
Carolyn has over twenty years of experience in college admission counseling, educational consulting, and project development. She has guided countless prospective college students and their families through the complex college decision-making process, held various administrative and teaching positions in universities, and visited over 150 schools. In addition to the UCLA Graduate Certificate in College Counseling, Carolyn holds master’s degrees in social science and information science and has completed all the Ph.D. exams and course requirements. Carolyn has published over 100 articles for a variety of publications and co-authored several books on college selection and admissions. She is also a member of NACAC, and her students have been accepted to all of the Ivy and Ivy Plus, including Stanford, Yale, MIT, Harvard, Princeton, CalTech, and so on. As well as highly competitive undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs in Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, including the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.
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