackie Woolley is an independent college admissions consultant who helps students and their families plan for college and complete applications. She founded Summit College Counseling in 2013 after working as a clinical psychologist. She works in person and remotely from offices in Southern California and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. She also mentors first-generation students and counsels for a Wyoming non-profit that supports them.
Joan Bress
Joan Bress is an independent educational consultant who helps students and parents with college admissions. She runs College Resource Associates in Worcester, Massachusetts. She has more than twenty years of experience as an educator and licensed independent clinical social worker. She specializes in students who pursue fine and performing arts majors. She also works with recruited athletes and traditional students. She teaches online college counseling courses for UCLA and leads workshops for students, parents and teachers.
Katie Thomas
Katie Thomas is a college admissions consultant who helps students and parents plan the college search and application process. She runs Thomas College Consulting, LLC. She spent 7+ years working in college admission at a selective liberal arts college and a public flagship university. She then spent 17 years at Kent Denver School, where she was director of college counseling for 6 years. She offers full packages and hourly help.
Lisa Hillhouse
Lisa Hillhouse is a college admissions consultant who helps students and their families with the college process. She started her own consulting business in 2014, after 20 years working in college admissions. She held roles from senior admissions counselor to director of adult and graduate admissions. She worked at three SF Bay Area colleges and one service academy. She meets families in person in Atlanta and the SF Bay Area, and online across the country.
Meggan Mattson
Meggan Mattson is an independent college counselor who helps students and families with the college search and selection process. Meggan runs College Fit Counseling in Littleton, Colorado, with partner Mike Deutsch. Meggan has over 15 years in college counseling. Meggan spent 8 years in admissions offices at a small private college and a large public university, then 6 years as a high school counselor. Meggan works with families in the Denver area and out of state.
Mimi Ritchie
Mimi Ritchie is an independent college admissions consultant in Glencoe, Illinois. She helps students and parents plan for college, starting as early as 8th grade. She is a former commercial real estate lawyer and high school English teacher. She holds a JD from the University of Chicago and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard. Her students have gained admission to Ivy League and other highly selective schools. She also works with recruited Division 1 and Division 3 athletes.
Ron Reed
Ron Reed is a college admissions consultant who helps student athletes who want to compete in college. He is a partner at American College Consulting. Before this work, he spent 33 years in enterprise software sales and executive roles. He played field lacrosse at Brown University as a recruited athlete. He guides students toward NCAA programs in the USA and USports programs in Canada. He also leads work with students who focus only on Canadian universities.
Traecy Hobson
Traecy Hobson is an independent educational consultant who guides high school students and their families through the college search and admissions process. She founded Admissions on Track. She spends 20 percent of her professional time touring campuses across the United States and visits 25 to 30 colleges each year. She meets with admissions staff and faculty. She uses these visits to match students with colleges that fit their academic, social and financial needs.
Claire Cafaro
Claire Cafaro leads Clear Directions, a boutique advising practice in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey. She helps students and families with college admissions, athletic recruiting, and career direction. She works with a team of 8 certified counselors, and many of them spent decades as school counselors. The practice has served hundreds of families for over 20 years. Sessions run online and in person, and the first meeting is free.
Deborah Donley
Deborah Donley is an independent college admissions counselor who helps students and parents on Chicago's North Shore. She has over thirty-five years of one-on-one college counseling experience. She also worked in college admissions offices at Purdue, Drake and Bowling Green's Firelands College.
Elizabeth LaScala
Elizabeth LaScala is an independent college advisor who helps high school, transfer and graduate school applicants get into the schools they want. She has worked with students for over 15 years and added graduate and professional school advising 8 years ago, after former clients asked for it. She handles medical, dental and vet school applicants in small numbers with a team of experts. Her clients have gotten into at least one school they applied to every time.
Jane Hahn
Jane Hahn is an independent educational consultant in Salt Lake City, Utah. She runs My College Advocate and helps students and parents plan for college. Her work covers course planning, test plans, college lists, essays, applications, and financial aid. She also guides athletes through NCAA and NAIA recruiting and helps arts students prepare portfolios and auditions. Clients can start with a two-hour meeting, where the first hour is with the student and the second includes parents.
