Passport Admissions Consulting

Our college, medical, law, and graduate admissions consulting teams will help you discover your strengths, assist you in navigating the myriad of essays, and be there when you reach your dream and get into the best possible college for you!

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Why Future College Students Trust Us

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Our consultants average 16+ years of experience each!

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Our Guarantee: If you don’t get in (or are unhappy with where you get in), then we help you reapply the following cycle for free

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Receive 1-on-1 advising with the best admissions consultants in the country!

Passport Admissions is nothing less than fantastic. I had been doing tentative research on my own, but once I was directed to Passport Admissions, everything changed. I met with Rob, my counselor throughout the entire process, and that was when my college search really began. I would definitely recommend Passport Admissions to any student about to embark on his or her journey through the labyrinth of college applications.

Cloe M.

College Student

These guys are the ones you want to be working with if you are college bound! They do a thorough job of matching students with potential schools as well as working closely with both parents and students through the application, essay and financial aid process. I highly recommend Passport Admissions to all families researching colleges.

Lisa M.

College Student

Passport Admissions helped my daughter finalize a great list that included colleges that we probably wouldn’t have discovered otherwise, they proof read her essays, gave suggestions what she could improve, so that she ended up with a wonderful common application, and scholarship application essay, and helped her prepare college admission interviews. It would have been a struggle for me to do all this with her, and with the help of Passport Admissions she got into almost all her colleges, including her reach schools. THANKS!

Michaela

Parent of Future College Student

A Comprehensive Step-By-Step Process

Since 2007, Passport Admissions has been helping thousands of students like you. Our comprehensive process means that every detail will be covered and you will be presented to college admissions as your best self.

Free 1 Hour Intro Meeting

At the free introductory meeting, you’ll meet with an expert admissions consultant to see if our program fits your needs, and if we’re right to work together.

Kick the Tires and Discuss Your Goals

Highlight the Parts of the Application You Need Help With

Get All of Your Burning Questions About Admissions Answered

No Hard Sell, We Promise!

The agenda is pretty simple. We will talk about your goals, decide what parts of the application process you need help with, and see if we would be a good fit to work together. We’ll also answer your questions about the admissions process. There’s no hard sell; it’s just a get-to-know-you session, and after the meeting we can decide whether we want to work together.

I. Strategy Session

Our first step is an introductory meeting to help you figure out where you have a chance of getting in. We’ll talk about your goals, your stats, and your questions about your application.

The next step of working together is to figure out your strengths and weaknesses as an applicant. What questions will a college admissions committee have about you? How might we answer those questions and accentuate your strengths in your personal statement? What experiences should you talk about in your personal statement, and what strategies should we pursue in your application process?

II. School Selection

We move beyond just GPA to find which colleges uniquely fit what you’re looking for. Just hoping to get in somewhere? Not sure what makes one college different from the next? We can help you come up with a personalized answer to those questions.

After that, our founder – college admissions nerd, Rob Humbracht – will help you choose a list of schools that fit you well and provide a spreadsheet full of useful information to help you convey to each school on your list why it’s a good fit for you.

III. Essay Editing

The essays are probably the most difficult part of the application process for most students. It starts with the personal statement – a one-page essay designed to answer “Why Our College” – but continues with the other essays in the primary application, the Most Meaningful Essays, and the Work/Activities section. We will help you brainstorm, outline, and revise each of those essays so that your entire application shines.

We also help from start to finish on the secondary essays. If you apply to 20 schools, you will write 40 to 50 pages of secondary essays. Most companies only help you with one page of secondary essays. One page! Out of 40! We help with a lot more, because we know that the battle for getting in doesn’t stop at your primary.

IV. Mock Admissions

As you put the final touches on your application, the anxiety builds. Do I use this word or that? Am I really ready to submit? How do I know that I’ve put my best foot forward?

We’ve found the best way to make sure students are 100% ready to submit is to have a mock admissions committee, led by the most senior member of our staff – Passport founder, Rob Humbracht. He will read every word of your primary to make sure it represents you well so that you can submit with confidence.

IV. Interview Prep

After your secondaries are in, interview season begins. Our former students have said that their first interview was the hardest, so we help make sure that you are 100% ready for the first one. That starts with a full-on education program (multiple articles and videos) to make sure that you know what to expect on interview day. Then, we pair you with a different advisor – someone you’ve never met – to do your interview preparation and mock interviews. The feeling of our mock interviews closely mimics interview day, whether that’s a traditional interview or the MMI.

Our Admissions Consulting

Meet Your Strongest Advocates

Over the past ten years of working in Graduate Medical Education, Ali has reviewed thousands of applications from future physicians and interviewed several hundred more. She has personally counseled dozens through application, interview and selection processes and works closely with physicians who interview as part of UCSD’s School of Medicine Admissions Committee.

Debra earned her B.A. in English at Emory University where she stayed to work on a Ph.D. in comparative literature. Now an associate professor of English at San Diego Mesa College and Mira Costa College, Debra enjoys working with students to help them find their voices as critical thinkers and writers.

After 12 and a half years with Princeton Review as first Assistant Director then Regional Vice President, Lyn has now been with Passport Admissions for more than a decade. Lyn loves working with students directly to help them navigate the increasingly competitive and difficult college and medical school admissions processes, as well as providing much-needed emotional support during a stressful time for students and parents.

Ryan was born and raised in Cleveland (GO CAVS!), where he earned humanities degrees from John Carroll University and Ohio University. He has a strong affinity for words and feels genuine delight when the right ones are found. For the last ten years, he has worked in dozens of editing, tutoring, and instructing roles at five different colleges. He has also worked extensively as an editor for various literary journals, such as Narrative Magazine, New Ohio Review, and Fiction International. After moving to California in 2011, he attended San Diego State University and added an MFA in Creative Writing to his stack of diplomas.

Stephanie started to explore student advising and fell in love with it. She received a promotion to become an advisor for pre-health and pre-law students. She holds eight years of experience advising pre-medical students at a prestigious university and has gained a national and regional reputation as a top pre-health advisor.

Akash was born and raised in the Bay Area in Fremont, CA. He attended Rice University in Houston, TX where he began exploring his fascination with biology and the human body to achieve a major in Bioengineering. During his time in college, he worked as a tutor, advisor, and teacher, thus beginning his interest in working with students.

In his spare time, he enjoys music, traveling, research, and comedy. Through his experience as a stand up comic, he has developed a passion for connecting and laughing with students and patients alike.

More Love for Passport Admissions

If you are unsure how the application process works, looking for extra guidance, wanting to make your application better, or all of the above, 10/10 recommend working with Passport! Stephanie, Rob, Ryan, and Alli all helped me feel more confident as an applicant throughout this application cycle. They were always one step ahead and let me know what to expect next. I especially appreciated the editing Ryan did on my personal statement, primary essays, and secondary essays, as well as Stephanie’s coaching as I prepped for interviews. Applying is hard, but they helped make it manageable. Would definitely use this team again.

Jessica Mathias

3/11/2021

Achieve Your Dream

Passport offers a limited number of free meetings to qualified students. Meet with the best college, medical, law, and graduate admissions consulting teams and get started on the path to your dream school!