Anthony

Stanford (BA), Yale (Ph.D.)

Major and PhD: Political Science

Minors: Ethics, Psychology

PERSONAL UNIVERSITY APPLICATION EXPERIENCE

Schools Accepted Into (Undergrad):

Stanford, Duke Engineering (full merit scholarship), Columbia Engineering, Rice Engineering (10k scholarship), Washington University in St. Louis, etc.

Schools Accepted Into (Ph.D.):

Yale (full scholarship), University of Pennsylvania (full scholarship), UCLA (full scholarship- the Diversity Scholarship to top 4 applicants)

AREAS OF EXPERTISE IN COLLEGE

Throughout undergrad and my Ph.D. work I studied political theory with a focus on modern identity politics and “intersectionality.” My thesis work focused on crisis management and how identity studies can inspire better disaster management practices, i.e. under hurricanes.

After my time at Yale I spent 7 years working for a financial research company (GLG) where I developed the firm’s entire job training, onboarding and diversity and inclusion strategy.

Most recently I was named the 2018 “America’s Greatest Thinker” by winning the Great American Think-Off, a public debate competition.

UNIQUE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCES

Debate was my primary focus and I treated it like a varsity sport. I enjoyed traveling across the U.S. and competing nationally -- I placed in the top 20 in speaking and performance at the National Tournament of Champions and qualified to NSDA Nationals (1st in state) in both Lincoln-Douglas debate and Senate Student Congress.

I also won or placed in quite a few essay contests at both a local and national level and was featured in my hometown’s newspaper my senior year for one of them.

WHAT COLLEGES SEEK

Selective schools want applicants who will help them form the most diverse, interesting and impactful class. I help students focus on identifying what they WANT to do and market those efforts in a way which top colleges find appealing.

COLLEGE ACTIVITIES

Started and coached two speech and debate teams in California both of which won the national championship post tenure

Stanford Writing Committee, worked with Dean of Writing on curriculum

Boothe Prize winner from Stanford Writing Department for top freshman paper (published)

HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

Essay contests: won 5 awards and published in newspaper

Debate: Lincoln-Douglas (top 20 nationally, qualified to Nationals) Speech: Extemp, Original Oratory, Student Congress (Nationals qualified)

Computer Science Team (ACSL)

COLLEGE ACCESS CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

Over the last 20 years of consulting my students have gotten into:

Undergrad: Harvard, Stanford (4 students), MIT, U.Chicago, Columbia (full scholarship), Wharton

Law/JD: Harvard, Yale, Stanford | MD/Med School: Yale, Stanford, Harvard + 7 year programs (MD/MBA)

MBA: Stanford, Berkeley, Yale, Wharton, Harvard | PhD: Harvard Kennedy School, Stanford, Yale, MIT

I coach my mentees to become “compelling” to admission committees by focusing on activities that they love doing and marketing that experience strategically.

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Anthony

​Stanford (BA), Yale (Ph.D.)

Major and PhD: Political Science

Minors: Ethics, Psychology

PERSONAL UNIVERSITY APPLICATION EXPERIENCE

Schools Accepted Into (Undergrad):

​Stanford, Duke Engineering (full merit scholarship), Columbia Engineering, Rice Engineering (10k scholarship), Washington University in St. Louis, etc.

Schools Accepted Into (Ph.D.):

Yale (full scholarship), University of Pennsylvania (full scholarship), UCLA (full scholarship- the Diversity Scholarship to top 4 applicants)

AREAS OF EXPERTISE IN COLLEGE

Throughout undergrad and my Ph.D. work I studied political theory with a focus on modern identity politics and “intersectionality.” My thesis work focused on crisis management and how identity studies can inspire better disaster management practices, i.e. under hurricanes.

After my time at Yale I spent 7 years working for a financial research company (GLG) where I developed the firm’s entire job training, onboarding and diversity and inclusion strategy.

Most recently I was named the 2018 “America’s Greatest Thinker” by winning the Great American Think-Off, a public debate competition.

UNIQUE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCES

WHAT COLLEGES SEEK

Selective schools want applicants who will help them form the most diverse, interesting and impactful class. I help students focus on identifying what they WANT to do and market those efforts in a way which top colleges find appealing.

COLLEGE ACTIVITIES

Started and coached two speech and debate teams in California both of which won the national championship post tenure

Stanford Writing Committee, worked with Dean of Writing on curriculum

Boothe Prize winner from Stanford Writing Department for top freshman paper (published)

HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

Essay contests: won 5 awards and published in newspaper

Debate: Lincoln-Douglas (top 20 nationally, qualified to Nationals) Speech: Extemp, Original Oratory, Student Congress (Nationals qualified)

Computer Science Team (ACSL)

COLLEGE ACCESS CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

Over the last 20 years of consulting my students have gotten into:

Undergrad: Harvard, Stanford (4 students), MIT, U.Chicago, Columbia (full scholarship), Wharton

Law/JD: Harvard, Yale, Stanford | MD/Med School: Yale, Stanford, Harvard + 7 year programs (MD/MBA)

MBA: Stanford, Berkeley, Yale, Wharton, Harvard | PhD: Harvard Kennedy School, Stanford, Yale, MIT

​I coach my mentees to become “compelling” to admission committees by focusing on activities that they love doing and marketing that experience strategically.

Click here to return to our team page

Stanford (BA), Yale (Ph.D.)

Stanford, Duke Engineering (full merit scholarship), Columbia Engineering, Rice Engineering (10k scholarship), Washington University in St. Louis, etc.

I coach my mentees to become “compelling” to admission committees by focusing on activities that they love doing and marketing that experience strategically.