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The Spark Admissions Team

Founder and CEO

Dr. Rachel Rubin

Dr. Rachel Rubin

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Admissions Consultants

At Spark, all of our admissions consultants have extensive experience in admissions and advising at Ivy League schools and other elite colleges and universities. Our consultants understand how to motivate high school students to accomplish ambitious goals, while maintaining empathy and building trust. By building in-depth relationships and coaching students through the complicated landscape of elite college admissions, Spark’s college counselors achieve the best college admissions results in the country.


Our admissions consultants have admissions and advising experience at Bowdoin College, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Hamilton College, Harvard University, Northwestern University, Tufts University, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, Wake Forest University, and Yale University, among others.

Connor Beatty

Chief Consulting Officer

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Dr. Rachel Rickard Rebellino

Director of Academic Affairs

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Dr. Erin Cable

Associate Director

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Dr. Meggan Arp Dillard

Associate Director

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Dr. Megan Race

Associate Director

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Kirsten Smith

Associate Director

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Dr. Oriah Amit

Senior Admissions Consultant

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David Berlin

Senior Admissions Consultant

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Dr. Laura Chilson-Parks

Senior Admissions Consultant

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Brett Fuller

Senior Admissions Consultant

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Megan Grady

Senior Admissions Consultant

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Emily Herring

Senior Admissions Consultant

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Courtney Hobgood

Senior Admissions Consultant

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Dr. Marek Makowski

Senior Admissions Consultant

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Dr. Mindy Maris

Senior Admissions Consultant

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Dr. Caroline Miller

Senior Admissions Consultant

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Geneva Robinson

Senior Admissions Consultant

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Regina VanderWyst

Senior Admissions Consultant

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Research Team

The ability to extract and apply insights from admissions data, trends, and practices has been at authored a groundbreaking study on how the most selective U.S. colleges and universities make admissions decisions.

 

Today, Spark Admissions’ research team ensures that our college consultants are immersed in the most up-to-date trends in college admissions. Even more, we translate those trends into tactical steps our students can take to give them an edge as they prepare for college. Spark’s full-time research experts analyze every aspect of the college preparation, application and admissions process, partnering with our college admissions consultants to provide nuanced, informed, and transparent guidance throughout the college preparation process.

Dr. Rachel Knecht

Managing Director

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Dr. Taylor Papallo-Wall

Managing Director

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Dr. Alexandra Oxner

Associate Director

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Dr. Steph Pentz

Associate Director

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Dr. Timothy Turnbull

Associate Director

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Dr. Kelly Whitford

Associate Director

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Jami Williams

Associate Director

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Dr. Richard Ahl

Senior Research Analyst

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Gabby Blake

Senior Research Analyst

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Anna Cramer

Operations Manager

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Andrew Fishman

Senior Research Analyst

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Hector Kilgoe

Senior Research Analyst

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Dr. Claire Long

Senior Research Analyst

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Milly Sanders

Enrollment and Tutoring Coordinator

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Jordan Sylar

Senior Research Analyst

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