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m.c. short

I’m an attorney, educator, and former Stanford admission officer. I recruited, read, and voted to admit Stanford’s Class of 2015. I was the AO responsible for managing some of Stanford’s most competitive territories: California’s Santa Clara County and Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, and Vermont. I served on the International Committee as the AO responsible for Australia and New Zealand. I oversaw the transfer review process as the secondary AO in charge. And I served as the liaison to the veteran’s community, led the Honors Symposium for community college students, and represented Stanford by speaking on campus and all over the country. After Stanford, I coached students applying to college to pay for law school. I continued to do that work for the next 15 years—the last five full-time after I founded Admitium.

Before Admitium, I litigated for Latham & Watkins, Gibson Dunn, and clerked for Judge Burns, U.S. District Court, S.D. California. I taught philosophy and history at Cheshire Academy and Phillips Academy Andover’s Summer Session. I attended the U.S. Naval Academy, Boston College, and Michigan Law.

ethos

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College coaching shouldn’t exist. But college admission offices devoted to access to education won’t share the details on how to access their education. Instead, when they give advice, it’s usually something like: “Just be yourself.” And the average high school counselor to student ratio in public schools? 400:1. We created Admitium to help offer specific and candid college admission knowledge for all.

Admissions Masterclass offers you a logical, thoughtful, and specific approach for how you can demonstrate your compelling student-traits in your applications. By training with us, and using Stanford and Harvard’s demanding standards to push us, you’ll be in fighting shape when you apply to any school in the country.

But the course isn’t just about getting into college. I draw on my experience studying, teaching, and practicing law and philosophy to give you a capstone course on effective writing, thinking, and advocacy. Because all the skills you need to apply to college, you’ll need when you apply for jobs, graduate school, and any other goal that requires you to persuade. Masterclass is my best shot at passing on the compelling thinking, writing, and speaking I’ve learned from the best attorneys and judges and teachers.

the team

Amanda Washington

Former Harvard Admissions

Amanda Washington worked as an admissions officer at Harvard College for four years until 2023. During this time, she reviewed thousands of applications from across America, serving as a primary reader to states like Arkansas, Arizona, Georgia, Indiana, North Carolina, Mississippi, and Ohio.

Before Harvard, she began her career as a Teaching Fellow at Phillips Academy Andover, serving as a Spanish teacher, dorm parent, and assistant coach. She spent a year working in Spain and she taught high school Spanish for three years at Beaver Country Day School.

Amanda earned her BA in Spanish and Political Science from Williams College and an MA in Spanish from Middlebury College. She’s pursuing a dual-degree in Education and Social Work at Boston University.

Sam Jeong

Former Dartmouth Admissions

Sam Jeong is an educator, nonprofit founder, and former Assistant Director of Admissions at Dartmouth College. He has over a decade of experience in selective university admissions and international education.

Sam has advised students from more than 50 countries in two counseling offices in China and Vietnam. He founded Education for Good: an alternative education project for participants to become good people and stewards of the Earth. As a bicultural child, third-culture adult, having lived across 5 countries, his coaching practice supports individuals navigating moments of deep realignment.

Sam earned his BA in Chinese and Sociology from Williams College and an MA in Private School Leadership from Columbia University. He speaks Korean, Mandarin, some Japanese, and a little Vietnamese.

speaking events

I speak about college admissions to audiences all over the world. From nonprofits, to law firms, to schools. Below are a few schools I’ve spoken at with some links to samples of my talks.

Summer 2022 Talk (Sample)

coverage

The Stanford Daily: “Social Media Boosts Access to Higher Education” (Nov. 2022)

Stanford student Alondra Martinez highlights how resources like @admitium on TikTok helped her get into Stanford and “give prospective students, especially low-income and first-generation students, information that they normally would not have access to.” Article

College Confidential: “Former Stanford Admissions Officer Answers Your Hardest Questions.” (Nov. 2020)

In this Ask Me Anything, I tackled many of the tough questions you might want answers to: How students from different schools, cities, and states are evaluated; test-optional; APs and SAT scores; Early vs. Regular Decision. Ask Me Anything

partnerships

If you’re a school, nonprofit, or mentor organization interested in working together please reach out: [email protected]. We currently work with RoundPier: One of the best online platforms for students to build compelling extracurricular activities. Want to start a philosophy club? Don’t limit it to your school. Post on RoundPier and establish an international philosophy club with students from Los Angeles, London, and Lyon.

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