Articles tagged with Ask an Admissions Expert

Ask an Admissions Expert: Hope Murtaugh

Ask an Admissions Expert: Hope Murtaugh

Varsity Tutors brings you insider tips and advice straight from nationally recognized admissions experts. Hope Murtaugh is a Princeton University alum who later went on to join the Princeton admissions office as an Admissions Officer before eventually being promoted to an Assistant Director role. She has been an independent college admissions consultant with Dunbar Educational Consultants since 2011, a unique group of 20 consultants around the world who draw from a collective 340 years of expertise in education.   VT: How far ahead of time should a student begin working on his or her college application? Hope: There is usuall ... Read More About Ask an Admissions Expert: Hope Murtaugh

Ask an Admissions Expert: Carol Barash

Ask an Admissions Expert: Carol Barash

Varsity Tutors brings you insider tips and advice straight from nationally recognized admissions experts. Carol Barash, PhD is a summa cum laude graduate of Yale University and a graduate alumna of the University of Virginia and Princeton University. She has served as an admissions officer at Rutgers University and has received awards for her alumni service to Yale and Princeton. She is the founder and CEO of Story to College, a company dedicated to helping students through all areas of admissions. VT: How far ahead of time should a student begin working on his or her college application? Carol: Throughout high school, student ... Read More About Ask an Admissions Expert: Carol Barash

Ask an MBA Admissions Expert: Linda Abraham

Ask an MBA Admissions Expert: Linda Abraham

Varsity Tutors brings you insider tips and advice straight from nationally recognized admissions experts. Linda Abraham is the president and founder of Accepted.com, an admissions advising and editing service for MBA applicants. She is also the co-founder and former president of the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants as well as the co-author of MBA Admissions for Smarties: The No-Nonsense Guide to Acceptance at Top Business Schools. Linda has been featured in many prestigious media outlets such as The New York Times, U.S. News & World Report, and more.  VT: How much time should be set aside to adequatel ... Read More About Ask an MBA Admissions Expert: Linda Abraham

Ask a Private School Admissions Expert: Dr. Fran Walfish

Ask a Private School Admissions Expert: Dr. Fran Walfish

Varsity Tutors brings you insider tips and advice straight from nationally recognized admissions experts. Dr. Fran Walfish is a top leading child and family psychotherapist located in Beverly Hills, California. She was a clinical staff member at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for 15 years and served a 4-year term as Chair of the Board of The Early Childhood Parenting Center founded in Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles. Dr. Walfish runs her own private practice where she counsels and consults young children and their families through many events including private school admissions processes. She has been featured on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, C ... Read More About Ask a Private School Admissions Expert: Dr. Fran Walfish

Ask an MBA Admissions Expert: Jared Barlow

Ask an MBA Admissions Expert: Jared Barlow

Varsity Tutors brings you insider tips and advice straight from nationally recognized admissions experts. Jared Barlow is currently the Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions and Recruitment at the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. He has worked in higher education for several years and has frequently provided one-on-one advising and counseling to students. Jared holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Business, Spanish, and Information Systems, as well as a Master’s in Education. VT: How much time should be set aside to adequately prepare for and complete the application for an MBA program? Jared: ... Read More About Ask an MBA Admissions Expert: Jared Barlow