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Ashrita holds a Masters degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and has over five years of experience as a career coach. Students Ashrita has coached have been accepted into several top-tier schools, including Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Brown University, and Tufts University.
Ashrita is passionate about coaching college applicants because she understands, from personal experience and working with many applicants, how overwhelming and anxiety-ridden applying to college can be, all while juggling academics and extracurricular activities. Her intention as a Quad counselor is to simplify the complicated college application process so that it's understandable and tackled with clarity and confidence. She loves being able to reduce stress for applicants and family members, allowing students to focus on their strengths and bring out their authenticity in their applications.
As a coach, Ashrita’s greatest strength is helping reduce stress and overwhelm. She also excels at bringing forward applicants' unique voices and stories helping students highlight why they would bring value to top college campuses.
In her free time, Ashrita enjoys lifting weights, hiking, playing with her dog, traveling, reading, and exploring new things.
Aurora has a Bachelor's degree from Cornell University and a Master's degree from the University of Miami. Aurora has served as an interviewer and student recruiter for Cornell. One of Aurora's greatest learnings in admissions is that it is crucial to have an angle as an applicant – something that makes you unique and stands out. Being the whole package is not always enough. Professionally, Aurora has over ten years of experience as an educator and has mentored dozens of students through the college application process.
Aurora loves working with students to achieve their goal of attending the college or university of their dreams. Seeing students light up at all the possibilities college entails is exciting for her. As a coach, Aurora views her student's success as her success. Her greatest strengths include helping students break down the application process, giving feedback on essays and resumes, helping define a candidate's strengths, giving advice on college major selection, and helping students secure scholarships. It brings Aurora great joy to coach students through the college application process, just as her teachers did for her over a decade ago.
When Aurora isn't coaching Quad applicants, she enjoys reading at the beach.
Aurora's Pro Tip?
Ensure you devote significant time to crafting your essays and preparing for your interviews. They are essential aspects of the application process because they provide the admissions team with additional information to form a more coherent picture of you.
Avi has a Bachelor of Science from the University of California, Berkeley. He also served on the Berkeley admissions team, evaluating applications, recommending interviews, and speaking on panels. Professionally, Avi has over fifteen years of experience as an admissions coach.
Avi is passionate about helping college applicants gain admission to the top 20 schools. He loves to encourage students to apply to schools they didn't think were within their reach and craft winning applications that will allow them to pursue the education of their dreams.
As a coach, Avi is a keen listener and an expert at extracting the subtleties of a person's story and using it to great effect in developing an overall narrative. Knowing that applications are overwhelming, Avi likes to break things down into bite-sized chunks that set the applicant up for success. As a parent of children on the cusp of the application season, Avi understands what it feels like for both the applicant and the parent during the application process. He brings this unique understanding to his work with all Quad families. He prioritizes keeping parents at ease by constantly communicating with them via regular email updates and scheduled phone calls.
Applicants Avi has recently coached have gained acceptance into the country’s top universities, such as Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Berkeley, Michigan, Penn, UCLA, and USC, UTexas, Rice, Emory, UChicago., UWasington, and UBoston.
When Avi isn’t coaching, he likes spending time with his family, reading, and binge-watching the latest great TV series.
Bridget has a Bachelor’s from Vanderbilt University. Over the past three years, she has collaborated with QuestBridge as a peer mentor, guiding students toward their dream of attending prestigious universities such as Vanderbilt, Duke, and Cornell. Her expertise encompasses a range of critical areas, including resume building, identifying suitable recommenders, refining essays, navigating the application submission process, and providing interview coaching.
Bridget's passion lies in witnessing the transformation of applicants. She excels in helping students articulate and showcase their passions, strengths, and aspirations, enabling them to grow as applicants and well-rounded individuals. Her commitment to clear and effective communication ensures that expectations are consistently met, and feedback is constructive and well-received.
Bridget’s approach is characterized by empathy and encouragement, placing a high value on the interpersonal relationships she builds with each applicant.
Outside of her professional endeavors, Bridget enjoys a rich personal life. She is an avid reader with a keen interest in fiction and philosophy. She also enjoys staying connected with her family through regular FaceTime chats with her sisters, practicing German over coffee, and engaging in outdoor activities like hiking and walking with friends.
Cai earned her Bachelor's degree from Stanford University. As an experienced college education consultant, she has coached several students on their journey to premier US colleges and esteemed summer programs, including notable research programs such as the Harvard International Review Contest and the Stanford Humanities Institute. Additionally, Cai dedicated three years as a volunteer with Project Access, assisting high-achieving first-generation international students in navigating the US college application process. Many of her mentees have gained acceptance into leading UCs and Ivy League institutions.
