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Nick Strohl

Former Senior Assistant Director of Admissions, Yale University

  • PhD, History and Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • MPhil, Education, University of Cambridge
  • BA, History, Yale University

Zak Harris

Former Admissions Officer

  • Former Senior Assistant Director & Multicultural Recruiting Coordinator, Johns Hopkins University
  • Former Director of Undergraduate Admission, Regis College | Former Associate Dean of Admissions, Undergraduate Admissions, Bowdoin College | Former
  • Assistant Director & Multicultural Recruitment Team Member, The George Washington University
  • MA, The George Washington University
  • BA, Connecticut College

Bruno Villegas

Former Admissions Officer

  • Former Admissions Officer, Harvard College
  • EdM, Education Policy and Analysis, Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • AB, Social Studies, Harvard University

DJ Rock

Former Admissions Officer

  • Former Assistant Director of Admissions for Multicultural Recruitment, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • MEd, Higher Education Administration, Northeastern University
  • BS, Journalism, Boston University

Marianna Irizarry

Former Admissions Officer

  • Former Part-Time Admissions Reader, Stanford University
  • JD, Harvard Law School
  • Master’s in Education, Stanford Graduate School of Education
  • BA, Political Science, Stanford University

Wes Mills

Assistant Director of Enrollment

  • Former Senior Admissions Counselor, University of Chicago
  • MA, Humanities, The University of Chicago
  • BA, Cinema and Media Studies, The University of Chicago
  • BA, English Language and Literature, The University of Chicago

Natalia Ostrowski

Former Admissions Officer

  • Former Assistant Director of Admissions, University of Chicago Former Director of India, University of Chicago
  • BA, History, University of Chicago

Heather McCutchen

Former Admissions Officer

  • Former Admissions Reader, Dartmouth College
  • MFA, Playwrights’ Workshop, University of Iowa
  • BA, Dartmouth College

Gabriella Goddard

Graduate Coach

  • Ed.D Leadership & Learning in Organizations | Vanderbilt University

  • MS Education (Elementary & Special Education) | Johns Hopkins University

  • BA American Studies | Kenyon College

Hollie Buttery

Graduate Coach

  • PhD, History of Art and Architecture Department | Harvard University

  • MA, Art History | Stanford University

  • MA, Art History | University of East Anglia

  • BA, Art History and Literature | University of East Anglia

Erica Leep

Former Admissions Officer

  • Former Admissions Associate | Charles Wright Academy

  • Former Assistant Director | Rice University

  • Former Counselor and Assistant Director, International Admissions | American University

  • MA International Education and Exchange | American University

  • BA Communication Studies, Minors: Conflict Resolution and Social Justice, International Politics | DePaul University

Jiayuan Jing

Graduate Coach

  • Master of Finance, Concentration in Capital Markets and Corporate Finance | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics; Double Major in Economics | Brandeis University

Himani Sood

Graduate Coach

  • iPGCE Degree in Secondary Education | University of Sunderland
  • BA Development Studies and History of Art and Architecture | Brown University

Rachel (Remi) Gosselin

Graduate Coach

  • MSc with Distinction in Global Wildlife Health and Conservation | University of Bristol

  • BA Environmental Science and Public Policy, Minor in Psychology | Harvard University

Steve Pham

Former Admissions Officer

  • Senior Associate Director | University of Southern California, Department of Computer Science

  • Former Associate Director | University of Southern California, Department of Computer Science

  • Former Assistant Director | University of Southern California, Department of Computer Science

  • MEd Educational Counseling | University of Southern California

  • BA Education Sciences | University of California

  • BA History | University of California

Samantha Nardella

Graduate Coach

  • MPH Social and Behavioral Sciences; Global Health Concentration | Yale School of Public Health

  • B.S., Interdisciplinary Psychology; Spanish Minor, Gender and Women’s Studies Minor | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Mark Cheong

Former Admissions Officer

  • Former Senior Associate Director of Admissions, Middle and Upper School | Collegiate School

  • Former Associate Director of Admissions | Cheshire Academy

  • MEd Globalization in Education | Moreland University

  • BS Business Administration, Minor: Economics and Human Resource Law | Guilford College

