Take A Step Toward Your Future With Expert UC Berkeley Admissions Counseling

Ankita holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Economy from UC Berkeley. Professionally, Ankita has years of experience working at Meta (formerly Facebook) as a Project Manager.

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Ankita feels that one of her greatest strengths as a coach comes from her being an empathetic person. This allows her to form deep bonds and make strong connections with the students she coaches. She understands that the process of applying to college is complicated, so she aims to view the process through the lens of a student, enabling her to be extremely intuned to Quad applicants’ strengths, weaknesses, and goals.

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Ankita’s own experience as a college applicant 10+ years ago motivated her to start coaching candidates. She moved to the Bay Area in the middle of 9th grade and attended one of the top 50 public high schools in the country, an incredibly competitive one. She navigated the challenging college application process herself throughout high school and succeeded. She was admitted to several top schools, including Carnegie Mellon, UCLA, USC (full merit scholarship), and UC Berkeley (which she ended up attending).

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Ankita uses her talents as a Project Manager to manage timelines and break down various parts of the application process into manageable steps. Ankita enjoys helping students craft their stories and narrative for their essays and narrow down which schools they should apply to, given their background.

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In her spare time, Ankita can be found browsing Reddit, investing in the stock market, working out at the gym, and watching Indian movies.

With over twelve years of experience in higher education, Anthony is au fait with the admissions process. Anthony has served as an admissions reader for UC Berkeley. Additionally, he was also an Admissions Counselor at Syracuse University, Assistant Direct of Admissions at University of Richmond, and Assistant Director of Admissions at Earlham College. He has interviewed prospective students, overseen diversity recruitment, and rendered both scholarship and admissions decisions. These experiences have allowed Anthony to gain a strong understanding of what admissions officers are looking for and in turn, what candidates can do to make themselves stand out. 

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As a coach, Anthony strives to empower his students, ensuring they make an informed decision on which college to attend. Anthony is aware of challenges and hurdles in the admissions process and works diligently with students to overcome them. Anthony feels that every student has a unique story to tell and helps students identify their unique strengths and weaknesses, allowing their individual voices to shine through. He loves helping students navigate the entire application process: from building college lists to crafting personal statements to preparing for the interview, Anthony’s goal is to be with Quad applicants every step of the way.

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Outside of Quad, Anthony enjoys singing, playing piano, and traveling. 

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Anthony’s Pro Tip? 

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You must constantly learn and unpack the things that prevent you from succeeding.

Brittney earned a Bachelor's degree in Political Science at UC Berkeley and a Master's in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. She has extensive experience in higher education, having served on the Academic Affairs Committee at Harvard University and worked at the Student Learning Center, coaching students in writing and research methods at UC Berkeley. Brittney also worked at the Transfer Center at UC Berkeley, which gave her an in-depth insight into what schools look for in transfer candidates.

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Having coached dozens of candidates over the last few years, Brittney is a specialist in selective school admissions. Her greatest strengths as a coach are helping candidates identify their strengths and effectively communicate their story as a cohesive narrative across all aspects of their application. Brittney loves helping candidates draw upon their life experiences to find a compelling, authentic story that brings out the best in them.

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Brittney has been formally trained in coaching and facilitation and, as a Quad counselor, brings the art of appreciative inquiry to helping students shine from within. Students that Brittney has coached have gotten into several top schools, including Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Columbia, UC Berkeley, and UCLA. Brittney also enjoys helping students build storytelling, writing, and organization skills through the application process to help them succeed in the future.

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In her free time, Brittney enjoys cooking, salsa dancing, and hiking with her rescue dog Odi.

Jeffrey is a graduate of UC Berkeley, where he studied Computer Science. In addition to extensive experience coaching college candidates, Jeffrey has also worked as a software engineer at some of the most prestigious companies in the world. He has been on the software engineering team at Amazon, Uber, and Stripe.

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As an admissions counselor, Jeffrey specialized in helping candidates write stellar essays that show personal growth, as well as advising students aiming to break into STEM, especially CS/tech! Jeffrey believes that it doesn't matter what your interests are. When it comes to college admissions, the most important thing is that a candidate is phenomenal at what they are interested in. He is an expert at helping candidates showcase these interests to the admissions committee through compelling application documents.

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Applicants that Jeffrey has recently coached were accepted at the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Carnegie Mellon, UCLA, UC Berkeley, University of Michigan, and New York University, among other top schools.

In his free time, Jeffrey enjoys playing tennis, attempting to eat healthily, and attending concerts. He is a big fan of iann dior, Carly Rae Jepsen, YG, Accusefive (a Taiwanese rock band).