Top Tier AdmissionsHaving worked as an Admissions and Financial Aid Officer for Harvard University for four years, Kristen brings a depth of experience to Top Tier Admissions. She has over 20 years of experience working in higher education. Kristen has a PhD in Education with a concentration in Higher Education from the University of Rochester, an M.S. in Business Management from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and a B.A. in English from Ithaca College. Her PhD dissertation won the International Susan B. Anthony Institute Dissertation Award. In her role at Harvard, Kristen oversaw admissions for 17 departments and was also responsible for distributing funding from the National Science Foundation Fellowships Program and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Student Research Fellowship Program. Kristen has previously worked as a substitute K-12 teacher, as adjunct faculty at three universities in MA and NY, and as an educational researcher having recently (Oct. 2020) published a book on faculty in academia and in academic journals such as the Journal of Critical Scholarship on Higher Education and Student Affairs, Academic Leadership Journal, and the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences Journal.
Post by: Dr. Kristen Willmott The importance of self-monitored blood pressure as a behavioral strategy; an exploration of Toxoplasma on the path to curing parasitic infections; how to pinpoint aspects of early warning signs before an eating disorder surfaces; the molecular changes that occur when stem cells are exposed to high levels of an acid […]
By: Dr. Kristen Willmott Grad school applicants are well into the graduate school admissions process and we are assisting with personal statement brainstorming, resume and CV edits, exploring publishing opportunities, and pinpointing which writing samples to submit to grad school programs. Before you go too far into the grad school admissions process, review the websites of […]
By: Dr. Kristen Willmott It’s that time of year when students have graduated from college and are thinking about their future, or those out of college for a year or two wonder about next steps. MBA admissions inquiries are plentiful here at Top Tier Admissions! Now that it’s June, more and more top MBA programs […]
–by Dr. Kristen Willmott Two and a half years ago I wrote: Top New Master’s Programs You’ve Never Heard Of. It was one of the most popular grad school admissions blogs on our site. I heard from one of the program’s admissions officers who said their website received a record-breaking number of visits to the […]
As we all have flipped our calendars to 2019, many students and their families are making plans to visit colleges and universities in the coming months. In some cases, this will be rising juniors and seniors checking out college campuses for the first time. Others will be recent high school graduates planning to attend freshmen […]
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