Everyone told me engineering is too competitive for Asian & STEM.. That is very true in our community.. But Michelle created the best most competitive strategy for us and my son was accepted into Columbia!! I was worried to death but it was worth it in the end. Highly recommend for counseling. Start as early as possible.
Duke & Columbia Grad: Ivy League Prep
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About Duke & Columbia Grad: Ivy League Prep
With over 10 years of experience as a private admissions consultant, alumni interviewer, and essay editor, I'm here to help students get through the tough admissions and test prep (SAT, ACT, GRE, LSAT) process. 2025-2026 Results: - 2 Columbia - 2 Rice University - 1 MIT - 1 U Penn - 3 Northwestern University - 3 UC Berkeley - 1 USC - 1 U of Michigan Engineering - 1 NYU Qualifications: • Graduated from Duke University (top 10 school) as top 5% of class • Studied Philosophy and Literature, Human Rights, with professional experience in the nonprofit and education sector • Certified from UCLA and Columbia in College Counseling What makes me stand out from the rest? • The comfort and confidence I inspire in my students • I’m bilingual and specialize in helping Korean speakers / students, and helping immigrant families with the admissions process
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We worked with Michelle for both of our daughters and she was a great help and mentor to both. We are grateful to have had her patient guidance throughout their entire high school career. Our first daughter is doing wonderfully at CalTech and our second at Princeton.
Michelle was very responsive and did the free initial session for helping with college application. We finally went with another counselor, but Michelle was also very responsive and knowledgeable
Michelle was amazing! She was an outstanding advisor who has had a profound impact on my academic and personal growth. I was a bit intimidated about the process but Michelle's expert advice and quick responses to my questions were instrumental in helping me navigate the challenge of applying to graduate schools. I would definitely recommend her services to all my friends.
This is our first time hiring Michelle to help our son. Michelle is wonderful. She is organized, knowledgeable, detail-oriented and reliable. She knows the application process inside out. Our son is very happy working with her. She is always there to give him advice and support when he needs her. We are very thrilled about the recent admission results. Our son got into MIT, Stanford, Princeton, Berkeley, UCLA, Johns Hopkins etc. He was also awarded appointment offers to three Service Academies: Coast Guard, Air Force, Navy. I don't think we could have done it without her help. Highly recommend to any parents who are worried and new to the college application process.
Michelle is very responsible and talented.We contacted her in last minute. She helped us gladly. I definitely recommend her.
My daughter Madison has been working with Michelle for a few weeks. The amount of work she has accomplished with the direction of Michelle is amazing. Her knowledge in the admission process is helping Madison navigate thru this with less stress. I wish we had started this process sooner. I highly recommend her to any family starting the college process. She is worth investing in.
Michelle was a huge help to my daughter this year for college admission counseling and application coaching. We came in late (recommend starting in the summer!) and she accommodated a compressed schedule to meet our needs. We interviewed a few other college coaches and my daughter felt strongly that Michelle was the right person for her. Michelle spent hours walking through the applications to provide insights and recommendations. Her thoughtful and comprehensive input was invaluable in (1) getting applications done on time and (2) getting accepted! Not all admissions have been decisioned so we are still waiting on one school, but the other three applied to have all been successful. Michelle does charge by the hour and we thought that the number of hours she recommended were very reasonable given the work to be done. 100 percent recommend Michelle for your high school senior!
I knew there was a lot I didn’t know about the college application process, but, wow, Michelle had so many great insights. It was pretty late in the process by the time we contacted her, yet she still had practical and smart recommendations for my son. I can only imagine how exponentially much more helpful she could’ve been if we had hired her during junior year.
She offered so much insight and helped me understand what to prepare for the upcoming SAT exams.
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