Work With a Counselor Online
No Collegewise office near you? No problem. At Collegewise, great college advice isn't confined to our physical offices. A meeting with your Collegewise counselor is just a click away.
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We want you to have access to top notch admissions advice even if the closest Collegewise office is hundreds (or thousands) of miles from where you live. Our online counselors conduct meetings with students from across the country using platforms like Skype and Zoom. The best part? You won't have to leave home to get expert admissions advice and a customized college application plan.
Working with Collegewise online means that you'll be meeting with an admissions expert. Our online counselors have worked in admissions offices across the country at universities like Stanford, Colorado College, Harvard, USC, and Columbia. As long as you have a working computer and a willing student, our online counselors will partner with you to take care of the rest.
And don't worry—meeting with your counselor online won't make the process any less human. Our online counselors create personal bonds with their students over the course of many meetings (and texts, emails, and phone calls). Your counselor will work closely with your family to ensure that your college questions never go unanswered.
We think you'll find your perfect fit by taking a look at our counselors' bios below. We can't wait to hear from you.
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Rahsaan Burroughs
College Counselor
- Former Associate Director of Admissions and Liaison to Department of Athletics, The George Washington University
- Has evaluated over 17,000 college applications throughout his 15 years in college admissions
- Ed.D in Higher Education Administration, George Washington University; B.A., The College of William & Mary
Jazzmin Lu
College Counselor
- B.A., Yale University
- Former Admissions Officer and Assistant Dean of Admissions, Pomona College
- Former Summer Recruitment Coordinator, Yale Undergraduate Admissions
Judy Lee
College Counselor
- Former Assistant Director of Admissions, Yale University
- M.A. in Administration and Policy Analysis, Stanford University
- Former Principal Analyst, UC Office of the President, Student Academic Services
Julie Simon
Managing Counselor
- Former Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions, University of Michigan
- Has evaluated over 20,000 college applications during her 16 years of experience in college admissions
- M.A. in Higher Education Administration, University of Michigan
Kristin Sullivan
College Counselor
- 15 years' counseling experience
- B. A., Psychology, University of Michigan
- M.A., Counseling, Michigan State University
Annie Behari
College Counselor
- Ed.M, Higher Education, Harvard University
- Assistant Director of Admissions, Johns Hopkins University
- Assistant Director of Admissions, Lafayette College
- College Counselor, Trinity Preparatory School, Winter Park, FL
Patti Miller
College Counselor
- MBA, Finance, The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania
- B.A., History, Yale University
- College Counseling Certification, UCLA
- Management Consultant, McKinsey & Company
Emily Selden
College Counselor
- MSEd, Higher Education and Policy, Northwestern University
- B.A. in Africana Studies, Wellesley College
- Assistant Director of Admission, Northwestern University, The Kellogg School of Management
- Associate Director of Admission, Saint Mary’s College
- Independent College Counselor
Sydney Matthes
College Counselor
- M.Ed., Higher Education Administration, George Washington University
- B.A., Philosophy, West Virginia University
- Assistant Director of Admission, George Washington University
- College & Career Center Specialist, Fairfax County Public Schools
- Independent Counselor
Arun Ponnusamy
Chief Academic Officer
- Former Assistant Director of Admissions, University of Chicago
- Former Assistant Director of Admissions, Caltech
- Former Application Reader, UCLA
Christopher LaBounty
College Counselor
- Former Admissions Counselor, MIT
- MBA, Boston University
- M.A. in Teaching, Northeastern University
Colleen Boucher-Robinson
College Counselor
- M.A. in English Language and Literature, Boston University
- Magna cum laude graduate, Loyola University Chicago
- Outside application reader, University of San Francisco
- Co-author, The 2019-20 Collegewise Guide to the Common App
- Co-author, The Collegewise Guide to Summer Planning
Kavin Buck
Visual and Performing Arts College Counseling Specialist
- MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
- Former Vice President of Enrollment and Student Services at The Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon
- Former Director of Enrollment and Outreach at UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, Los Angeles, CAPast President of the Western Association for College (WACAC)
Maureen Gelberg
College Counselor
- Former Admissions Officer, USC and University of Michigan
- Has reviewed more than 15,000 applicant files
- Former Application Reader, UCLA; Faculty Member at UCLA Extension
Meg Mahoney
College Counselor
- B.S., Northeastern University; Ed.M., Harvard University; M.Ed., UMass Boston; College Counseling Certificate, UCLA
- Bentley University, Former Outside Application Reader
- More than 10 years of college counseling experience
Meredith Graham
College Counselor
- Former Associate Director of Admissions, Cornell University
- Former Associate Director of the University Service Center, Boston University
- Former Academic Advisor, Purdue University
Monica Brown
College Counselor
- B.A., Stanford University
- M.Ed., Harvard University
- Former Senior Admissions Officer, Harvard University
- Former Assistant Director of Admission, Wellesley College
Nandita Gupta
College Counselor
- Read over 7000 applications during her tenure as an admissions officer at Stanford University
- Princeton graduate; thesis on college accessibility & readiness
- Managed Stanford’s alumni interview program in two regions
Tara Swoboda
College Counselor
- Former Assistant Director/Program Specialist, USC Marshall School of Business
- Former Scholarship Auditor and International Field Study Staff, University of Southern California
- B.A. and Peer Counselor, University of California at Berkeley
