College Admissions
Consulting
Applying to the right college is one of the most important decisions you will make in your life. Let’s face it, understanding how to become a competitive college applicant can be a daunting and confusing task. It can also be a time-consuming process.
Let Bentham Admissions help you apply to college from start to finish and give your college applications a competitive edge. We advise high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors to create college applications and admissions essays that shine.
Why Bentham?
Experience
Ivy League Experience
All our consultants are highly trained recent graduates from top-ranking universities, like Harvard, Columbia, and University of Pennsylvania.
Packages
Our Packages
Our packages are comprehensive and provide essay help, school list advice, extracurricular activity guidance, and much, much more.
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Team
Team Approach
We pride ourselves on that our college admissions advice is backed by the collective knowledge of our whole consultant team.
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Dreams into Reality
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Our Admission Team
Bentham Admissions brings together an elite team of skilled professionals to provide unparalleled counseling, tutoring, and research assistance to empower each applicant to achieve peak performance.
Our Acceptance
Letters
Parents often ask us for reviews of Bentham Admissions and we pride ourselves on being able to demonstrate the best reviews possible - acceptance letters that our students have received from their dream colleges. Below is a small sample of some of our students' letters, and a full list is available here.
Our Services
Formulation of a branding strategy for the application narrative and essay topics based on student's academic and extracurricular profile.
Analysis of applicant's academic profile and extracurricular activities to select a comprehensive list of reach, target and safety schools.
Detailed essay topic and essay content advice and unlimited edits to the Common Application Personal Statement and Supplemental Essays.
Comprehensive consultant coaching of the student for college and alumni interviews and conducting mock college interview practice.
Guidance on honing the student profile to maximize their chances of college admission at elite schools.
Advice on extracurricular activities for the student that will appeal most to exclusive colleges.
Consultant assistance on summer research or other program applications to give the student an edge.
Consultant help to apply to 6-Year, 7-Year, and 8-Year combined BA/MD and BS/MD programs.
Bentham University Guides
Bentham
Case Studies
Discover how our tailored admissions strategies have helped students achieve their college dreams. Explore our case studies showcasing personalized pathways to success.
Admissions Strategies
We specialize in comprehensive admissions strategies. See a sampling of our strategies below:
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Lessons from The Costco Essay
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