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Select College Admissions is an educational consulting practice helping families navigate complex educational decision-making. We partner with each family, keeping parents sane, while providing an intentional experience for students by nurturing, inspiring, and opening the door to life-changing endeavors for them. We empower students to Develop and Execute a successful university admission strategy that differentiates them from every other smart, accomplished student who is applying to the same target universities.
Our focus is on undergraduate admission but we also provide consultation for students wishing to transfer from one undergraduate institution to another.
What differentiates Select College Admissions from other consultants is that we provide individualized attention, flexibility, and generous access, in an innovative and professional environment with a proven track record.
Select College Admissions is located in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and serves students from all across the greater Vancouver area, other provinces in Canada, the United States and internationally through virtual one-on-one meetings, workshops, and group webinars.
I’m the founder of Select College Admissions, and its principal advisor. For 15+ years, I’ve been guiding students from Canada, the U.S. and internationally, both in person and via Zoom, to successfully apply to universities in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. for their undergraduate education. I help families understand this highly competitive process, how to choose the right fit universities, and guide students on how to distinguish themselves from the competition while producing compelling essays and applications for their target universities.
As the daughter of a diplomat, I have lived in a number of countries on 3 continents. After obtaining my bachelor’s degree from Brown University and my master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, I met my husband, an alumnus of MIT. Together, we have had the very personal experience of guiding our two sons through their successful application processes to Stanford University, to Rice University, and to graduate programs in engineering at the University of British Columbia and at Stanford.
My work as former interviewer and area chair, coordinating all interviews for Brown University in B.C., my membership in a number of U.S. professional associations for educational consultants, my networking groups with Canadian, U.S. and international colleagues, as well as my extensive experience guiding hundreds of students, give me tremendous insight into what makes for a successful university application and the key differentiators which university admissions officers are looking for. I stay on top of trends by regularly attending U.S. conferences on university admission, participating in workshops and seminars on university-related topics, and spending a significant amount of time visiting campuses to best facilitate matches between my students and potential colleges and universities.
It gives me great pleasure to work with young people, guiding and empowering them to achieve their dreams, while promoting healthy, constructive decision-making, watching them grow in the process. The highlight of my work is having students call to let me know that they have been admitted to their top choice university. I am eager to put my skills and experience to work for each of my students to reach their full potential.
TUTORING REFERRALS
The tutors and test prep agencies we work with are ones that have been recommended by our former students or by the professional organizations to which Select College Admissions is a member of. They are tried and tested to make sure they know the curriculum for the subject they will be tutoring – whether it be at the IB, AP or standard level. We always look for evaluations from our students with whom these tutors are currently working. Additionally, the personality of the individual is also taken into account:
- Are they warm and caring?
- Do they have a positive attitude?
- Do they tend to motivate the student, with encouragement and praise, to want to do better?
- Do they take the time to become familiar with the student’s learning style in order to get optimal results?
- Do they spend time to cover the foundational material in courses like mathematics where the student needs to build upon previous knowledge for success in learning new material?
Tutors we refer students to, work both with students who are challenged with a particular subject area as well as with students who are excelling but wish to further accelerate in a subject they are passionate about. We ask tutors to provide us with feedback as to the student’s progress each term.
Learning good work and study habits will help students achieve their goals, both inside and outside the classroom. With positive self-esteem gained through success, students will move through high school, university, and life with added confidence.