As a first-generation immigrant and college graduate, Cai understands firsthand the difficulties of navigating college admissions, especially for students coming from non-traditional and disadvantaged backgrounds. Breaking the barriers of access to higher education and helping each student actualize their potential are important personal values that she practices throughout her work in education. Cai is passionate about helping each student craft their narrative in a way that empowers them to showcase their unique identities and personal strengths.
Cai’s greatest strengths as a coach lie in her ability to listen to the stories of each student, understand who they are as a person, and personalize the process to their background, values, and experiences. She supports and challenges students to explore their own narratives and build their perspectives to think deeply to learn more about themselves and the world.
In her free time, you can find Cai traveling the world. In fact, after graduation, she took a gap year and visited 19 countries in 10 months.
Chad has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a minor in Cognitive Science from UCLA. Chad has worked in UCLA’s transfer admissions, reviewing transfer requirements, applications, and personal statements. Professional, Chad has worked as a Market Research Manager at a large marketing firm and as a Senior Consulting Analyst at Mercer.
After going through cancer and being homeschooled his senior year of high school, Chad started at community college before transferring to his dream school, UCLA. This experience made him realize how invaluable it was to have mentors help him navigate the application process and is what led him down the path of mentoring college applicants.
What Chad loves most about coaching is helping students achieve their goals and become the best version of themselves. Chad believes that entering college is a pivotal moment for students, being a stepping stone into the adult world. It’s there that they’ll create lasting experiences, learn more about themselves, and discover their career path. Chad is keen to make an impact and help guide students along their journey.
As a coach, Chad is skilled in creating timelines and breaking down the application process into manageable steps. He also understands that it can be challenging for students to describe their personality, strengths, or career goals in their applications. Chad’s strong interpersonal skills and extroverted personality allow him to easily connect with students, providing a friendly and comfortable setting to allow for introspection.
Students that Chad has recently coached have gotten accepted at several top universities, including UCLA, UC Berkeley, and Cornell University.
In his free time, Chad can be found lifting weights at the gym or, as an avid traveler, visiting a new place. He loves to listen to music, particularly EDM and Hip-Hop, and frequently goes to festivals such as Coachella and EDC. He enjoys watching basketball, football, and movies, particularly film franchises and thrillers.
Chad’s Pro Tip?
Having the grades shows that you are studious, but having strong extracurriculars demonstrates your interests and passions outside the classroom. Admissions officers love well-rounded individuals.
Chase has an MBA from Loyola University Chicago, where she served as an Interviewer on the admissions committee. In this role, she was responsible for reviewing and making admission decisions, meeting with prospective students and their families, directing and executing programming for multicultural and first-generation student groups, and conducting scholarship interviews and decisions.
Passionate about guiding college applicants through their transformative journey, Chase is deeply committed to assisting individuals during this pivotal phase of self-discovery. She recognizes that the college application process is a defining moment when one gains insight into their passions, values, and educational pursuits that will shape their future career, lifestyle, and life. Chase understands that the choices made during this period can have a profound impact on the trajectory of one's life. Her goal is to provide applicants with unwavering support and guidance, reminding them that this is a transformative journey and resilience is paramount when making life-altering decisions.
Chase’s coaching strengths lie in her exceptional ability to listen actively, her inherent flexibility, and her organizational prowess. Her keen observation skills and active listening enable her to connect with people on a profound level, especially during the initial stages of coaching, where building trust and understanding is paramount. Flexibility is another hallmark of her coaching style, as she meets students where they are and offers grace. Her meticulous organizational skills ensure that she guides, tracks progress, and sets goals in a well-structured manner, facilitating effective time management. This approach, enriched with detail-oriented and specific information, makes every step of the journey clear and accessible.
Chase understands that families seek a personalized, individualized approach to their student's college journey. She eagerly anticipates uncovering the untapped potential within each student and shaping a transformative journey together. Her core message is a reminder to stay open-minded and take chances.
In her leisure time, Chase indulges her passion for exploration through travel, savoring new culinary experiences, cherishing moments with family and friends, and indulging in the joy of playing and watching basketball.
Chris has a Bachelor’s degree from UCLA. Additionally, he has also worked as an admissions committee member for undergraduate and graduate school applications at UCLA.
