Seattle and Bellevue, WA College Admissions Consultants
Seattle and Bellevue, WA 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), Seattle and Bellevue, WA have a high student-to-counselor ratio of 418:1, falling well short of the recommended 250:1 high school student-to-counselor ratio. With a high 418:1 student-to-counselor ratio, students in Seattle and Bellevue, WA 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 Seattle and Bellevue, WA 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 Seattle and Bellevue, WA who are shooting for elite colleges and universities. As the only firm in the industry with college admissions success rates verified by a Vault 50 independent accounting firm, Solomon Admissions Consulting boasts the deepest bench in the United States of over 100 former top-tier college admissions officers who work as Seattle and Bellevue, WA college admissions consultants with students in Seattle and Bellevue, WA.
Our Seattle and Bellevue, WA college admissions consultants have advised college applicants from the following high schools in the Greater Seattle Area:
- Lakeside School (Seattle, WA)
- The Overlake School (Redmond, WA)
- Eastside Preparatory School (Kirkland, WA)
- Interlake High School (Bellevue, WA)
- Newport High School (Bellevue, WA)
- Annie Wright Schools (Tacoma, WA)
- Bellevue High School (Bellevue, WA)
- Mercer Island High School (Mercer Island, WA)
- Eastlake High School (Sammamish, WA)
- UPrep (Seattle, WA)
- Charles Wright Academy (Tacoma, WA)
- Tesla STEM High School (Redmond, WA)
- Seattle Academy (Seattle, WA)
- International School (Bellevue, WA)
- The Bush School (Seattle, WA)
- Seattle Preparatory School (Seattle, WA)
- International Community School (Kirkland, WA)
- The Northwest School (Seattle, WA)
- The Bear Creek School (Redmond, WA)
- Northwest Yeshiva High School (Mercer Island, WA)
- Raisbeck Aviation High School (Tukwila, WA)
- Eastside Catholic School (Sammamish, WA)
- North Creek High School (Bothell, WA)
- Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart (Bellevue, WA)
- Redmond High School (Redmond, WA)
- Skyline High School (Sammamish, WA)
- Bishop Blanchet High School (Seattle, WA)
- Issaquah High School (Issaquah, WA)
- Bellarmine Preparatory School (Tacoma, WA)
- Roosevelt High School (Seattle, WA)
- Bainbridge High School (Bainbridge Island, WA)
- Garfield High School (Seattle, WA)
- Olympia High School (Olympia, WA)
- Lake Washington High School (Kirkland, WA)
- Capital High School (Olympia, WA)
When hiring a private Seattle and Bellevue, WA 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 Seattle and Bellevue, WA college admissions consultant simply will not know what our team of former college admissions officers know 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 Seattle and Bellevue, WA 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 6th grade with students in Seattle and Bellevue, WA, and works with 7th graders, 8th graders, 9th graders (freshmen), 10th graders (sophomores), 11th graders (juniors) and 12th graders (seniors). Our Seattle and Bellevue, WA 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 extracurricular activities and summer plans to maximize their college admission odds. We then work with students 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 the humanities.
Client Success Rates
Our Seattle and Bellevue, WA college admissions consultants get high school students in Seattle and Bellevue, WA admitted to the top colleges at quadruple to quintuple the average acceptance rates at those colleges. Here are our success rates, independently verified by a Vault 50 accounting firm, for college placement for students nationally, including students in Seattle and Bellevue, WA:
- Stanford: 18.6% acceptance rate for Solomon clients who applied versus the national acceptance rate of 3.9%
- Princeton: 50.0% acceptance rate for Solomon clients who applied versus the national acceptance rate of 4.4%
- Harvard: 19.0% acceptance rate for Solomon clients who applied versus the national acceptance rate of 3.2%
- Yale: 24.0% acceptance rate for Solomon clients who applied versus the national acceptance rate of 4.6%
- Brown: 12.0% acceptance rate for Solomon clients who applied versus the national acceptance rate of 5.1%
- Columbia: 23.1% acceptance rate for Solomon clients who applied versus the national acceptance rate of 3.7%
- UPenn: 40.7% acceptance rate for Solomon clients who applied versus the national acceptance rate of 6.0%
- UC Berkeley: 49.2% acceptance rate for Solomon clients who applied versus the national acceptance rate of 11.4%
- USC: 34.5% acceptance rate for Solomon clients who applied versus the national acceptance rate of 12.0%
- UCLA: 22.4% acceptance rate for Solomon clients who applied versus the national acceptance rate of 8.6%
- NYU: 43.6% acceptance rate for Solomon clients who applied versus the national acceptance rate of 12.2%
- Carnegie Mellon: 20.8% acceptance rate for Solomon clients who applied versus the national acceptance rate of 11.0%
Our Seattle and Bellevue, WA college admissions consultants have worked with high school students in the Greater Seattle Area, including from: Queen Anne, The Highlands, Medina, Mercer Island, Redmond, Kirkland, Belltown, Broadmoor, Denny-Blaine, Madison Park, Laurelhurst, Windermere, Montlake, View Ridge, Matthews Beach, Phinney Ridge, Pike Place Market, Yarrow Point, Interlaken Park, Edmonds, Issaquah, Sammamish, Bainbridge Island, and other Greater Seattle Area locations.
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Solomon Admissions Consulting has the largest team in the industry of over 100 Former College Admissions Officers from top colleges. Our college admissions consultants all use the Solomon Methodology to strategically maximize your college admission odds.
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