Our Team

College Admission

Allen
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Allen received both a B.S. in engineering and a B.S. in literature from MIT. Allen earned his master's and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Allen has been an expert in education for over 20 years and helped numbers of students get into their dream schools.

Caroline
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Caroline received her bachelor’s degree in Humanities concentration in Intellectual History from Yale University. Caroline has over five year experiences on college admission counselling. She has very strong background on instructing students on college application essay development. Caroline is a writer as well.

Christina
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Christina received her bachelor’s degree from Columbia University. She has over 15 year experience on college admissions counseling. Christina is also a well known writer.

Diana
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Diana received her M.A. in Education from Harvard University, her M.A. in History from Carnegie Mellon University, and her B.A. in History from Boston College. Diana has ten years of experience as a college admissions counselor.

Jennifer
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Jennifer received her M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and her B.S. from the University of California-Davis. Most recently, she worked as a reader for undergraduate admissions at Stanford University. She is a former Admissions Director at Santa Clara University and the Presidio Graduate School. She has reviewed more than 6,000 applications and has interviewed more than 500 candidates for college admissions.

Jessica
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Jessica earned her M.S. from Columbia University and her B.A. from Tufts University. She has over ten year experience on college counseling.

Jessie
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Jessie received her BA in English and philosophy from Wellesley College, MA in American literature from UC Berkeley, and PhD in American literature from Columbia University. Then she taught English literature at The United States Military Academy at West Point, Humanities at University of Chicago. Her students attended Columbia, the University of Chicago, Rice University, Wellesley, Barnard and UMichAnn Arbor.

Jonah
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Jonah received his Bachelor’s degree in International Affairs from George Washington University and Master’s degree in Education from Harvard University. Jonah had been studying and working in Beijing, China for six years. Jonah speaks fluent Chinese.

Jonathan
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Jonathan received his M.A. from University of Southern California. He has over 20 years of experience working as a college counselor.

Jordan
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Jordan received her B.S. from Northwestern University and M.A. from Harvard University. She has been working with students on their college applications for several years. With outstanding college counseling experiences, Jordan has helped many of his students successfully gain admissions to their dream schools.

Karen
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Karen received her bachelor’s degree from Amherst College and Master’s degree from NYU. She has over 20 year experience on college admissions counseling.

Lizz
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Dr. Lizz earned her Ph.D in Second Language Acquisition/Teaching and Instructional Technology from University of South Florida, Ph.D and MA in Language and Literature from Washington University. Lizz has over 20 years experiences on teaching English and Germen.

Nancy
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Nancy received her MBA degree in Fordham University. She has over three year experiences on college admission counselling. She coached dozens of students to get in top universities.

Randy
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Randy received his bachelor’s degree from Brown University, and then graduated Emory University School of Law. In the past 30 years, Randy has over 30 year college admissions counseling experiences. Randy also has lawyer experiences and traditional and new media experiences.

Robert
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Robert received his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Master’s degree in Education, both from Harvard University. Robert has over 8 years of international development and social innovation experience, including high-level policy advising, research, and field experience in the USA, Latin America and Europe. Robert has helped many students on their college application. Most of them were admitted to their dream schools.

Samantha
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Samantha received her B.A. and her M.A. from Columbia University. Samantha has 15 years of experience as a college admissions counselor. Samantha enjoys reading, hiking, and cooking during her leisure time.

Shira
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Shira received her Bachelor’s degree from Yale University and Master’s degree from Harvard University. Shira has over five year experiences on college admissions counseling. Shira is also a producer and a writer.

Susan
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Susan earned her M.A. from Harvard University and her B.A. from Tufts University. Susan has 15 years of experience as a college counselor. Before becoming a college counselor, Susan was an interviewer at Tufts University. Additionally, Susan has taught for many years at universities and high schools.

Teresa
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Teresa received her B.A. from Dartmouth College. She has over 15 years of experience working as a college counselor. Teresa’s students have been admitted to almost all of the top American schools, including every Ivy League school, Stanford, MIT, California Institute of Technology, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne.

Tom
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Tom earned his B.A. in Art from New York University. He started working as a college counselor while he was at NYU and has helped almost 120 students on their college applications, receiving high praise and recognition from his students.

Trevor
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Trevor received his bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and Master’s degree from Harvard University. Trevor has over five year experience on college admissions counseling.

