Admissions Officer, Application Reviewer

🕒 June 24

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

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Empowerly

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11 - 50 employees

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

📚 Education

💰 $10.4M Venture Round on 2021-12

Consulting • Marketing • Education

Empowerly is a data-driven college admissions consulting company dedicated to helping students navigate the complex and competitive U. S. college admissions process. With a 98% success rate for students gaining access to top 50 colleges, Empowerly provides personalized counseling services that are led by former college admissions officers. Their offerings include college admissions committee review, essay editing, financial planning assistance, and unique programs like the AI Scholar Program and Startup Internship Program. They emphasize a customized approach, leveraging proprietary tools such as the Empowerly Score® to predict and enhance students' chances of admission. Empowerly has been recognized on INC. 5000’s list of fastest-growing companies in America and aims to empower students to achieve their educational goals through innovative, tailored application consulting solutions.

📋 Description

• Conduct full application reviews using Empowerly’s AdCom evaluation rubric • Provide clear academic ratings based on grades, rigor, curriculum progression, and major alignment • Evaluate extracurricular involvement, leadership, impact, and distinction, including recognition in major competitions • Review essays for narrative strength, authenticity, clarity, intellectual vitality, and institutional match • Identify academic inconsistencies (e.g., grade trends, B’s/C’s in core subjects) and address them with tactful, realistic feedback • Apply and clearly explain rating scale distinctions, including high-level academic validation (e.g., national or international recognition) • Deliver actionable recommendations for improvement across academics, activities, and storytelling • Tailor overall application feedback to specific university contexts when applicable • End each review with constructive encouragement and clear next steps for strengthening the application • Complete reviews thoroughly and efficiently (initial reviews may require 30+ minutes) • Maintain integrity by releasing assigned reviews that present a conflict of interest (e.g., reviewing one’s own student) • Monitor the AdCom portal regularly for assigned reviews • Participate in calibration discussions and mock review exercises to ensure consistency across reviewers • Monitor Empowerly email account and Slack account for up-to-date Empowerly communications

🎯 Requirements

• Prior experience in undergraduate admissions evaluation (former admissions officer strongly preferred) • Deep understanding of selective college admissions standards and committee evaluation processes • Ability to evaluate academic rigor across varied high school curricula (AP, IB, honors, etc.) • Strong written communication skills with the ability to provide precise, actionable, and tactful feedback • Ability to apply standardized rubrics consistently and explain rating distinctions clearly • Strong time management skills and ability to meet review deadlines • Proactive communication well before key deadlines • Commitment to confidentiality and professional ethics