Having worked as an educator and lecturer with many driven pupils, Chris genuinely enjoys having discussions with his students about their futures and learning about the place in the world they want to carve out for themselves as they mature. Chris is most excited to build a meaningful discourse with his Quad students about how to get into college while figuring out what they want in life and how best to achieve that moving forward. He deeply values his role as a coach and understands that learning from a mentor is a vital asset in the college application process. He aims to help his students tactically prepare for their college journey, giving them the space to craft a sense of who they are in a way that would help them succeed in the future.
As a coach, Chris’s greatest strength is working with students holistically, helping his Quad students synthesize different elements of their life, skills, and experience to create a unified vision of who they are and what they can bring to a school. Chris possesses various academic and professional life experiences–pursuing multiple passions within seemingly disparate fields of interest. His breadth of experience makes him highly perceptive to his students’ needs, working with them to bring out a sense of what makes them unique, what matters to them, and how they can better shape their lives.
When Chris isn’t coaching, he is creative writing, building his YouTube channel, traveling, exercising, and learning more about history and current events.
Chris’s Pro Tip?
Admissions committees assess differences amongst an extraordinarily competitive applicant pool and have a clear picture of what sorts of applications genuinely stand out. As an applicant, it is essential to understand how to craft your story through effective writing styles, self-described life trajectories, letters of recommendation, and the overall personal tone of your application to stand out.
Christopher is a graduate of Northern Illinois University and The University of Chicago. Christopher has also worked with the admissions committee at The University of Chicago, reviewing applications, assessing essays, and conducting interviews.
When it comes to coaching, Christopher loves helping Quad applicants realize their strengths, gain confidence in their decision-making, and reach their ultimate goals. Exciting, nerve-wracking, scary, and rewarding are all fitting words to describe the college application process. Christopher appreciates that this journey can be an emotional roller coaster but knows it’s always worth it!
His greatest strength as a coach is discovering unexplored balance. He excels at highlighting the uniqueness of the boy who feels ordinary, finding the right fit school for the quirky girl, accentuating the creative side of the math nerd, emphasizing the personal connections within large group activities, building confidence in the insecure, and tapping into a vulnerability of the self-assured. Christopher believes that humans are multifaceted creatures; he shines at painting a colorful and nuanced picture to capture who they truly are.
Students Christopher has recently coached have gotten accepted into several top-tier schools, including Brown University, Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, Columbia University, UPenn, Cornell University, and Dartmouth College.
When Christopher isn’t coaching students, he enjoys “unplugging” in nature, taking improv comedy classes with his wife, and riding roller coasters with his teenagers. He is a Purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and runs a website “geeking out” on SEO strategies.
Cole is a graduate of Stanford University, where he obtained both his Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree. He also obtained a second Master’s at the Yenching Academy of Peking University.
Cole believes the college application process is an opportunity for students to crystallize what matters to them, what makes them unique, and what they hope to gain from the college experience. While Cole himself was applying to undergrad and grad school, he experienced this self-affirming impact of college applications. Cole understands that applying to college can be stressful. Still, it is also an incredibly exciting time and an amazing opportunity for students to think about what makes them who they are today. Professionally, Cole has worked at some of the most prestigious research institutions in the world, including the Center for Strategic and International Relations in Washington, DC. Currently, he works in tech policy with a focus on AI and other critical and emerging technologies, which allows him to further hone the analytical skills needed to help students identify and accomplish their goals.
As a coach, Cole enjoys working with applicants to determine the most important 'watershed' moments that have shaped them. His strengths include: helping students incorporate past experiences and demonstrated interests to show, not tell; outlining a clear schedule with deliverables; creating a manageable application process; and creating a warm, welcoming environment in which applicants feel comfortable sharing their worries and concerns. Additionally, Cole prides himself on his ability to empathize and connect with applicants to create a stress-free and open working relationship. Cole looks forward to applying his expertise and advice to help support Quad applicants in this journey!
Students Cole has recently coached have gotten into NYU, Stanford University, McGill University, UC Berkeley, UCLA, and Emory University.
Cole grew up in the Bay Area in California, the DC area, and Moscow, Russia. English is his native language, but he also speaks and reads Chinese at the intermediate-high level. Cole enjoys cooking, playing basketball, hiking, and listening to podcasts in his free time.
Cole’s Pro Tip?
It’s essential to craft an intentional, revealing, and unique narrative throughout your application that remains absolutely true to who you are and what you have done.
UC Irvine- Master's
Andy has a Master’s degree from UC Irvine and has over a decade of experience in SAT, ACT, and GRE tutoring. Andy loves to see learners push themselves out of their comfort zones and gain the confidence to reach their goals. In working with students of all backgrounds and abilities, from first-generation students to children of Ivy League alumni, their favorite tutoring moments are when candidates spot patterns in tests and therefore realize they have the skills to ace the ACT or SAT. This is why Andy focuses on strategy first, personalizing each learning plan to the candidate's unique strengths and goals.
