Former admissions officer at Stanford, UC Berkeley, and Vanderbilt — now working directly with students and families to navigate this process with real strategy and total honesty.
Before founding Reece Consulting, I spent over a decade as an admissions professional at three of the most selective universities in the country. I read thousands of applications. I trained staff. I sat on selection committees. I know what moves readers and I use that knowledge every single day.
My graduate training at UC Berkeley shapes everything about how I work with families. This process touches a student's identity, a family's finances, and years of hard work. I take all of that seriously. I show up as someone who is genuinely in your corner.
I keep my client roster intentionally small so every family gets my real attention, not a template and a checkbox.
I know the unwritten rules, the common mistakes, and the moments that make a reader stop and pay attention. That is not something you can learn from a course or a book.
Before we write a word, we build the right major positioning and narrative architecture. Every element of the application flows from a deliberate, differentiated strategy.
You will always know exactly where your student stands, what needs to grow, and what they already have. No cheerful non-answers. No surprises in December.
My graduate training shapes everything. I help students find and articulate who they genuinely are, not manufacture a persona for an admissions committee.
I intentionally limit my client list. Your student is not one of hundreds. They get my actual time, my real attention, and responses when it matters.
From early positioning and activity development through final applications, decisions, and the moment the acceptance letter arrives. I am with you the whole way.
Every engagement is built around the individual student. There are no cookie-cutter packages. We figure out what you actually need and build from there.
The foundation of everything. Identifying the right academic direction that is authentic to your student and genuinely competitive in the applicant pool.
Course selection, GPA strategy, test timing, activity development, and summer programming from freshman year through senior application season.
Personal statement and supplemental strategy, brainstorming, full drafts, and revision for every school on the list. Up to three rounds per essay.
A strategic, honest list built around the student's profile, finances, and goals, with real context on fit and selectivity for every school.
Guidance on which activities to pursue, deepen, or build, including nonprofit founding, professor outreach, research opportunities, and leadership positioning.
Specialized support for students navigating competitive transfer admissions, including UC articulation requirements, engineering prerequisites, and application strategy.
I work with a select group of students at any given time, which means every family gets my full attention. My clients range from early-start middle schoolers building their foundation to seniors in the middle of applications.
I am especially committed to first-generation students and families navigating this process without a roadmap. The system is not intuitive. You should not have to figure it out alone.
Schedule a ConsultationFrom foundational planning in 9th grade through complete application support in 12th, including essays, college list, decisions, and everything in between.
Students who want to build the right foundation before high school begins, including course planning, activity direction, and early positioning strategy.
Community college and university students navigating competitive transfer admissions into four-year programs, including engineering, liberal arts, and the UC system.
Families for whom this process is entirely new territory. I bring the insider knowledge that levels the playing field and removes the guesswork.
"Every student has a story worth telling. My job is to help them find it, shape it, and put it in front of the right people in a way that is impossible to ignore."
Every engagement starts with a conversation. I respond within 48 hours on business days and am always reachable by phone or text for quick questions.
Tell me about your student and where you are in the process.