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College counseling to help 9th-12th graders aiming for the most selective schools

GETTING STUDENTS INTO THEIR
DREAM COLLEGES

Is your student aiming for the most
selective colleges?

I’m Susan Goodkin, a Rhodes Scholar with degrees from Harvard College, Harvard Law School and Oxford University, and I’ve been helping students around the world get accepted to their dream schools for the last decade.

I’ve seen that too often, students (and their parents!), think they’ve done everything “right” for admissions to top schools, only to learn as seniors that they’re not competitive for those schools.

There’s no magic formula that will get students admitted to the most selective schools — but if students understand what action steps to take, and what mistakes to avoid, their admissions odds go way up.

My students have an extraordinary 60% acceptance rate to the Ivies, Stanford and MIT – nearly ten times the average!

My students are also highly successful in admissions at Duke, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Amherst, U. Chicago, U.Michigan, Rice, Tufts, Pomona, Berkeley, UCLA, Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown, and many more highly selective schools.

“In large part, I credit you for my daughter’s acceptance to Yale. Yes, she worked hard – and you advised us all along the bumpy and circuitous path.” — Parent of Yale admit

“You’re a miracle worker!” — Parent of Harvard admit

Whether students come to me as freshman or seniors, I not only help them vastly improve their admissions odds, but I’m equally proud that I helps them grow as scholars, contributors to their community, and people.

“From building up my daughter’s CV, ideas about programs, feedback on essays, and support in overcoming obstacles to the softer skills like teaching her about resilience, perseverance, and growing her confidence, she would not be who she is nor where she is today without your guidance.” –Parent of Dartmouth admit

“I truly appreciate all of your personalized attention and proactive guidance. To know that you cared about our daughter as a person and her success made such a difference.” –Parent of Harvard admit

“I have no words to express what it has meant for us to have your input, perspective, expertise, and loving care throughout this process! From one mother to another, I can never thank you enough.” –Parent of U. Chicago admit”

Learn how I can help your student

Graduating class

What Families are Saying.

“You are the best at what you do, and we will always be grateful to have found you.”

Parent of Brown Admit

“Thank you for everything!!! Words can’t describe how much your help meant to me!”

Harvard Admit

“I was ACCEPTED to Stanford!  I certainly could not have put my application together and written those essays without you. I also could not have asked for a more kindhearted, intelligent, and wonderful person to work with on this process.”

– Stanford early admit

“I submitted my Stanford application a few days ago, and I’m feeling surprisingly relaxed and content with the whole thing- no doubt because of your incredible help!”

Stanford Admit

“Thank you so much for your help throughout this process, and for all of your kind advice and support. It feels like a dream. I couldn’t have done it without you!”

Stanford Admit

“Thank you for all of your great counsel and thoughtful advice throughout our daughter’s high school career!”

Parent of Princeton Admit

“You’re a miracle worker!”

– Parent of Harvard admit

“I truly appreciate all of your personalized attention and proactive guidance. To know that you cared about our daughter as a person and her success made such a difference.”

Parent of Harvard admit

“Our daughter is beyond elated!!  I hope you feel a sense of accomplishment – because you were a huge help – to us and to her.”

Parents of U Chicago Admit

“Thank you for all your help along the way! I couldn’t have done it without you, and can’t thank you enough for all of your advice.”

 

U. Chicago Admit

“Susan provided invaluable guidance through every part of the process. I cannot think of a better person to have by my side as I navigated the ups and downs of the college application process.”

– Princeton admit

“With Susan’s guidance, I knew I had created the strongest application possible.”

Harvard Admit

“What I loved about working with you included your eye for editing and shaping essays, and having the student’s voice shine through.  And, mostly, you care deeply about each one of your students.  It was always reassuring to know that there was someone else up in the middle of the night worrying with me, so to speak!  That makes a huge difference.”

– Parent of Yale admit

“Thank you so, so, so very much for your care and guidance. We could not have done this without your support and diligence.”

Parent of Yale Admit

“In large part, I credit you for my daughter’s acceptance to Yale. Yes, she worked hard – and you advised us all along the bumpy and circuitous path.”

Parent of Yale admit