Hope

Assistant Director of Admission at Princeton University

Assistant Director of College Counseling at Charlotte Country Day School

Associate Member of Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA )

Member of Southern Association of College Admissions Counselors (SACAC)

Member of Overseas Association of College Admissions Counselors (OACAC)

Graduated from Princeton University

Hope is passionate about guiding students to college admissions success. She is an Ivy League admissions expert and received her bachelor's degree from Princeton University, where she served as an Admission Officer and Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions.

Over the last 20 years, Hope has taught tens of thousands of students around the world how to optimize their applications to top US and UK colleges and universities. She has seen a 25% higher overall acceptance rate to Ivy League schools compared to the national average among the students she has guided. Many students she has worked with have been admitted to Princeton, MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, U Penn, Cornell, U Chicago, Columbia, Dartmouth, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Brown, Vanderbilt and Wellesley.

Hope's students comment on her calm, assured presence during the stressful college admissions process.  Her ability to strategize a student's strongest case for admission and put their authentic strengths into words is among the best in this industry. At the same time, Hope's ability to connect with diverse types of students is remarkable. One mother said that it was as if Hope had "seen my son's soul."  Another student, after one meeting with Hope, said, "I've never thought the way that [her] questions made me think."

After working with Hope a student said, "I wanted to express my gratitude for your endless patience and always-helpful advice on everything and anything college related . . . . My applications would not have been the same without your guidance, and I would not be in the place I am in right now without you."  Another student said, "I feel like you are not treating me as a mere student, but as your daughter."

Hope believes that students should "live the life that writes the application." Her counseling goals prioritize a student's self-motivation and confidence while demanding high standards for self-awareness and community impact.  She will challenge your child to think and feel deeply, all while learning how to express themselves in activities (and essays) that are true to who they are, not as a copy of another student who has achieved success.