Top Tier AdmissionsTina joins Top Tier Admissions after five years serving as Associate Dean of Admissions at Pomona College. Her career in higher education has included extensive experience as both a faculty member and admissions professional. Tina worked as Assistant Director of Admission and Transfer Coordinator at Scripps College before joining Pomona College, where she oversaw all communications and directed transfer admissions, in addition to her role evaluating first-year applicants in the admissions office. As a professional writer and editor, she has published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Fodor’s guide to Los Angeles, and many college alumni magazines. Having served as a mentor for Scholar Match, a scholarship evaluator for the Davidson Institute for Talent Development, and an interviewer for the Gates Scholarship and the Posse Foundation, Tina loves working directly with students on their writing, academic and outcomes goals. She holds a B.A. in English with Honors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Berkeley.
Is ninth grade too early to start thinking about college? Our enrollment team is often asked this along with whether it’s actually detrimental to introduce high-stakes concepts like standardized tests, college essays, and recommendation letters while students are adjusting to the social and academic transition of high school. It’s a valid concern–parents naturally want to […]
If you’ve decided to transfer colleges, you may already have a short list of target schools, perhaps inspired by where your friends are thriving or by a lingering attachment to “the one that got away” from your first application cycle. Whether you’re reapplying to a dream school or searching for a campus that’s a better […]
Counting down the days until the December 1 deadline for your application to the University of California? Take a breath: you have time to elevate your application and give yourself the best chance of admission to your top-choice campus. Whether you are proofreading your PIQs or scrambling to fill the 20 slots for activities and […]
Back to school season is here! For high school seniors, that means a lot of last firsts: last first day of high school, last first Senior Trip, and the last first college applications. Soak. It. All. In. Although deadlines are approaching for early action and the first round of early decision, there is still time […]
Whether seeking more affordable options or less politicized campuses, U.S. families are increasingly exploring universities abroad, and neighbor nation Canada is experiencing a burst of interest: the University of British Columbia, for example, saw a 20% jump in campus tour registrations from U.S. high school students in just one month. Since Canadian universities more closely […]
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