Diana
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Diana received her M.A. in Education from Harvard University, her M.A. in History from Carnegie Mellon University, and her B.A. in History from Boston College. Diana has ten years of experience as a college admissions counselor.

Erika
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Erika earned her Master degree in Creative Writing from Columbia University, and BA in English and Creative Writing from University of Alberta. Erika has five year experience on college essay writing and editing. Erika was a nominee for the Canadian National Magazine Award in Poetry, and has been published in journals and anthologies both nationally and internationally.

Jessica
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Jessica earned her M.S. from Columbia University and her B.A. from Tufts University. She has over ten years of experiences on college counseling.

Lizz
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Dr. Lizz earned her Ph.D in Second Language Acquisition/Teaching and Instructional Technology from University of South Florida, Ph.D and MA in Language and Literature from Washington University. Lizz has over 20 years experiences on teaching English and Germen.

Avery
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Ms. Avery received her bachelor’s degree in History from Cornell University. Ms. Avery has been working for a top tier private high school as a college counselor for over 20 years

Jessica
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Jessica earned her M.S. from Columbia University and her B.A. from Tufts University. She has over ten years of experiences on college counseling.

Rachael
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Rachael earned her B.A. in Art from Stanford University. Rachael has over 10 years of college counseling experience. Rachael specializes in international students’ applications and has counseled students from over ten countries.

Rebecca
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Rebecca received her B.A. in Art from Cornell University. Rebecca has 20 years of experience as a college counselor. Rebecca is the author of two books on teenager education and college selection.

Robert
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Robert received his B.A. from Duke University. He taught English in China, Korea, and Japan for three years after his graduation. In 2011, Robert returned to the US to work as a full-time college admissions counselor. Robert has instructed over 100 students and helped them enter their dream schools.

Samantha
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Samantha received her B.A. and her M.A. from Columbia University. Samantha has 15 years of experience as a college admissions counselor. Samantha enjoys reading, hiking, and cooking during her leisure time.

Simon
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Simon earned his Master’s degree in Art from Brown University. Simon worked as a college counselor at a top private high school in Boston area before he joined RayD. Simon has 17 years experiences on college admission counseling.

Teresa
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Teresa received her B.A. from Dartmouth College. She has over 15 years of experience working as a college counselor. Teresa’s students have been admitted to almost all of the top American schools, including every Ivy League school, Stanford, MIT, California Institute of Technology, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne.

Erika
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Erika earned her Master degree in Creative Writing from Columbia University, and BA in English and Creative Writing from University of Alberta. Erika has five year experience on college essay writing and editing. Erika was a nominee for the Canadian National Magazine Award in Poetry, and has been published in journals and anthologies both nationally and internationally.

Graham
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Graham earned his B.A. in Liberal Arts and Journalism from UT Austin. Graham has over five year experiences on teaching English writing and reading. He also has high achievement on photography.

Lizz
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Dr. Lizz earned her Ph.D in Second Language Acquisition/Teaching and Instructional Technology from University of South Florida, Ph.D and MA in Language and Literature from Washington University. Lizz has over 20 years experiences on teaching English and Germen.

Luke
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Luke holds a BA in English and a MA in Journalism. Many of his literary works have been published in mainstream media in multiple countries. Luke has deep research and unique insights on college application essays.

Susan
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Susan graduated from UC Davis with BA and MA in English. She has over 15 years experiences in teaching English, including 7 years teaching in Thailand, Taiwan, and Japan.

Erika
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Erika earned her Master degree in Creative Writing from Columbia University, and BA in English and Creative Writing from University of Alberta. Erika has five year experience on college essay writing and editing. Erika was a nominee for the Canadian National Magazine Award in Poetry, and has been published in journals and anthologies both nationally and internationally.

Lizz
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Dr. Lizz earned her Ph.D in Second Language Acquisition/Teaching and Instructional Technology from University of South Florida, Ph.D and MA in Language and Literature from Washington University. Lizz has over 20 years experiences on teaching English and Germen.

Mark
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Mr. Mark holds a BA in English from UCLA and a MA in English from UIUC. He has 20 years experiences in teaching and tutoring in language arts and critical thinking. Mark is also an active editor and writer for newspapers and magazines.

Nina
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Ms. Nina earned her B.A. and M.A. in Creative writing from UC Berkeley. She has eleven years of experience teaching English writing in high school. Ms. Nina is the author of two published novels.