Katie Andersen
Katie Andersen is an independent educational consultant who runs College Fit in Dana Point, California. She counsels high school athletes who want to play a sport in college, and she works with their families too. She teaches them how NCAA DI, DII and NAIA recruiting works. She helps them find a college that fits on academics, sports, money and social life. One client she guided landed a spot on Princeton's track and field team.
Martha Jones
Martha Jones is a college admissions consultant and founder of Jones College Counseling in Petaluma, California. She helps high school students and their parents plan for life after graduation. She has guided families through college admissions for more than a decade. Her work covers college search, deadlines, standardized test plans, applications, financial aid and scholarships. She also helps students who plan a gap year, attend trade school, transfer, or join ROTC.
Virginia & Jennifer Bush & Associates
Virginia & Jennifer Bush & Associates is an independent educational consulting firm in Cary, North Carolina. The team helps students and parents with boarding school, private school, and college placement. The firm has 50 years of experience and says it pioneered its field. Of the students who follow the VJB process, 97% are placed in one of their top three school choices. Consultants work with students from middle school through university.
Allison Tate
Allison Tate is a college admissions consultant who helps students plan for and apply to college. She works with athletes, artists, international students, students with learning disabilities, homeless students and first generation students. She began at Kaplan as a test prep tutor and helped students with applications from 1999 to 2003. She has led college counseling at a public high school and now leads it at a private school, while also consulting with Dunbar Educational Consultants.
Debbie Keown
Debbie Keown is a college admissions counselor and the founder of Monarch College Counseling. She guides students and families through the college search and application process. She has worked as an independent educational consultant for 6 years. Her clients include athletes, performing artists, and students interested in the military or ROTC. She also volunteers as a mentor with ScholarMatch, where she has mentored 5 students over three years.
Kathy Connor
Kathy Connor is a college admissions consultant who helps students find schools that fit them academically, socially and financially. She runs Connor College Consulting. She has worked with students and student athletes for eleven years. Kathy was a full scholarship athlete herself. That background shapes her work with athletes on recruiting and scholarship negotiation. She also brings faith into how she guides families through the admissions process.
Kristen Hesby
Kristen Hesby is an independent college admissions consultant who guides high school students and their parents through the whole college process. She works with students in the classes of 2022 to 2025. Her clients include first-generation and low-income students, possible recruited athletes, and legacy applicants to highly selective colleges. She finished her Berkeley CACP practicum at Miramonte HS in Orinda and serves a paid client base of 40+ students. She also volunteers in local public high schools.
Manisha Puranik
Manisha Puranik is a college admissions consultant who helps high school students in grades 9 to 12 through the application process. She has helped more than 90 students get into a college that fits them. Those schools include UC campuses, Harvard, Stanford, MIT, UPenn, Brown and Dartmouth. She also guides student athletes on varsity play, coaches, NCAA membership and the difference between Division I and Division II.
Paul Rivas
Paul Rivas is an independent educational consultant who teaches study skills and time management to students from middle school to grad school. He runs SMITH RIVAS in Saint Leonard, Maryland. He wrote the book This Book Will Not Be on the Test and built an online course called Better Grades in Less Time. He works with students with ADHD, learning differences, athletes, creatives and high achievers.
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| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Abby Bittler | College admissions and College essays | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Adrienne Spraggins | College admissions and Students with learning differences | $150 to $225 an hour |
| Ann Rossbach | College admissions and College essays | $150 to $240 an hour |
| April Paris-Joseph | College admissions and College essays | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Austin Lee | College admissions and College essays | $150 to $225 an hour |
| Cathy McMeekan | College admissions and Athletic recruiting | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Conrad Ukropina | MBA admissions | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Dave Morris | College admissions and Athletic recruiting | $150 to $225 an hour |
| David Beecher | College admissions and Athletic recruiting | $150 to $225 an hour |
| Deb Rooney | College admissions and Boarding and private school | $150 to $225 an hour |
| Emily Gallagher | College admissions and College essays | $150 to $225 an hour |
| Eric Simonelli | College admissions and College essays | $150 to $225 an hour |
| IvySelect | College admissions and College essays | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Kimberly Kim Chorosiewski | College admissions and Athletic recruiting | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Lauran Williamson | College admissions and Athletic recruiting | $150 to $225 an hour |
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