Ryan Tunkel

Former Admissions Officer

  • Former Seasonal Reader, John Hopkins University School of Medicine Former Admissions and Communications Manager, Communications, Culture & Technology Program | Georgetown University

  • Former Assistant Director of Admissions, GW School of Nursing | George Washington University

  • Former Admissions Counselor for Office of Admissions M.D. Program | George Washington University

  • MA Higher Education Administration, Concentration in Policy and Finance | George Washington University

  • BA English | Gettysburg College

Alfredo Rodriguez

Graduate Coach

  • PhD Mechanical Engineering, Minors in Electrical Engineering and Communication | Cornell University

  • BEng Mechanical Engineering, Minor in Management and Administration | The City College of New York

Pengxin “Grace” Li

Graduate Coach

  • MS, Financial Economics | COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL

  • BA, Economics and Mathematics, Minor in Business Studies | NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

Sydney Caldwell

Graduate Coach

  • PhD Biological and Biomedical Sciences | Harvard Medical School

  • BS Molecular Genetics, Minor in Spanish | University of Vermont

My Tang

Former Admissions Officer

  • Former Application Reader | UC Santa Barbara

  • MS Counseling | California State University

  • BS Cognitive Science | University of California

Xavier du Maine

Graduate Coach

  • Ph.D., Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard University

  • B.A., Biology and French Language and Literature, Columbia University

Natalie Shteiman

Graduate Coach

  • MPhil in Global and Area Studies | University of Oxford

  • BA Middle Eastern Studies modified with Art History | Dartmouth College

Orcel Kounga

Former Admissions Officer

  • Senior Director of Admissions, Enrollment, & Student Affairs | Drexel University – College of Medicine

  • Former Assistant Director of Student Conduct | Drexel University – Office of Student Conduct

  • PhD Education in Educational Management & Leadership | Drexel University

  • MS Education in Higher Education | University of Pennsylvania

  • BS Engineering | Drexel University

Allan Davis

Former Admissions Officer

  • Assistant Dean, Advising, Washington University in St. Louis

  • Former Assistant Dean, Admissions and Recruitment | University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Medicine, Office of Admissions

  • Former Manager, Admissions and Recruitment | University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Medicine, Office of Admissions

  • PhD Philosophy, Theatre & Performance Studies | College Park

  • BA American Studies | Brigham Young University

Meghan DeFord

Former Admissions Officer

  • Former Seasonal Application Reader | University of Maryland – Office of Undergraduate Admissions & College Park Scholars

  • Former Independent College Admissions Consultant

  • BA English | University of Maryland

Cassandra Clifford

Former Admissions Officer

  • Former Assistant Director of Admission, Wellesley College

  • Former Admissions Staff, Barnard College

  • B.A., History, Barnard College

Laura Gitelson

Former Admissions Officer

  • Admissions Reader, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Former Associate Director of Admissions, Boston University School of Law

  • J.D., New York University School of Law

  • B.A., Economics, Swarthmore College

Kerri Budhu

Former Admissions Officer

  • Director of Admissions & Financial Aid | NYU Grossman School of Medicine
  • Former Director of Admissions | NYU Grossman School of Medicine
  • Former Assistant Director of Admissions | NYU Grossman School of Medicine
  • Former Coordinator of Admissions | NYU Grossman School of Medicine
  • MBA | SUNY Empire State College
  • BS Management of Sports Industries | University of New Haven

Caitlin LaFontaine

Former Admissions Officer

  • Former Application Review Specialist Seasonal | University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI | Office of Undergraduate Admissions & College of Engineering

  • M.A.Ed, Institutional Research, Higher Education | University of Michigan

  • B.S.E. Mechanical Engineering | University of Michigan

Bryce Ervin

Former Admissions Officer

  • Former Associate Dean of Admissions | Bowdoin College

  • Former Admissions Reader | Harvard Law School J.D. Admissions

  • Ed.M Specialization: Higher Education Administration | Harvard University Graduate School of Education

  • BA Coordinate Major in Economics and Environmental Studies | Bowdoin College

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