Graduate School Admissions Counseling, Career Support, and Academic Advising
For Masters, PhD, MBA, Med School & Law School Applicants
Our Graduate School Admissions Counseling helps students and working professionals excel in top-level graduate school admissions for Masters, Doctoral, MBA, Medical, and Law School programs. Our clients receive advice on topics including: choosing schools, planning effective campus visits, reaching out to faculty pre-application, interview prep, securing stellar letters of recommendation, CV and resume guidance, personal statement prep and more. For graduating high school seniors and college students, we also offer personalized Career Planning and Academic Advising to help students successfully navigate and maximize their college years.
Graduate Analysis & Guidance Program
We’ll help you craft your grad school strategy and sharpen your applications and essays.
Graduate Essay Guidance Program
We’ll guide you through the writing process and offer candid feedback to make writing concise, fresh, and unique.
Career Planning & Academic Advising
Clear, informed career planning and academic/extracurricular advising.
Graduate Test Tutoring
Conquer the GRE, GMAT, and LSAT with our expert tutors and be prepared to excel.
A sample of grad schools our recent students will be attending:
Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science |
Georgetown University’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences |
Harvard University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences |
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies |
Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine MD |
Stanford’s Graduate School of Business MBA |
University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School |
Yale University’s School of Management Silver Scholars MBA |
Meet Dr. Kristen Willmott
Having worked as an Admissions and Financial Aid Officer for Harvard University for four years, Kristen brings a depth of experience to Top Tier Admissions. She has over 20 years of experience working in higher education. Kristen has a PhD in Education with a concentration in Higher Education from the University of Rochester, an M.S. in Business Management from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and a B.A. in English from Ithaca College. Her PhD dissertation won the International Susan B. Anthony Institute Dissertation Award. In her role at Harvard, Kristen oversaw admissions for 17 departments and was also responsible for distributing funding from the National Science Foundation Fellowships Program and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Student Research Fellowship Program. Kristen has previously worked as a substitute K-12 teacher, as adjunct faculty at three universities in MA and NY, and as an educational researcher having recently (Oct. 2020) published a book on faculty in academia and in academic journals such as the Journal of Critical Scholarship on Higher Education and Student Affairs, Academic Leadership Journal, and the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences Journal.