College Admissions Counselor

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🛋️ Counselor

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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

• Keep up to date with current college admission changes • Advise approximately 20–25 students, with flexibility based on schedule and bandwidth • Develop personalized academic and extracurricular plans • Advise students on extracurriculars, leadership opportunities, summer plans, internships, competitions, research, and community service • Create standardized testing plans and strategies for improving scores • Help create college lists, categorize colleges as reach, target, or safety, and provide college visit guidance • Guide students through personal statements, activities, resumes, recommendation letters, essays, edits, and complete application reviews • Strategize early action, early decision, regular decision, waitlist, and college choice plans • Discuss financial aid and merit scholarship resources • Prepare for sessions, log sessions promptly, stay in touch with students, maintain parent relationships, and include parents in communications • Support transfer, undergraduate, postgraduate, and international students • Attend monthly team meetings • Utilize Empowerly resources to provide advice • Monitor Empowerly email and Slack communications

🎯 Requirements

• Live in or have extensive experience working with students in the San Francisco Bay Area • Several years of college counseling experience and/or previous experience as an admissions officer at a selective college or university • Graduate from a top 50 national university • Experience as a college counselor for high school students, with a track record of acceptances into a top 50 national university • Consistent availability in the afternoons (after 3:00 p.m.) and/or on weekends • Passion for education and talent for teaching, essay writing, and essay editing • Exceptional oral and written communication skills • Ability to plan around and meet deadlines • Dedication to client service • Ability to commit to students for multi-year packages • Former admissions officers at top 50 colleges or experienced independent college counselors (NACAC, WACAC, IECA, etc.)

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote work arrangement • Global workforce • Flexible schedule based on counselor availability and bandwidth

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