"Betsy has excellent rapport with students, parents and college administrators. Her essay-editing skills and ability to match kids and colleges are first-rate."

Associate Provost and Executive Vice Dean, Ivy League medical school

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"Thank you SO MUCH for helping me get into my dream schools!...My family and I truly appreciate all you've done for me."

High school senior, Dartmouth College Class of 2012

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"By senior year, [Betsy] is contacting [students] weekly to remind them about deadlines, to brainstorm ideas for college essays and to review their applications. She prepare[s] them for their interviews by staging mock sessions."

New York Times, Education Life, January 6, 2008

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"My daughter got into the car one day after working with you, and said, 'I would have finished my personal essay sooner if I hadn't worked with Betsy, but it would have been crap'...Thank you so much for all of the great help you gave her, because I don't think she could have done it without you."

Parent of high school senior, M.I.T. [Early Action] Class of 2013

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"Words cannot explain how much you helped me grow and gave me the ability to fulfill my dreams. You not only eased the college admission process for me, but you also taught me the vital skills one needs to be a responsible college student. You brought out the best in me."

High school senior, Tisch School of the Arts at N.Y.U. Class of 2014

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"Many thanks again for all your help - am impressed and appreciative of your significant effort to, as you say, Stand Out. Will be in touch re my next child in due course."

Parent of high school senior, Swarthmore College [Early Decision] Class of 2013

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"We are so excited. I appreciate everything you did to help [my daughter] with the application process."

Parent of high school senior, Washington University in St. Louis [Early Decision] Class of 2014

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"We couldn't have done it without you, and I can't thank you enough. We'll see you with the next one!"

Parent of high school senior, Wesleyan University [Early Decision] Class of 2014

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"I got into Penn! Thank you for everything!"

High school senior, University of Pennsylvania [Early Decision] Class of 2012

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"Many thanks again. If you ever need us to vouch for you, please use us!!! We are very happy clients."

Parent of high school seniors, Brandeis University [Early Decision] Class of 2013 and School of Visual Arts Class of 2013

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"Anyway I just wanted to thank you so much for all of your help. Without your help I do not know how far I would have gotten in the college process. Throughout the whole year you have been so helpful with everything from my essays to my resume to all the deadlines. I just wanted to personally extend my gratitude to you and I will be sure to keep you posted on how my college experience is going. Thanks again."

High school senior, Indiana University Class of 2014

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"I want to extend my sincere appreciation for all of your help that has contributed to my son's early decision admission to Tufts. We are absolutely thrilled! We are so excited!"

Parent of high school senior, Tufts University Class of 2013

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"My daughter says that she got into Michigan because of her recommendations and her essays...She has decided that she wants to go to Michigan, and we are happy about that decision. I think it is a perfect fit for her. Thanks for all your help and guidance."

Parent of high school senior, University of Michigan Class of 2014

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"...with much gratitude, Betsy, for your guidance and hard work in aiding our daughter through the 'college adventure' of choosing, applying, interviewing... You did so well by her. She told me the other day that for the first time in her life, she feels smart. We never would have found St. Joe's without you. She just loves it."

Parent of college freshman [awarded athletic scholarship], St. Joseph's University Class of 2013

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"I just want to thank you for everything and I'm just really happy right now, and I wanted to call you. So just letting you know that I will be attending Bucknell in the fall!"

High school senior, Bucknell University [Early Decision] Class of 2014

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"College is going great. I absolutely love Binghamton University and definitely made the right decision. I'd like to thank you again for helping me achieve my goals and getting to where I am right now. "

Freshman, Binghamton University Class of 2012

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"I told my friend you had helped my son focus his choices. I told her how his best friend, who had a higher GPA and SAT scores, got waitlisted most places he applied, in contrast to my son who got into all but one of the schools he applied to."

Parent of Northeastern University student (University Honors Program) Class of 2011

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"I want to thank you and again say that you have been amazing and that again, thanks to you she is in! The thing I really like about how you work is that you did not allow her to settle for second best in her essays."

Parent of high school senior, Syracuse University [Early Decision] Class of 2014

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"You made the process so much easier and less angst-ridden. If only I had been so smart with my first and second children!! I now wonder why I didn't hire a college counselor for my other kids. The process was so difficult; not the work per se, but the interactions. So much nagging and arguing... My daughter too enjoyed working with you. You were, as always, helpful and willing to take the time to talk through her decision-making process. "

Parent of high school senior, Hobart & William Smith Colleges Class of 2012

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"After you finished working with my son on his personal essay, he showed it to his English teacher. She's the toughest teacher in the school, and she loved it. She said she could tell that it was his voice."

Parent of high school senior, Bentley University Class of 2013

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"I just got home from my spring vacation...and found out that I have been accepted into Wake Forest. I am so excited!! I could not have done it without all of your help. Thank you for everything."

High school senior, Wake Forest University Class of 2014

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"Betsy works well with kids. Of course, she will give them the gentle push to get things done for the college applications. She works so well with the parents, too. Very professional. I do not have any hesitation in recommending her."

Parent of college freshman, Lynn University Class of 2012

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"You give lots of personal attention and really care about my child."

Parent of high school junior

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"You're helping to lower the stress level of applying to colleges. You're explaining the process to us and answering our questions; it doesn't seem like such a complicated mystery any more."

Parent of high school junior