Jennifer L.
5.0
(36)
Ivy League Success Coach | 50+ Ivy+ Acceptances | 90% Top 5 Choice
Studied at University of Pennsylvania
Works at University of Southern California
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Available tomorrow at 10:00 PM UTC
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Jennifer's Coaching Offerings
Custom hourly · $50/hr
Get help with Financial Aid & Scholarships, Editing, and .
Jennifer’s College Qualifications
Coaches professionally
50+ people coached for College
Jennifer has helped clients get into these schools:
Welcome to my profile! With over a decade of experience as a College Admissions Consultant, I have successfully guided students to gain admissions into top-tier universities, including Ivy League schools and prestigious programs like BSMD and 7-year Dental programs. My students have celebrated over 50+ Ivy+ acceptances last year alone, with 90% securing a spot in their top five choice schools. As a former advisor at Empowerly and PrepScholar, I have honed my skills in hiring and training consultants, ensuring the highest quality of service. I specialize in providing comprehensive support throughout the admissions process, from college list development to essay editing and mock interviews. Let's work together to make your college dreams a reality! Reach out to start your journey today.
Jennifer can help with:
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Editing
Interviews
Application Strategy
Essays
Resume
General Exploration
About Jennifer
A former first-generation college student who benefited greatly from a near full ride at the University of Pennsylvania, Jennifer is passionate about helping students navigate the college admissions process and fulfill their potential. Her two decades of admissions experience began while serving as an Admissions Officer at her alma mater before reading applications for the highly selective USC Bovard Scholars program. Having reviewed thousands of exceptional applications, Jennifer understands the necessity of creating a narrative that both distinguishes a candidate and resonates with the reader. Through every step of the process, from course selection and creating a standardized testing plan to innovation projects and leadership positions, she helps students foster their individual growth and have an impact on their communities. She also loves working with students to craft authentic, purpose-driven essays that show colleges what they have to offer—and, of course, celebrating with them when they are accepted! Jennifer’s background as an educator has been multifaceted, and she brings this breadth of experience to her work at Leland. As former Director of Tutoring at The Princeton Review of Southern Florida, where she taught SAT, ACT, and LSAT and graded over 85,000 essays for their LiveGrader service, Jennifer gained unique insight into standardized test prep. She is a Founding Director of Bright Kids, a K-8 Test Prep and Admissions company based in NYC, and also holds her teaching certification in K-8 Special Ed through the Newark Teaching Fellowship. These well-rounded professional experiences as an educator enhance her work with Tokyo Academics students and have resulted in her annually supporting multiple students in gaining admissions to every Ivy + Top 20 school. When not advising her students at Tokyo Academics, you can find Jennifer top roping or bouldering at her local gym. She also enjoys her continued affiliation with CBO USC Bovard Scholars as a Curriculum Developer for their Pre Med Academy and Lead Essay Editor, supporting underrepresented high schoolers and undergraduates in the college and medical school admissions processes. Annually, she supports multiple students’ admissions into every Ivy + Top 20 school. 80% of her students gain admissions to a Top 3 choice school; 100% to a Top 8 Choice. Her highest school acceptance numbers include Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, Brown, Chicago, UPenn, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Duke, UMich, USC, NYU, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UT Austin, Northeastern, and Georgia Tech
Why do I coach?
I coach because the college admissions process has become far more complicated than it needs to be. Expectations shift constantly, policies change from year to year, and critical information is often scattered, outdated, or quietly gatekept by those who already know how the system works. For students and families encountering it for the first time, this complexity can feel overwhelming and deeply unfair. I’ve seen how much unnecessary stress this creates, especially for thoughtful, capable students who assume they are missing something simply because no one has clearly explained the process to them. Too often, confidence erodes not because students lack ability, but because they lack transparent guidance. That imbalance is what motivates my work. Coaching, for me, is about demystifying admissions. I believe students do their best work when they understand what is being asked of them and why. My goal is to replace anxiety with clarity, pressure with strategy, and confusion with informed decision-making. When families understand the landscape, they can focus less on fear and more on fit, growth, and long-term goals. I don’t see coaching as “gaming the system.” I see it as translating a complex, ever-changing process into something humane and manageable. When students feel supported and informed, they are able to approach college admissions with confidence, perspective, and far less stress. That transformation is why this work matters to me.
