About Emerson

As a first-generation, lower-income student, I know what it's like to go into the college admissions process blind. Without help, it is scary, discouraging, and most of all, tiresome. I don't believe it has to be this way, and that's why, having reached (what I hope is) the tail end of my application woes, I try my hardest to give back to students during the application process through dedicated, tailored coaching. My qualifications include my own success through various application cycles (including being admitted to 20+ universities as a prospective undergraduate, as well as all of the master's degree programs I applied to as a prospective graduate, attending both Northeastern University and Stanford University on full-ride scholarships, and being a US Department of State Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholar, a US Department of Defense VICEROY DECREE Scholar, a Knight-Hennessy Scholar, and a National Science Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention in the field of Communication) as well as the success of those I've already coached, including their admission to programs at schools like the University of California, San Diego, the University of California, Los Angeles, and Columbia University and the numerous funding opportunities they've recieved, from department level grants at their respective universities to prestigeous fellowships like Knight-Hennessy and more. I focus my coaching on those applying to programs similar to those I've attended or applied to and received offers from. Those include: - Bachelor's programs in the social sciences, with a particular focus in politics, in philosophy, and in history, - Master's programs in the social sciences, with a particular focus in international relations, in technology policy, and in history, - PhD programs in communication and sociology, - and fellowship programs like Knight-Hennessy, Gilman, and more. My coaching style is highly tailored to each student. Together, we'll go through your goals, timeline, and constraints, and figure out the best path forward to wade through the weeds and get you to the best possible outcome. My strengths are essay ideation, development, and review, and interview preparation, though I have experience with the entire process from thinking of where to apply to deciding where to go.