North Star Admissions Consulting - Admissions Consulting

Develop a personalized strategy with a former Ivy League Admissions Officer with nearly 20 years of experience.

97% of my clients get into one of their top three schools
More than $25M in scholarships earned since 2012
Work directly with me, unlike the standard experience at some other firms

SELECTED SCHOOLS

North Star Admissions has helped students get into their dream schools and go on to accomplish incredible things.

SELECTED PRESS

North Star Admissions President & Founder Karen Marks has been featured in numerous periodicals, webinars, and online resources, including:

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

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">“I was an “older applicant”, I had a low undergraduate GPA, and just was sure how this whole process would play out… The culmination of this alliance was my admission to my dream school, and scholarship funds to boot!! Imagine my excitement!”>

I had been pondering the idea of enrolling for a Full Time MBA for quite some time. I felt that my career was stalling, and that the time was right for me to add extra skills to my… Read more ““I was an “older applicant”, I had a low undergraduate GPA, and just was sure how this whole process would play out… The culmination of this alliance was my admission to my dream school, and scholarship funds to boot!! Imagine my excitement!””

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">“In the end, I received two full-tuition scholarship offers — something I didn’t even think was possible for me — one of which was at a top 10 program which I’ll be attending in the Fall…I can’t express enough how instrumental Karen was to my success of getting into my dream business school.”>

I can’t express enough how instrumental Karen was to my success of getting into my dream business school. Going into the application process, I knew it was going to be a long process and one where I wanted… Read more ““In the end, I received two full-tuition scholarship offers — something I didn’t even think was possible for me — one of which was at a top 10 program which I’ll be attending in the Fall…I can’t express enough how instrumental Karen was to my success of getting into my dream business school.””

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">I Got Into Every School I Applied for (Including Stanford Gsb, Hbs, Wharton, Sloan and Booth) Which I Could Not Have Done Without Karen!>

“I thoroughly recommend working with Karen! I thought I was ready to apply and came to Karen for some additional advice and support. Karen provided the perfect balance of tough love and support. She was honest when something could… Read more “I Got Into Every School I Applied for (Including Stanford Gsb, Hbs, Wharton, Sloan and Booth) Which I Could Not Have Done Without Karen!”

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