Andy is passionate about helping students understand different ways to approach a problem or understand a concept - there's never one right way because everyone learns differently. They are skilled at helping students spot the differences between what they learned in classes at school and what to pay attention to on a standardized test. Andy also likes creating graphic organizers and other tools to help applicants stay organized and break the work down visually. Nothing makes them happier than congratulating a graduating senior – especially one who was nervous at the beginning of the school year – and seeing the excitement in their eyes when they talk about what's ahead of them.
Andy's greatest strengths as a tutor include empathizing with students, respecting their learning styles, and developing customized tools and strategies to help applicants stay organized and focused. Andy has helped students gain acceptance to several prestigious schools, including UC Berkeley, UCLA, NYU, and Northwestern University.
Outside of their work, Andy enjoys walking around Los Angeles, learning about local history, reading, and watching horror movies.
UCLA - Bachelor’s
Georgetown University - Master’s
Claudia holds a Bachelor’s from UCLA and a Master’s from Georgetown University. She has been a professional SAT/ACT tutor for almost 10 years. Students she has tutored have gone on to attend several top-tier universities, including UC Berkeley, UCLA, USC, Georgetown, Princeton, Columbia, and Yale.
Professionally, Claudia is a Clinical Research Consultant for the Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center. In this role, she embarks on various projects with her team so that up-and-coming medications and scientific devices can enter the market. Despite having a fulfilling career in research, Claudia dedicates time to education because she wants to nurture academic interests in young students.
In college, Claudia discovered her love for traveling. She studied abroad in England for two months and then backpacked through various European countries for a month. She also volunteered in Guatemala to provide medical care for the local community, where she discovered that she would like to pursue healthcare as a career.
As a tutor, Claudia is personable and friendly. She prioritizes establishing a relationship with her students and believes a good relationship between the tutor, student, and parent/guardian is necessary for trust and effective communication. She understands that each individual is unique, so she adjusts her teaching methods to accommodate each student.
Outside of her academic and professional pursuits, Claudia spends most of her time exploring the outdoors, discovering great restaurants, practicing yoga, playing the piano/guitar/saxophone, reading fiction novels, or watching anime. She is always looking for new anime to watch, so if you have recommendations, let her know!
Harvard University - Master’s
With a Master's degree from Harvard University, Eric is a supportive and effective tutor focused on helping students achieve their academic goals. He has over seven years of tutoring experience, working with students from diverse backgrounds, educational goals, and personalities.
Specializing in ACT studies, Eric has traveled the USA giving full-day lectures to schools of students on how to ace the ACT. He has studied psychology (including test construction/test making) and is ready to give students specific help on individual questions and test-taking tips that make taking the ACT much easier. So whether students aim for mastery, just enough for their dream school, or just a little advice, Eric is always happy to meet and work with students to achieve their goals.
When Eric isn't tutoring, he studies for the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) and plays board games. He loves board games, probably too much. Okay, too much (says his wife). Oh, and he makes a mean cheesecake.
Emory University - Bachelor's
Gabriella holds a Bachelor’s degree from Emory University. She is an expert in SAT and ACT test prep and is experienced in tutoring students one-on-one and teaching SAT workshops.
Gabriella’s passion for tutoring grew while working part-time in elementary school classrooms as an undergraduate. Since then, she has been committed to supporting students in their academic growth and helping them achieve their goals.
Gabriella approaches test prep by targeting students’ weakest subject areas and arming them with the necessary strategies to improve their comprehension and pacing on the test. As a positive and patient tutor, she builds on students’ foundational knowledge while also building their confidence. Her goal is to convert her students into empowered test takers by providing them with all the tools and support they need to succeed. Gabriella’s methods have produced positive results and feedback from students with increased scores and confidence.
In her spare time, Gabriella enjoys reading, writing, singing, and spending quality time with friends.
Vanderbilt University - Master's
Isaac is pursuing a Master's degree from Vanderbilt University. He has over three years of tutoring experience in STEM and the humanities, specializing in the ACT and SAT.
As a lifelong learner and storyteller, Isaac has spent the past decade working in many educational roles, including at nature centers, community non-profits, and in the classroom. He has also worked in mental and behavioral healthcare, offering services at a dual-diagnosis treatment facility, neurofeedback clinic, behavior analysis center, and jail.
