College Admissions Counselor

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Stay informed about the latest changes in college admissions.

• Advise around 20–25 students, with some flexibility depending on your schedule and capacity.

• Create tailored academic and extracurricular plans for students.

• Provide guidance on extracurricular activities, leadership roles, summer opportunities, internships, competitions, research, and community service.

• Develop standardized testing strategies and plans to enhance scores.

• Assist in compiling college lists, categorizing institutions as reach, target, or safety, and offer advice on college visits.

• Support students in crafting personal statements, activity descriptions, resumes, recommendation letters, essays, and comprehensive application reviews.

• Strategize around early action, early decision, regular decision, waitlist options, and college selection.

• Discuss resources for financial aid and merit scholarships.

• Prepare for advising sessions, log activities promptly, maintain regular communication with students, foster relationships with parents, and involve parents in discussions.

• Assist transfer, undergraduate, postgraduate, and international students.

• Participate in monthly team meetings.

• Leverage Empowerly resources to provide insightful guidance.

• Monitor Empowerly email and Slack communications regularly.

⛳️ Requirements

• Reside in or possess significant experience working with students in the San Francisco Bay Area.

• Have several years of experience in college counseling and/or prior work as an admissions officer at a selective college or university.

• Hold a degree from a top 50 national university.

• Experience as a college counselor for high school students, with a proven track record of acceptances into a top 50 national university.

• Availability in the afternoons (after 3:00 p.m.) and/or on weekends.

• A strong passion for education along with skills in teaching, essay writing, and essay editing.

• Outstanding oral and written communication abilities.

• Capability to plan effectively and meet deadlines.

• Commitment to providing excellent client service.

• Willingness to commit to students for multi-year counseling packages.

• Former admissions officers from top 50 colleges or experienced independent college counselors (NACAC, WACAC, IECA, etc.).

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote working arrangement.

• Opportunity to work within a global workforce.

• Flexible scheduling based on counselor availability and workload.