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.
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 […]
Top Tier Admissions is now partnering with Morgan Hopkins, a Pro Travel Advisor with Fora Travel, to offer our community high-touch, concierge-level support for college visits. We’ve heard from so many families who have wished for a bit of extra help in this area, and we’re thrilled to share that we’ve found the perfect solution. Morgan specializes in organizing complex […]
Applying to college, students hope to be accepted and fear being rejected. In the regular round, the waitlist is typically not even on their radar. And yet, thousands of students receive this purgatory-like decision in March: neither in, nor out of the class. Once you receive a waitlist notification, what should you do, and how […]
From figuring out where your classes are, to navigating a new social scene, the first semester of college can feel confusing, disappointing, or overwhelming. But when that rough period drags on, and you haven’t found your people or your academic groove, is it time to move on? Transferring to a different college might be the […]
Internships have exploded in popularity as job “try-outs,” allowing students to test out potential careers before going all-in on law school, for example, or the strenuous recruitment process for management consulting. But what if you could get paid to try out a career field and engage in higher-level projects to gain more valuable experience? This […]
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