Amanda W.
5.0
Elite Undergraduate Admissions Coach
Studied at Harvard University
Available October 24 at 4:00 PM UTC
Usually responds within 6 hours
I am only available to meet mid-week nights. Most of my work with clients will be done offline.
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Amanda’s College Qualifications
Coaches professionally
40+ people coached for College
Open to working with clients outside the U.S.
Amanda has helped clients get into these schools:
I have had 4 years of admissions coaching with both domestic and international students. Prior to coaching, I had 4 years of graduate admissions experience as a recruiter, director and regional director of admissions for multiple universities. I have helped students to achieve their goal of receiving acceptances at elite universities and private institutions such as Brigham Young University.
Amanda can help with:
Editing
Recommendations
Interviews
Ding Analysis
School Selection
Secondary Review
Application Strategy
Essays
Resume
Amanda also coaches for Master’s Programs, Career Development, and Management Consulting. View all.
About Amanda
I have been recognized as a Leland Top Coach. I have had several years experience with College Admissions consulting, helping students get into their dream schools including some of the most competitive institutions nationally and internationally (UCLA, Berkeley, Cornell, UPenn, NYU, Duke, and BYU to name a few). I have also specialized in helping students apply to niche programs, graduate and MBA programs, and schools like Brigham Young University, but that's not all. My professional career has included my role as a management consultant, where I built pricing models for insurance companies, evaluated presidential foundations’ programming, and improved marketing at large corporations. What most informs my approach to admissions, however, is my time working on the other side of the admissions process as Director of Admissions for the University of Redlands School of Education and later Regional Director of Enrollment and Operations for both the School of Education and the School of Business. In addition, I was an Assistant Director of Recruitment for the Claremont Colleges, where I was responsible for the recruitment and marketing strategy of the Keck Graduate Institute. Right out of my graduate program at Harvard, I worked for Google's HR department and at Kaplan, developing a national curriculum in reading, math and writing for K-8th graders. I've co-authored a Kaplan textbook on writing and was responsible for training instructors on best practices in pedagogy. As someone with a wide range of experiences personally and professionally, I love helping students shape and mold their own stories to help them stand out in the crowd. In my free time, I love all things British royals, ballroom dancing, traveling internationally, and watching movies with complex plot lines.
Why do I coach?
I coach because the mentors who encouraged and pushed me to be my best have made the greatest impact on my life. I have enjoyed brining out the best in every student I have worked with and watching them grow and develop in their self-awareness and ability to communicate their own personal narrative.
Education
Harvard University
EdM, Human Development and Psychology
2005 - 2006
Brigham Young University
B.S., Sociology
1999 - 2003
Amanda was also personally admitted to
Columbia College
Boston University
University of Washington
New York University
12 Reviews
Overall Rating
5.0
Knowledge
5.0
Value
5.0
Responsiveness
5.0
Supportiveness
5.0
Amanda has helped clients get into these schools:
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