Top Tier AdmissionsAs Assistant Director of Admissions, Heidi evaluated and made executive decisions on 7,000+ undergraduate applications to Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences. With additional experience in the admissions offices of Dartmouth College and Temple University, she brings deep insight into the review process at highly selective institutions. Heidi’s admissions experience is complemented by a 15-year career in communications and publishing. As Medical Editor at Cambridge University Press and Science Editor at Cornell University Press, Heidi collaborated with STEM faculty and physician authors to bring dozens of books to successful publication. Heidi now enjoys using both her firsthand admissions experience and editorial skills to advise students on how to distinguish themselves in the admissions process.
After attending Castilleja School in Palo Alto, California, Heidi graduated cum laude with an Honors thesis from Dartmouth College as a double major in Classical Archaeology and Comparative Literature. At the University of Pennsylvania, Heidi was a Williams Fellow in the graduate program of Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World. She has conducted archaeological field work in Sardinia, Cyprus, Greece, and Turkey.
Prospective college students looking for Columbia in the US News and World Report (USNWR) college rankings will have to keep scrolling—the Ivy League institution in New York City is no longer listed. Following a Columbia professor’s accusations and a follow-up internal investigation into the accuracy of the school’s self-reported data, Columbia decided to withdraw from […]
In an admissions landscape defined by sky-high application numbers and single-digit acceptance rates, is it possible to be “too cool for school?” Students who are denied from schools where they feel they should have been accepted sometimes point to yield protection as a rationale. Can you really be rejected for being “overqualified”? WHAT IS YIELD […]
In our recent blog on Demonstrated Interest at the Ivies, we explained what this term means at the most selective schools and promised you a follow up on how demonstrated interest is tracked elsewhere. Demonstrating interest is a key factor in your application strategy and we want to help you maximize your chances at institutions […]
All eight Ivy League universities recently clarified that they do not track “demonstrated interest” when making admissions decisions. Applicants who have been advised to show their love for a school to increase their odds of success may be suspicious when hearing these statements. After all, each of these schools also requires a supplemental “Why” essay […]
Submitting a college application is a moment to celebrate. Yet your work is not quite over. Here are TTA’s top 10 things you should be doing after you hit submit. 1. ENJOY THE SATISFACTION OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT There is a reason the Common App showers you with virtual confetti after you hit the ‘submit’ button. […]
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