College Admissions Counselor

Empowerly; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

Empowerly is seeking College Admissions Counselors to guide high school students through the college admissions process. Ideal candidates have experience or former admissions officers at top colleges, preferably graduates from top 50 schools with a STEM background.

Many students reside in the San Francisco Bay Area and apply to top 50 colleges with a focus on pre-med and computer science tracks. Counselors create road maps, provide structure, and support with passion discovery and early career

Qualifications

• Experience as a college counselor for high school students with top-50 acceptances.
• Strong written and verbal communication with students and families.
• Ability to manage multiple student plans and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Keep up to date with college admissions changes.
• Advise 20–25 students with flexible scheduling.
• Assist with extracurricular planning and leadership opportunities.
• Help students with summer plans including internships and research.
• Assist with standardised testing planning and test selection.
• Create college lists with reach/target/safety considerations.
• Guide the entire application process including essays and resume reviews.
• Support early action/early decision strategies and waitlists.
• Discuss financial aid resources and merit scholarships.
• Coordinate sessions in advance and maintain timely communications with families.
• Serve a diverse student body including transfer, undergrad, postgrad, and international students.
• Attend monthly team meetings and collaborate with Empowerly resources.

Skills

College counseling

Student guidance

Communication skills

Time management

Scheduling availability

Education

Top 50 university graduate

Advanced degree a plus

Tools

Email/Slack familiarity

Job description

About Empowerly

Empowerly (Empowerly.com) is an education technology company that personalizes college and career counseling, with a mission to empower students to become the most successful version of themselves.

We provide data-driven education technology, start-up and research internship programs, and personalized counseling led by former Admission Officers and experienced College Admissions Counselors.

We are a rapidly growing, mission-driven, and venture-backed company. It takes a unified team committed to our core values (collaboration, data driven, and empowerment) to achieve this goal and a fast-moving team committed to serving the needs of our students and families.

Each student is holistically evaluated through our Empowerly Score™ — the only predictive technology that can also quantify subjective material. Each student is offered a three-pronged approach to evaluate academics, essays, and extracurricular activities, providing them with a 360-degree view of how to be competitive against other applicants.

We are a fully remote, global workforce focused on building world-class, college admissions advisory services and programs.

About The Role

We are looking for College Admissions Counselors for high school students who help high school students through the college admissions process. We prefer College Admissions Counselors with years of experience and/or former admissions officers at top colleges. We also prefer College Admissions Counselors who have graduated from top 50 colleges and have a STEM background (preferably in computer science, engineering, and/or medicine).

Many of our students live in the San Francisco Bay Area and apply for top 50 colleges, including the UCs and Ivy League schools. We particularly have many aspiring pre-med students (BS/MD programs) and computer science students.

College Admissions Counselors create academic and extracurricular road maps, provide college application structure and feedback, and assist with passion discovery and early career development.

Graduate School Counselors help students through graduate school admissions process. Requires knowledge and experience in specific graduate school admissions processes such as medical school, law school, MBA programs, PhD programs, and more.

Career Counselors provide career advice to get accepted to competitive internships and jobs, including passion discovery, resume and cover letter editing, interview prep, networking tips, and more.

• The typical weekly hours a College Admissions Counselor supplies is part-time equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Keep up to date with current college admission changes.
• Available for 20-25 students with flexibility based on schedule and bandwidth.
• Advise students about extracurriculars that expand interests and may potentially present leadership opportunities.
• Help students with meaningful summer plans by applying to internships, explore competitions, research opportunities, and community service options.
• Create a plan for standardized testing that includes strategies for improving scores and help decide which tests are appropriate.
• Help create college lists, rate colleges for students (reach, target, and safety), and offer tips for college visits.
• Guidance through the entire application process: personal statement, activities, resume, recommendation letters, essay review and edits, utilizing research when necessary, reviewing entire application materials before submitting.
• Strategizing plan for early action, early decision, regular decision as well as waitlisted strategies and college choice guidance.
• Discuss financial aid resources and guidance as well as merit scholarship resources.
• Prepare for sessions in advance, be on time, log sessions in a timely manner, stay in touch with students, maintain a healthy relationship with parents, and include parents in all communications.
• Support a wide range of students, including; transfer, undergrad, post graduate, and international.
• Attend monthly team meetings.
• Utilize resources available within Empowerly to provide optimal advice for all students.
• Monitor Empowerly email account and Slack account for up-to-date Empowerly communications.

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduate from a top 50 national university (advanced degrees like MD, PhD, MBA, JD, or Masters are a plus)
• Experience as a college counselor for high school students, with a track record of acceptances into a top 50 national university
• Have consistent availability in the afternoons (after 3:00 p.m.) and/or on weekends to meet with students.
• Possess passion for education, talent for teaching, essay writing, and essay editing.
• Possess exceptional oral and written communication skills
• Able to plan around and meet deadlines
• Possess dedication to client service
• Able to commit to students for multi-year packages

Preferred Qualifications

• Former admissions officers at top 50 colleges
• Experienced independent college counselors (NACAC, WACAC, IECA, etc)