COLLEGE APPS SUPPORT

Our college advisors have been accepted to a wide variety of universities around the nation. They are passionate about helping high school seniors with their common app and supplemental essays, activities section, and scholarship applications. Each session is a 1 hour meeting with an advisor to receive help on any aspect of the college application process! Students may sign up for a maximum of two sessions of college advising per week across all advisors.

College Advisors

Morgan Becker

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Morgan is a freshman at Loyola University Chicago studying Neuroscience and Bioethics, as a direct admit to the law school. She is also fluent in Spanish and will continue to pursue her language studies in Chicago. During Morgan’s admission process, she was accepted to Carnegie Mellon University, Case Western Reserve University, Boston University, and UW-Madison, among several other schools. Morgan loves exploring the city, reading, enjoying time outside, and watching TV series related to due process. Morgan wrote her Common App essay about her passion for the public defense system. She loves working with students to brainstorm topics, emphasize focus on their perspectives (this process is about YOU!), and utilize different writing structures, as a way to show style, character, and uniqueness.

Skills: Guiding essay ideas, supplemental essays, “My Why” essays, appropriate grammar structure.

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Khushi Mitchell

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Khushi is a freshman at UW Madison studying neurobiology. During her application cycle, she was also accepted to Boston University and UC Davis. Khushi loves reading fantasy novels, working out, and hanging out with friends. Khushi wrote her common app essay about the Wizard of Oz. She loves helping students discover their writing style.

Skills: essay language, flow, and word choice

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Avika Mathur

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Avika is a sophomore at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities studying Economics, Global Studies, and English. In her free time she loves to read, bake, and spend time with her family and friends. She got accepted to Macalester College and St. Olaf College. She is super excited to be a college advisor this year and help students achieve college applications they are proud of!

Skills: grammar, overall revision, and structure

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Elaine Wang

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Elaine is a junior at MIT majoring in both Computer Science and Business Analytics! During her college application cycle, she was also accepted into Carnegie Mellon, UMichigan, and UIUC. Elaine is also a student-athlete on the Track & Field team, loves going to the gym, keeping up with TV shows, and spending time with friends/family. Elaine wrote her common app essay about her passion for filming YouTube videos (and structured her essay as one!). She loves turning life’s moments into a compelling story tell!

Skills: Storytelling, essay structure, tackling supplemental essays

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Rebecca Wu

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Rebecca is a junior at Stanford studying Data Science & CS. She's passionate about finance and entrepreneurship. She was part of several finance, speech, and public service organizations in high school and has experience with applying to both public and private schools, as well as summer programs at scholarships. During her application cycle, she got accepted to Stanford, Rice, USC, UC Berkeley, and UCLA. She looks forward to meeting with you!

Skills: College research, scholarship planning, brainstorming essays, grammar and flow

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Ankitha Kumar

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Ankitha is a senior at Emory studying Human Health and Religion. During her college application cycle, she was accepted to Emory (merit scholarship), UPenn, Northwestern, Rice, Tufts, and more. Ankitha loves trying new restaurants, watching Netflix, and playing way too much word hunt on iMessage games. Ankitha wrote her common app essay about her love for country music. She loves working with students to brainstorm unique ideas and create essays with innovative structures.

Skills: Brainstorming creative essay ideas, creative structures, stand-out essays

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Melina Ross

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Melina is a junior at Emory University studying Anthropology and Biology on the Premed track. During her college application cycle, she was accepted to EmoryED ll. In her free time she enjoys mystery novels, gymnastics, hiking and thrifting. Melina wrote her common application essay about giving CPR to a bumblebee.

Skills: Brainstorming creative essay ideas, creative essays

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