Experience

Friends Select School

• United States
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of College Planning, Director of Testing, Registrar, Upper School Advisor

  • Jul 2002 - Present

  • Advise and counsel each year approximately 100 juniors and seniors and their parents on the college search, application, and admission process. • Plan and conduct college night programs for ninth, eleventh, and twelfth grades. • Lead college conferences for juniors, seniors and their parents. • Write the school letter of recommendation to colleges for approximately 50 seniors each year. • Build and maintain relationships with college admissions counselors. • Serve as an advocate for students throughout the college admissions process. • Write and prepare the school profile, college planning guide, college planning assignment, and all college advising materials. • Advise students requesting assistance with college essays, resumes, special programs, summer programs, course selection, scholarships, and financial aid. • Work with teachers in preparing the teacher letter of recommendation. • Schedule, coordinate, and host all visits by college representatives to the school (60-65 different colleges and universities visit the school each fall). • Supervise the National Merit Scholarship Program, the National Achievement Scholarship Program, and the National Hispanic Recognition Program. • Prepare a final report on student applications, admissions, and matriculation to colleges and other reports as requested by the director of the upper school. • Maintain college-related records and information on each student. • Maintain student-accessible files on colleges, scholarships, financial aid, and summer programs. • Represent the school at national conferences and meetings, counselor college tours, and special issue conferences. • Plan, coordinate, and supervise the administration of the SAT, PSAT, Advanced Placement Exam, and the Comprehensive Testing Program testing in grades 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9. • Instruct and advice faculty and administration in assessing testing results and how to use testing results for student assessment and curricular review.



Swarthmore College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Associate Dean of Admissions & Coordinator of Student of Color Recruitment

  • Jul 1994 - Jul 2002

  • Recruit prospective applicants to Swarthmore from high schools in the New York City metropolitan area and in Philadelphia; read, evaluate, and present these applications in admissions committee for Swarthmore’s Class of 1996- 2003. • Coordinate the student of color recruitment effort at Swarthmore, develop strategies for recruiting and matriculating students of color, supervise the reading of these applications, and present a portion of the applicants of color in admissions committee. • Counsel students in the New York City metropolitan area and in Philadelphia on the college application and admissions process. • Conduct one-on-one interviews with prospective applicants. • Represent Swarthmore College at high school visits, information sessions, college fairs, community-based programs, and panels. • Moderator and panelist on various admissions panels. • Select recipients of Swarthmore’s McCabe Scholarship, the (Eugene) Lang Opportunity Grant, the Swarthmore Scholarship, and the Philip Evans Scholarship. • Initiate a series of publications focusing on underrepresented racial groups at Swarthmore. • Lead and facilitate journal workshops for students participating in the tri-college consortium’s summer program (Swarthmore, Haverford, and Bryn Mawr Colleges). • Select and supervise student of color recruitment interns. • Plan and implement the fall program for student of color prospective applicants and the spring program for admitted students of color. • Serve as an academic advisor to first and second-year Swarthmore students. • Coordinate the reading process for fall and winter early decision, regular decision, and transfer admissions. • Serve as the liaison between Admissions and the arts departments, financial aid office, and development office. • Selected for and served on the search committees for the positions of Dean of Admissions and Director of Swarthmore College’s Upward Bound Program.



Princeton University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Admissions Officer

  • Aug 1989 - Aug 1992

  • Evaluate and make admissions decisions on applications for freshman and transfer admissions to Princeton University’s Class of 1994, 1995, and 1996. • Counsel the public on admissions policies and procedures. • Lead group and one-on- one interviews with prospective applicants. • Recruit prospective applicants from high schools in New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. • Represent Princeton University at high school visits, information sessions, college fairs, and evening presentations. • Organize the admitted student program.