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Our admissions experts – Former Admissions Officers and Graduates Coaches from top universities – will bring your dream schools into reach.

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Haleema Ayub

Graduate Coach

  • BSc Psychology | University College of London

Adriana Diaz-Granados

Former Admissions Officer

  • Former Assistant Director of Admissions | Johns Hopkins University
  • Senior Admissions Consultant | Solomon Admissions Consulting
  • Former Chief of Staff to the Dean of Admissions| Georgetown University
  • Former Admissions Officer | Georgetown University
  • BA Communication & Information Technology Major: Information Communication Technology | Florida State University

Madeleine Finley

Graduate Coach

  • MFA in Painting and Drawing | School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • BFA in Painting and Drawing | School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Shawna-Kaye Lester

Graduate Coach

  • MPH Health Policy and Management | Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
  • MS Journalism | Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
  • BS Biological Chemistry and Spanish | Bates College

Victoria Wiet

Graduate Coach

  • PhD English and Comparative Literature | Columbia University
  • MA English and Comparative Literature | Columbia University
  • BA English, Women’s and Gender Studies | Brandeis University

Allison Kurthy

Former Admissions Officer

  • Academic Advisor & Transfer/Internal Admissions Coordinator | University at Buffalo Honors College
  • Honors College Program Manager, Northeastern University Former
  • Seasonal Admissions Reader | Cornell University, College of Human Ecology
  • MS Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration | Canisius College
  • BS Psychology | Nazareth College of Rochester

Francesca Dasso

Graduate Coach

  • MFA Documentary Media | Toronto Metropolitan University
  • Double Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Development Studies | Brown University

John McMahon

Graduate Coach

  • Master of Science in Educational Administration | University of Notre Dame
  • Master of Education | University of Notre Dame
  • Bachelor of Arts | University of Notre Dame

Robert Pinn

Former Admissions Officer

  • Market Development Manager, Americas | Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC)

  • Former Application Evaluation, MBA Admissions | Stanford University Graduate School of Business (GSB)

  • Former Director of Admissions & Alumni Engagement, Security Studies Program | Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service

  • Former Assistant Director of Admissions and Alumni Engagement | Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service

 

  • MA International Relations: US Foreign Policy & National Security | American University

  • BA German & European Studies with Dutch | University of Nottingham

Mia Tabayoyong

Graduate Coach

  • MS General Counseling Psychology | Mount Saint Mary’s University
  • BA Psychology, Minor in Applied Developmental Psychology | University of California, Los Angeles

James Konopack

Graduate Coach

  • PhD Kinesiology, Emphasis in Exercise Psychology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • EdM Counseling | Boston University
  • BA Psychology | Cornell University

Henrique Ferreira

Graduate Coach

  • MicroMasters Data, Economics, and Design of Policy | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • BA Global Studies | University of California, Berkeley

Alexandra Sanchez Rolon

Graduate Coach

  • MA in Africana Studies | University of Pennsylvania
  • BA in Double Major in Psychology and Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies | Duke University

Heather Downs

Graduate Coach

  • Director of Academic Operations | University of Virginia
  • Interim Assistant Director, Leadership and Involvement | University of California Berkeley
  • Facilitator of Academic Advising | University of Northern Colorado
  • MS Student Affairs in Higher Education | Colorado State University
  • BS Environmental Engineering | University of Florida

Hanna McCuistion

Graduate Coach

  • MS Molecular and Cellular Biology | University of the Republic of Uruguay
  • BA Human Evolutionary Biology | Harvard University

Yuanyuan Xu

Graduate Coach

  • MEd Education Leadership, Harvard University
  • MA, Education, New York University
  • BA, Fine Arts, Bard College
  • BA, Economics, Bard College

Lauren Ma

Graduate Coach

  • BA in Screenwriting, Chapman University

  • MBA with a focus on Entertainment Management, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Chad Austein

Former Admissions Officer

  • Former Director of Graduate Admissions and Graduate Student Services | Kean University

  • Former School of Continuing Education – Assistant Director, Admissions and Recruitment | Columbia University

  • Former Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions | The City College of New York – CUNY

  • Former Associate Director of Admissions | Solomon Schechter Day School of Nassau County

  • Former Coordinator of Admissions and Recruitment | Columbia University, School of Nursing

  • Former  Assistant Director of Admissions | University of Hartford, Office of Admissions

  • MA Education, Concentration in Higher Education & Student Affairs Administration | University of Connecticut

  • BA Politics and Government | University of Hartford

Alison Lawrence

Graduate Coach

  • MBA Healthcare Management & Strategy | University of Pennsylvania – The Wharton School
  • MSPH Health Policy & Analysis | University of North Carolina – School of Global Public Health
  • BS InformaCon Systems & Management | University of Virginia – The McInCre School of Commerce

Diana Flores

Former Admissions Officer

  • Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admission | Wellesley College
  • Former Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admission | Babson College 
  • BA, Sociology and Latin American Studies, Bates College

Bo Quinn

Former Admissions Officer

  • Former Admission Application Review Committee Member | Stanford University
  • PhD Computer Science | Stanford University
  • BSc Computer Science (Minor: Chinese) | University of Notre Dame

Stacie Linsky

Former Admissions Officer

  • Admissions Advisor | Cornell Law School
  • Former Seasonal Admissions Reader | University Of Florida
  • JD, University of Florida

Dimple Patel

Former Admissions Officer

Former Associate Dean-Office of Admissions | University of Minnesota Medical School-Twin Cities Campus

Former Director-Office of Admissions | University of Colorado School of Medicine

Former Senior Associate Director-Office of Admissions and Financial Aid | Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago

Former Associate Director-Office of Admissions and Financial Aid | Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago

  • PhD Education and Human Resource Studies, Higher Education Leadership Specialization | Colorado State University

  • MS Education, College Student Personnel Administration | Illinois State University

  • BS Social Science, Interdisciplinary Studies (Environmental Policy) | Michigan State University

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