Inside Texas College Admissions:
How to Stand Out
FREE LIVE WEBINAR
October 7, 2026 | 5 PM PT
Ben G.
Former Admissions Officer at Vanderbilt & Johns Hopkins
10+ years in college admissions
Help your child build a stronger application strategy for Texas’ most competitive universities.
Ben G.
Former Vanderbilt Admissions Officer
10+ years in college admissions
of our recent students gained acceptance to a top 100 school
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students and parents served with admissions guidance
Texas’ most competitive colleges are not all looking for the same thing. Helping your child stand out starts with understanding what matters at each school and how to make their strengths clear throughout the application.
Ben will break down how students can approach schools like UT Austin, Texas A&M, and Rice with a more intentional admissions strategy.
Understand what top Texas colleges value
Learn how admissions priorities can differ across schools and what that means for your child’s application strategy.
Position academics and activities strategically
See how students can highlight rigor, initiative, impact, and interests in ways that strengthen their overall profile.
Use essays to add what the rest of the application can’t
Learn how strong essays can reveal qualities, motivations, and experiences that grades and activity lists alone may not capture.
Build a strategy for each school
Understand how your child can tailor their approach to different Texas universities instead of relying on the same application strategy everywhere.
College Counselor
Former Vanderbilt & Johns Hopkins Admissions Officer | 10+ Years in College Admissions
Ben G.
Meet Your Host
Ben 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.
In this session, Ben will break down what competitive Texas colleges look for and how students can position their academics, activities, and essays accordingly. You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of how your child can approach each school strategically and stand out in the applicant pool.
College Counselor
Former Vanderbilt Admissions Officer
10+ years in college admissions
About 60 minutes, including the live Q&A.