TEAM

WE WORK HARD TO SUPPORT YOUR GOAL OF BEING ADMITTED TO SELECTIVE COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES, WINNING AS MANY SCHOLARSHIPS AND AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE.

TURNING DREAMS INTO GOALS HAS A FIRST-RATE TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS WHO COACH APPLICANTS THROUGHOUT THE APPLICATION WRITING PROCESS – HELPING STUDENTS TO BECOME COMPETITIVE AND STAND-OUT APPLICANTS.

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Cecily

COACH

Cecily is a recent graduate of Swarthmore College, having received a degree in Political Science and Black Studies. She has eight years of experience tutoring a variety subjects ranging from basic English grammar to college level essay writing. While in college, she developed and taught a summer program for high school students that included critical reading classes and public speaking workshops. Cecily greatly enjoys guiding students through the writing process, from brainstorming to final edits.

James Jones

Adjunct Professor

James Jones, Esq. has more than 15 years of experience in business formation, contract negotiation, business startups, and corporations and LLC's. He is the owner of Elevate Law, P.C., which serves early and growth stage startups and specializes in business startup advisement, organizational restructuring, contract negotiation, and real estate transaction negotiation and document creation. Jones is also a supervising attorney at Boston College Law School. In this role, he services the needs of clients in the transactional law section of the Community Enterprise Clinic, covering a broad range of corporate matters that include formation, intellectual property conflict resolution, and contract drafting and review. In his free time, Jones is a volunteer mentor at the Boston nonprofit startup incubator, Smarter in the City.