Work Experience
Application Reader
University of Southern California
June 2020 - Present
College Admissions Coach * Provide full-time summer group instruction to a cohort of high achieving, underserved high school students through a fully subsidized CBO program. Curriculum includes career exploration and development, worksite visits, college admissions support, and a review of financial aid and budgeting. * Work individually in 1:1 coaching sessions with students to identify best-fit colleges, review college application essays, discuss career interests, develop resumes and cover letters, teach college knowledge, apply to scholarships, and provide support and encouragement throughout the challenging college application process. Results * 60% of my student were QuestBridge finalists; 40% matched with full rides to Ivy League universities * My students all gained near full rides to Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, Rice, USC, Emory, Vanderbilt, multiple UCs, UMichigan, etc, as well as over $1 million in scholarships! Curriculum Development * After two admissions cycles supporting the program, I was offered a position in pre-medical school curriculum development through an extension of USC Bovard Scholars. * I perform research into the field of medical school admissions and am developing a three year curriculum utilized by the Pre-med Academy to support high achieving, underserved students in their medical school admissions. * Connecting with different advisors, resources, and MCAT test prep academies related to the field, we are generating a program to increase the diversity of successful applicants amidst a highly competitive field in which only 40% of medical school applicants gain admissions to medical school. * Work with graphic designer and leadership team to design interactive lessons in Rise and Canvas to measure student engagement and success
Advisor
multiple
June 2020 - Present
*Support multiple student led (high school and university) groups in their ambitions, guiding them in establishing NGO or small business status, building their websites, audience, and network + ideating and acting upon new initiatives. Organizations I advise: 1st Gen Support, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering first-generation, low-income, and immigrant students through education, resources, and guidance in reaching their higher education goals. Actively we are preparing to launch a 1,000 student participant, free Prep-a-thon to support studentings in meeting admissions related goals, while guided by educational professionals + first generation university students and graduates. https://firstgensupport.org Vote 16, led by young leaders in Michigan is successfully working to lower the voting age to 16 by working in conjunction with elected officials to create and advocate for a bill to change state law. Learn more at vote16mi.com and follow along on their Instagram. Since 2020 Academic Achievements, a student-led NGO offering student-to-student tutoring service and providing financial aid for the education of underprivileged children, this organization has raised $18,000 and is donating all proceeds from the tutoring to support students in India who could not otherwise afford to attend their local schools. Since 2021 https://academicadvancements.org Reach NYC Tutoring, a team of high schoolers offering free tutoring services to underrepresented children in grades 2-8, this organization has helped dozens of families both pre-, but even more importantly, post- pandemic excel despite challenges to students' educations. Since 2014 https://www.reachnyctutoring.com Lukupp After observing how students struggled to find relevant opportunities and information concerning the computer science and engineering fields, lukupp was created to help out students who are looking for career guidance and other additional information. Since 2020 https://www.lukupp.com
College Admissions Consultant
Self Employed
June 2011 - Present
* Results: 90% into a top five choice school; 100% of students have gained admissions into a top eight choice school, including BSMD + 7 year Dental programs + business & engineering, nursing schools & colleges + prominently Princeton, Yake, Harvard, Brown, Dartmouth, Columbia, Stanford, UChicago, Georgetown, MIT, CIT, Penn, Cornell, CMU, every UC, Tulane, USC, Georgia Tech, UMichigan, UMaryland, UWisconsin, UWashington, UFlorida, UGeorgia, PSU, etc. although there is unlikely a selective university that one of my students hasn’t been accepted to. Last year, my students welcomed over 50+ Ivy+ acceptances. One of the most senior members at both Empowerly and PrepScholar, I serve in an advisory role, hiring and training consultants +, as well as developing training and promotional material to ensure consistency and quality of our service * Provide undergraduate, high school, and transfer admissions consulting * Work with students virtually, as young as 8th grade - across the nation and internationally (China, South Korea, Japan, India, Switzerland, etc) * Provide full support throughout admissions process: college list development, essay planning and editing, application support, career and major exploration, course selection, summer program and internship applications, mock interviews, planning of research and passion project, and test prep recommendations, and much much more! Summer program application support extends to all highly selective summer programs, including RSI, MITES, COSMOS, SSTP, YYGS, BU Rise, Senate Page, NASA, Army Engineering, CISCO, Google, Bank of America, JP Morgan, and much, much more! * Work with students from a diversity of schools - boarding schools: Andover, Exeter, Choate, Peddie.... private schools: Harvard Westlake, Collegiate, Spence, Stanford Online High School, Brearley... magnet schools: Hunter, Thomas Jefferson, Brooklyn Tech... and many public schools. I've seen it all! :)
Jennifer was also given offers to work at
Crimson Education
Empowerly
Prepscholar
college prep 360
USC
Education
Rutgers University, Newark
NJ Teaching Certification, Elementary K-5
2009 - 2010
Activities and societies: Completed teacher certification program through Newark Teaching Fellowship while teaching full-time Certificate of Eligibility for Students with Disabilities
University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology
2003 - 2006
Activities and societies: Director of Public Relations, Alpha Phi Omega, a co-ed community service fraternity Director of Pennvelopes, a community outreach group Minor in Sociology Specialization in Developmental Psychology, having taken 3 courses at the Department of Education First Generation student attending Penn on nearly a full ride, graduated early while working full-time to ensure that I graduated without any debt, continuing to work for the university after graduation in both admissions and housing and conferences. Supported professors and agencies on research on the following topics: *At CHOP and HUP, the usage of Medicare by uninsured pregnant women *Inheritable qualities of 3-D vision in identical and fraternal twins Completed independent research and thesis papers on: *The effectiveness of academically based community service classes in undergraduate programs *At the The Philadelphia Zoo, A Comparison of Social Behavior amongst Pygmy Marmosets, Golden Lion Tamarins, and Saki Primates
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Overall Rating
5.0
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