
Abigail L.
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Harvard Grad | 600+ Students into Top Colleges | 13+ Years Experience

Studied at Harvard University

Works at ABL Admissions
Available Monday at 12:00 PM UTC
I am only taking package clients right now (no hourly bookings). When you contact me, please write the name of the package that interests you in the Message field! I will cancel any intro call requests that do not have this. Looking forward to speaking!
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Abigail's Coaching Offerings

UC System Special
$1,9998h–12h of coaching

Get Into Your Dream College — Complete Package
Expert help on your applications, including essays, activities, and more
Starting at $6,50020h+ of coaching

Common App + FREE BYU Application and Essay Guidance
Expert help on the Common App + FREE BYU essays and application support
$4,99915h–25h of coaching
Custom hourly
Get help with Recommendations and Interviews.
Abigail’s College Qualifications
Coaches professionally
100+ people coached for College
Abigail has helped clients get into these schools:
I’m a Harvard-educated admissions consultant who helps high-achieving students stand out. Over the past 13 years, I’ve guided more than 600 applicants to top U.S. colleges and graduate programs — including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, and other Ivies — through strategic storytelling, school list curation, and essay coaching. My clients have earned acceptances to top-25 schools and, in many cases, significant merit scholarships — even without perfect grades or conventional résumés. If your family is aiming for a top-tier school — and wants strategic, honest, high-impact support — I’d love to connect.
Abigail can help with:
Recommendations
Interviews
Work Experience

College Admissions Consultant
ABL Admissions
June 2012 - Present
● Personally advised 600+ college and graduate school applicants through the admissions process, including application strategy, essay development, school list selection, and interview prep ● Clients admitted to highly selective schools including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Stanford, Columbia, Northwestern, Duke, and UChicago, with multiple full-ride merit scholarships awarded ● Specialize in working with students applying to competitive majors (e.g., CS, business, engineering) or those with "oversubscribed" profiles, helping strong students craft narratives that break out of the high-achiever mold ● Previously wrote and edited education and technical content, thought leadership, and PR for clients in EdTech, pharma, and tech (clients included Newsela, Slate, and Cambridge Solutions) — this background informs a rigorous, strategy-first approach to admissions storytelling

Assistant to the Editor
boundary 2 journal
August 2015 - August 2018
Interviewer
● Edited articles for clarity, concision, and compliance with Chicago style ● Led contributors through the publication process from initial acceptance to peer review, copyediting, and publication ● Organized and publicized conferences, including talks by Nobel Prize nominee Nuruddin Farah, Bruce Robbins (Columbia), Donald Pease (Dartmouth), and Charles Bernstein (University of Pennsylvania) ● Managed the journal's Facebook page and Twitter (now X) account

Teacher
Sophos Academic Group
July 2012 - August 2012
● Taught college preparatory courses to Chinese high school students interested in studying in the United States
Editorial Intern
W. W. Norton & Company
May 2011 - August 2011
Editorial Intern
Boston Review
January 2011 - May 2011
Education
University of Pittsburgh
Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Creative Writing (Nonfiction)
2015 - 2018
● Program has an admission rate of less than 10%; awarded full scholarship with stipend

Harvard University
A.B., English, Visual and Environmental Studies, English
2008 - 2012
Activities and societies: The Harvard Crimson (Books Editor), Harvard College Democrats, Tuesday Magazine (President), WHRB ● Graduated cum laude with High Honors in concentration ● Honors thesis research on 20th-century literary journalism
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Overall Rating
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Abigail has helped clients get into these schools: