Los Angeles (LA) College Admissions Counselors
Los Angeles (LA) area high school students are some of the most competitive applicants to elite colleges in the nation, boasting high test scores, impressive extra-curricular activities and a high level of preparedness to succeed in college. However, according to the American School Counselor Association (ASCA), the Greater Los Angeles (LA) Area has a high student-to-counselor ratio of 601:1, falling well short of the recommended 250:1 high school student-to-counselor ratio. With an appalling 601:1 student-to-counselor ratio, students in Los Angeles (LA) may not even receive an hour of college admissions counseling from their high school counselors each year. Because of this, many parents are turning to private Los Angeles (LA) college admissions consultants for help with college admissions counseling.
Solomon Admissions Consulting is a go-to college admissions consulting firm for high school students in the Greater Los Angeles (LA) Area who are shooting for elite colleges and universities.
Recently ranked the top college admissions consulting firm in the United States by Entrepreneur Magazine, Solomon Admissions Consulting boasts the deepest bench in the United States of over 100 former top-tier college admissions officers who work as Los Angeles (LA) college admissions consultants with students in the Greater Los Angeles (LA) Area.
Our Los Angeles (LA) college admissions consultants have advised college applicants from the following high schools in Los Angeles (LA):
College Application Consultants
When hiring a private Greater Los Angeles (LA) Area college admissions consultant, it’s critical to work with a former top-tier college admissions officer as they are the only ones who have reviewed thousands of college applications, voted on who gets admitted, and know the preferences of each top school inside and out. A local solo Los Angeles (LA) college admissions consultant simply will not know what our team of former college admissions officers knows and will not be able to provide the same insider strategy, success rates, and level of guidance. Solomon Admissions Consulting employs a team-based approach and pools the knowledge of all its college admissions consultants to assist students in Los Angeles (LA) by employing as college admissions consultants former college admissions officers from Stanford, Princeton, UC Berkeley, MIT, Columbia, Brown, UPenn, Dartmouth, Duke, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, UChicago, and Northwestern.
Solomon Admissions Consulting begins college admissions consulting and coaching starting in the 8th grade with students in the Greater Los Angeles (LA) Area, and works with 8th graders, 9th graders (freshmen), 10th graders (sophomores), 11th graders (juniors), and 12th graders (seniors). Our Los Angeles (LA) college admissions consultants work with students first and foremost to develop a compelling strategic positioning plan that positions students for success in the elite college admissions process.
Once the ideal positioning strategy is selected, we coach students on the right extra-curricular activities and summer plans to maximize their college admission odds. We then work with students a senior year on crafting the perfect school list, strategically picking out the right ED/EA school, crafting a compelling common application main essay, crafting strong supplemental essays that show fit, recommendation letters, and preparing students for interviews. We specialize in selecting the best choice college for our students, whether they plan to pursue premed, combined BS/MD programs, computer science, engineering, business, finance, prelaw, or music and art.
Application Success Rates
Our Greater Los Angeles (LA) Area college admissions consultants get high school students in Los Angeles (LA) admitted to the top colleges at quadruple to quintuple the average acceptance rates at those colleges. Here are our success rates for college placement for students nationally, including students in Los Angeles (LA):
Stanford: 31% acceptance rate for Solomon clients who applied versus the national acceptance rate of 5.2%
USC: 55.9% acceptance rate for Solomon clients who applied versus the national acceptance rate of 16.1%
Yale: 26.3% acceptance rate for Solomon clients who applied versus the national acceptance rate of 6.5%
Columbia: 30.8% acceptance rate for Solomon clients who applied versus the national acceptance rate of 6.3%
Princeton: 28% acceptance rate for Solomon clients who applied versus the national acceptance rate of 5.6%
UPenn: 31.3% acceptance rate for Solomon clients who applied versus the national acceptance rate of 8.6%
UCLA: 39% acceptance rate for Solomon clients who applied versus the national acceptance rate of 14.4%
UC Berkeley: 50.0% acceptance rate for Solomon clients who applied versus the national acceptance rate of 17.6%
Georgetown: 40.0% acceptance rate for Solomon clients who applied versus the national acceptance rate of 15.5%
University of Michigan: 45.7% acceptance rate for Solomon clients who applied versus the national acceptance rate of 26.1%
NYU: 51.2% acceptance rate for Solomon clients who applied versus the national acceptance rate of 15.0%
Our Los Angeles (LA) college admissions consultants have worked with high school students in Los Angeles (LA), including from: Pacific Palisades, Brentwood, Bel-Air, Beverly Hills, Newport Beach, Santa Monica, Venice, Manhattan Beach, San Marino, Malibu, Duarte, La Cañada Flintridge, Hermosa Beach, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Encino, Culver City, Thousand Oaks, Arcadia, Palos Verdes Estates, Laguna Niguel, Glendale, Sherman Oaks, Irvine, Torrance, and other Los Angeles (LA) area locations.