How Top Colleges Really Pick Students
FREE WEBINAR
August 12, 2026 | 5 PM PT
Ben Gutierrez
Lead Counselor
Former Admissions Officer at Vanderbilt University and Johns Hopkins University
Discover the exact criteria college admissions officers use to evaluate applicants, giving your child a competitive edge.
Narrative Strategy
Why the traditional "well-rounded" application is actively hurting your child’s chances at top schools, and how to immediately audit their application to build a specialized, high-impact narrative that stands out.
What to Prioritize Each Year
How admissions officers actually analyze 9th and 10th-grade academics and activities, and the specific benchmarks required to position your child for highly selective universities.
Admissions Officer Insights
Our live Q&A will allow you to bypass generalized online advice and ask a former college admissions officer your family's specific questions regarding timeline, course selection, and profile building.
August 12, 2026 | 5 PM PT
Lead Counselor
Former Admissions Officer at Vanderbilt University and Johns Hopkins University
Ben Gutierrez
Meet Your Host
Ben Gutierrez has over ten years of experience guiding students through college admissions, with expertise in selective universities. He has served on admissions and scholarship committees at Vanderbilt and Johns Hopkins, where he gained insight into what top schools value. Ben helps students—especially those interested in STEM, pre-health, and research—develop standout academic and extracurricular profiles. He holds a B.A. in Psychology from Vanderbilt and an M.L.A. from Johns Hopkins.
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