His clinical and educational training supplements his academic abilities: his tutoring approach is a unique blend of clinical techniques and interpersonal skills combined with knowledge and expertise. Isaac’s philosophy is recognizing the whole person, not just a student. Isaac understands that each student has their own motivations, personality, strengths, and weaknesses. Recognizing these perspectives, building a collaborative approach attuned to each student’s style, and capitalizing on their motivations are the keys to success.
Furthermore, Isaac’s perspective extends to standardized testing. The ACT and SAT are knowledge tests, and he encourages students to think about how these tests are designed since it’s just as valuable as knowing the material. Being a storyteller trained in many roles has enabled Isaac to hone this skill, so he can connect to others and help them understand and tap into the proper mindsets to excel on these tests. He aims to empower students to achieve their academic (and other) aspirations!
A fun fact about Isaac is that he hates chocolate! But he loves roller skating, murder mysteries, and puns! One of his favorites? Do you know what you call an upset exam? A: Test-y.
University of Pennsylvania - Bachelor's
Matthew is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He is an accomplished academic tutor and college admissions consultant with a wealth of experience and a passion for helping students succeed. Matthew has achieved a perfect score on the ACT and SAT subject tests and specializes in the mathematics and science sections. He also serves as a tutor and teaching assistant in various STEM subjects, including data structures and algorithms, machine learning, linear algebra, and calculus.
Matthew’s achievements include qualifying for the American Invitational Math Exam (AIME) four times during high school. He also served as a teaching assistant for Olympiad math courses at a renowned summer camp and has a deep passion for teaching higher-level mathematics.
One of Matthew's most notable accolades is his recognition as a U.S. Presidential Scholar by the Department of Education, one of the highest honors awarded to only 161 high schoolers nationwide.
Outside of academics, Matthew currently works in quantitative trading. He can offer valuable insights and guidance to students interested in pursuing careers in quantitative finance and software engineering.
Beyond his professional pursuits, Matthew has lived in Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and Australia, where he bartended, surfed, and coached tennis. He's passionate about finding personal development through traveling, and he’s also a creative enthusiast in electronic music production.
Duke University - Bachelor's
Saumya graduated from Duke University, where she received the AB Duke scholarship. She has over a decade of tutoring experience, mostly focused on the ACT and SAT. Saumya taught her first math class when she was 14 years old and has been tutoring ever since. Professionally, Saumya works at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine as a clinical researcher in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department. She leads several initiatives to improve reproductive health equity, and in her free time, she is an adolescent health educator. Her passion for education and access to education drives everything she does.
Saumya started tutoring the SAT/ACT shortly after taking the tests herself in high school. While preparing for the exams, she learned tips and tricks that helped her "crack" the exams and wanted to pass this information on to others. Saumya believes there is a clear difference between understanding the content tested on the SAT/ACT and how to take the exam. Instead of just teaching "exam hacks," Saumya loves helping students understand the "why" behind the solution and then employing exam hacks to help them solve problems more quickly.
Saumya loves teaching and seeing students reach their "breakthrough" moment. She is excited to get to know Quad students and help them through this process!
Outside of professional pursuits, Saumya loves spending time with her dog, Mallard. Mallard is a 10-year-old rescue and has always had the name Mallard, but Saumya thinks he was named because of his duck noises. Mallard will sometimes say hi through Saumya's computer screen! Saumya also loves trying new coffee recipes, playing guitar, and singing.
Tersoo is pursuing a Bachelor’s from Princeton University, where he excels and consistently holds a 3.9+ GPA. He is deeply passionate about education and learning in his personal and professional life, having undergone training as a tutor at Princeton's Learning Center. He broke the 1500+ threshold on his first and only SAT attempt, so he’s no stranger to a rigorous, skill-based approach to preparing for this exam.
Tersoo has a rich understanding of learning psychology which he constantly leverages in his pursuit of studying Computer Architecture and Quantum Engineering. Above all, Tersoo takes the utmost pride in his work as an SAT tutor as he seeks to enrich his clients with knowledge on tackling the SAT conceptually and time-efficiently.
While Tersoo is deeply academic, aspiring to attain a PhD in Computer Architecture, he also holds many creative interests, notably in fashion, graphic design, music, and photography. Whenever he is back home in Calgary, one of his favorite activities is finding vintage clothing at his local Goodwill with friends. He also prides himself in physical health as an avid weightlifter and recreational athlete.
When Tersoo isn’t studying, drafting new pieces for his up-and-coming clothing brand, or listening to music, you'll find him attempting a new squat PR or playing pick-up soccer with grad students.
