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We are a team of invested professional admissions consultants with collectively hundreds of years of direct admissions committee experience for medical, law, business, and other graduate programs.
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You work with one admissions consultant dedicated specifically to you who will create your personalized application strategy and then leverage our peer review process so you ultimately benefit from critical feedback from our entire elite team.
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Our admissions consultants consistently earn five-star ratings on Trust Pilot, GMAT Club, and Poets&Quants from our clients – applicants just like you!
Dr. Christie St-John has more than 25 years of experience as an MBA admissions director and career coach at Dartmouth Tuck and Vanderbilt Owen.
Kelly Wilson spent 23 years as executive director of admissions at CMU Tepper and assistant dean of admissions at Georgetown McDonough and Pittsburgh Katz.
Esmeralda Cardenal has nine years of experience in admissions as the former Yale School of Management associate director of admissions, Michigan State director of MBA admissions, and Cardiff Business School consultant.
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Dr. Barry Rothman is emeritus professor of biology, former health professions advisor, and former director of three post-bac programs at San Francisco State University.
Dr. Mary Mahoney is the director of medical humanities at a liberal arts college in New York and a tenured English professor, specializing in the personal essay, for more than 20 years.
Dr. Herman "Flash" Gordon is a tenured faculty member at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, and was also the admissions committee chair and a neuroscience graduate admissions committee member.
Dr. Valerie Wherley is the former assistant dean of student affairs at the William Beaumont School of Medicine and the former director of pre-health advisement and the Postbac Certificate Program at Sacred Heart.
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Karin Ash has 30 years of career and admissions experience at four universities, including Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Business and College of Engineering.
Vanessa Febo has more than seven years of graduate and scholarship consulting experience with specialties in English, social sciences, and business.
Alice Diamond has 35 years of experience in career and admissions advising for undergraduate and graduate students.
Cydney Foote is a former admissions committee member at the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine and curriculum development team member at the UW School of Dentistry.
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Brigitte Suhr received her JD from UVA Law, where she also reviewed more than 2,500 applications as part of the admissions office
Sadie Polen has more than 10 years of experience in higher education, reviewing SOPs, personal statements, and resumes at Harvard University.
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Cydney Foote is a former admissions committee member at the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine and curriculum development team member at the UW School of Dentistry.
Dr. Valerie Wherley is the former assistant dean of student affairs at the William Beaumont School of Medicine and the former director of pre-health advisement and the Postbac Certificate Program at Sacred Heart.
Madison Searle read more than 5,000 applications and advised students as former director for three undergraduate honors programs at the College of Natural Sciences at UT Austin.
Dr. Mary Mahoney is the director of medical humanities at a liberal arts college in New York and a tenured English professor, specializing in the personal essay, for more than 20 years.
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Natalie Grinblatt has nearly two decades of admissions experience 6
Alice Diamond has 35 years of experience in career and admissions advising for undergraduate and graduate students.
Marie Todd has more than 30 years' experience in higher education and counseling.
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In her past roles as executive director of admissions at CMU Tepper and assistant dean of admissions at Georgetown McDonough and Pittsburgh Katz, Kelly oversaw admissions for 23 years for the MBA and master’s programs in management of information systems, computational finance, business analytics, and product management. Having approved more than 38,000 admissions decisions, she has a deep understanding of what top MBA programs value. Her working style is warm, supportive, straightforward, and organized. Kelly is also a member of AIGAC.
With more than 15 years of experience in MBA admissions at top business schools including Columbia Business School, INSEAD, and Wharton Lauder, Kara has reviewed innumerable applications, sat on admissions committees, and interviewed countless business school applicants. She has extensive experience in recruiting MBAs, EMBAs, and other graduate students for higher education as well as in private sector consulting.
Dr. Christie St-John, a member of AIGAC, has a deep knowledge of MBA, specialized master’s, and EMBA admissions. With more than 25 years of experience as MBA admissions director and career coach at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business and Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management, she’s read thousands of essays and conducted thousands of interviews around the world. Her clients have been admitted to Columbia, Wharton, Harvard, Kellogg, UCLA, Berkeley, Michigan, Virginia, Oxford, INSEAD, and ESADE, among others.
A former member of Columbia’s MBA admissions office, Michelle has a background as a digital/broadcast editor and reporter, tech and finance executive writing coach, and social media presenter, with global work experience in South Asia and Europe. In her more than 15 years of MBA and grad admissions consulting, she’s guided clients to admission to top U.S. and European MBA programs. Clients say Michelle, who has a Columbia University MS in journalism, is insightful, honest, creative, and problem-solving.
An AIGAC member and Michigan Ross MBA, Natalie has served as admissions dean/director at Michigan Ross, Cornell Johnson, and ASU Carey. With almost two decades of admissions experience, she’s helped hundreds of clients get admitted to top U.S. and international business schools, graduate programs, colleges, and universities in her 15 years as a consultant. Described by her clients as strategic, engaged, creative, nurturing, and direct, she’s earned high ratings on Poets&Quants, GMAT Club, and Trust Pilot.
Esmeralda consistently receives five-star reviews on Poets&Quants, GMAT Club, and Trust Pilot for her personable coaching style, helping her clients present their best. She has 16 years of MBA admissions experience, as former Yale SOM associate director of admissions, Michigan State director of MBA admissions, and Cardiff Business School (United Kingdom), effectively helping clients gain entry to elite MBA/EMBA programs and a wide range of master’s programs.
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