Dr. Kristen Willmott
Senior Private Counselor & Graduate School Director
- More than twenty years in higher education, including as an Admissions and Financial Aid Officer at Harvard
- Leads Top Tier’s graduate admissions work, guiding applicants to highly competitive graduate and professional programs
- Builds intellectual niches for students pursuing research, publication, patents, and academic competitions
- Extensive experience with international families across Hong Kong, Jakarta, Shanghai, Mexico, and Canada
- The counselor colleagues turn to for complex cases and students with evolving interests
Kristen has spent more than two decades in higher education, including as an Admissions and Financial Aid Officer at Harvard. She now leads Top Tier’s graduate admissions work and is known for helping ambitious students build distinctive intellectual profiles through research, publication, academic competitions, and other advanced pursuits.