Admissions Strategy Mentor (Remote, Part-Time)

🌍 Remote, USA 🎯 Full-time 🕐 Posted Recently

Job Description

We are seeking former admissions professionals from highly selective U.S. universities or elite boarding schools to serve as long-term mentors for international students in Grades 7–12.

This role is designed for individuals with firsthand experience in competitive U.S. admissions who can provide strategic, experience-based guidance on private school and university admissions.

You will act as a strategic advisor helping students build strong academic and extracurricular profiles aligned with top-tier admissions expectations.

Provide monthly 1:1 mentorship sessions to students (Grades 7–12)
Advise on academic course selection aligned with selective admissions expectations
Design and evaluate extracurricular strategy, leadership development, and summer planning
Guide students in building authentic, high-impact student profiles
Provide insight into how selective admissions committees evaluate applicants
Support school list development and application positioning
Provide high-level feedback on essays and application narratives
Prepare students for admissions interviews

Requirements:

Institutional Background (Required)

Highly selective U.S. universities (e.g., Ivy League or equivalent institutions)
Top 30 U.S. boarding schools (e.g., Phillips Exeter Academy, Phillips Academy Andover, Deerfield Academy, Choate Rosemary Hall, etc.)

Experience with holistic admissions review in competitive applicant pools
Familiarity with U.S. private school or university admissions processes
Experience working with international students or globally mobile families

Not a Fit For This Role:

K–12 school counseling without admissions office experience
Academic advising without exposure to admissions processes
Enrollment, recruitment, or sales-based admissions roles (including for-profit programs)
General student services or registrar offices
Independent consulting without prior institutional admissions experience