Admissions Consulting Services Presentation by Danielle Mikaelian. Danielle Mikaelian currently attends Harvard Law.

1. T H E R I S E O F A D M I S S I O N S C O N S U L T I N G
B Y : D A N I E L L E M I K A E L I A N

2. 26% OF STUDENTS APPLYING TO
UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS HIRE
A PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT
WHO CAN GUIDE THEM THROUGH THE
ADMISSIONS PROCESS.
NEARLY 17 MILLION STUDENTS ARE
ENROLLED IN COLLEGE IN THE UNITED
STATES
THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
REPORTED THAT AROUND “117,000
STUDENTS WERE PURSUING A JURIS
DOCTORATE AS OF 2021” IN ITS 2022
PROFILE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION
THE EDUCATION CONSULTING
INDUSTRY PULLED IN AN ESTIMATED $2
BILLION IN REVENUE IN 2018 AND
GROWS EVERY YEAR

3. INCREASING
SELECTIVITY
• FOR ITS CLASS OF 1969,
HARVARD ACCEPTED 20%
OF AROUND 7,000
APPLICANTS.
• THIS PAST YEAR, THE
HARVARD CRIMSON
REPORTED THAT HARVARD
COLLEGE “ACCEPTED
ONLY 3.41% OF
APPLICANTS FOR THE
CLASS OF 2027.”

4. HIGH EXPECTATIONS

6. COMPARE
THAT TO
JFK'S
HARVARD
ESSAY...

8. N ATION AL
ASSOCIATION S
I N T E R N A T I O N A L A S S O C I A T I O N
F O R C O L L E G E A D M I S S I O N
C O N S U L T I N G
N A T I O N A L A S S O C I A T I O N F O R
C O L L E G E A D M I S S I O N
C O U N S E L I N G
N O E Q U I V A L E N T F O R L A W
S C H O O L A D M I S S I O N S
C O N S U L T A N T S

9. CERTIFICATE
PROGRAMS
• UCLA OFFERS A COLLEGE CONSULTING CERTIFICATE
PROGRAM FOR $5,588 IN TUITION.
• UC BERKELEY EXTENSION OFFERS A CERTIFICATE
PROGRAM IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS AND CAREER
PLANNING
• UCSD EXTENSION ALSO OFFERS A CERTIFICATE
PROGRAM IN COLLEGE CONSULTING
• CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE ALSO
OFFERS A COLLEGE COUNSELING AND STUDENT
SERVICES GRADUATE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM WITH A
FIELDWORK COMPONENT
• NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR COLLEGE ADMISSION
COUNSELING OFFERS PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES IN
DATA-INFORMED TERRITORY MANAGEMENT, COLLEGE
ADMISSION FOR EMERGING LEADERS, AND
COORDINATING A DYNAMIC POST-SECONDARY SCHOOL
COUNSELING PROGRAM

10. COMPANY
BENEFITS
Companies are also starting
to offer admissions consulting
services for the children of
employees as a company
benefit

11. AI ' S I MPACT ON T HE
ADMI S S I ONS
I NDU S T R Y

12. T E CHNOL OG Y' S I MPACT ON
ADMI S S I ONS I NDU S T R Y

13. VENTURE CAPITAL AND
PRIVATE EQUITY
COMPONENT OF THE
ADMISSIONS CONSULTING
INDUSTRY

14. COSTS OF
COLLEGE
ADMISSIONS
SERVICES

15. Cost of Law School Admissions
Services

16. COLLEGE
ADMISSIONS
SERVICES
OVERVIEW
MOST COMPANIES OFFER ESSAY
REVIEW, HELP WITH SCHOOL LISTS,
AND HELP BUILD EXTRACURRICULAR
PROFILES. SOME GO A STEP BEYOND
THIS
THOUSANDS OF COMPANIES

18. EMPOWERLY SCORE

19. LAW SCHOOL
ADMISSIONS
SERVICE
OVERVIEW
• SPIVEY CONSULTING
• SHARPER STATEMENTS

20. THE END!