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Meet Accepted's Grad School Admissions Team
Over 120 years combined of direct admissions committee experience plus the passion and dedication necessary to get YOU accepted!
30 years of career and admissions experience at four universities, including Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Business and College of Engineering
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Vanessa Febo
More than seven years of graduate school and scholarship consulting experience with specialties in engineering, English, social sciences, and business.
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Alice Diamond
35 years of experience in career and admissions advising for undergraduate and graduate students
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Kelly Wilson
23 years of experience as executive director of admissions at CMU Tepper and assistant dean of admissions at Georgetown McDonough and Pittsburgh Katz
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Sadie Polen
More than 10 years of experience in higher education , reviewing SOPs, personal statements, and resumes at Harvard University
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Dr. Sundas Ali
More than 15 years of experience teaching and advising students, providing career and admissions advice , reviewing applications and conducting interviews for University of Oxford's undergraduate and graduate programs.
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Michelle Stockman
Former staff member with the Columbia Business School admissions office, and broadcast journalist with 15 years experience coaching candidates
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Dr. Mary Mahoney
Tenured English professor and Director of Medical Humanities, specializing in dual degree college (BS/MD, BA/DO), med school , and grad school (MA, MS, PsyD, PhD) applications who struggle to find the right stories.
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Esmeralda Cardenal
Nine years in admissions as former Yale SOM associate director of admissions, Michigan State director of MBA admissions, and Cardiff Business School consultant
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Dr. Valerie Wherley
Former assistant dean of student affairs at the William Beaumont School of Medicine and former director of pre-health advisement and the Postbac Certificate Program at Sacred Heart
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Dr. Barry S. Rothman, Ph.D.
Emeritus professor of biology, former health professions advisor, and former director of three post-bac programs at San Francisco State University
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Christie St-John
25+ years of experience as admissions director and career coach at Dartmouth Tuck and Vanderbilt Owen.
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Cydney Foote
Former admissions committee member at the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine and curriculum development team member at the UW School of Dentistry
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Kara Keenan Sweeney
More than 15 years of experience in MBA admissions at Columbia Business School, INSEAD, and the Lauder Institute's joint MA/MBA and MA/JD programs
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Dr. Herman "Flash" Gordon
Harvard AB biochemistry, Caltech PhD in developmental neuroscience, tenured faculty member at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, admissions committee chair , and neuroscience admissions committee member
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Natalie Grinblatt
Nearly two decades of admissions experience as former admissions dean/director at Michigan Ross, Cornell Johnson, and ASU Carey
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Our graduate school admissions consultants have helped thousands of grad school applicants get accepted for the past 30 years. As professional admissions consultants with more than 120 years combined of direct admissions committee experience, our team knows the application process inside and out.
When you choose Accepted, you’ll have a passionate and invested admissions consultant dedicated to helping you specifically, in addition to the support of a team of uncommonly talented professionals, including former admissions directors, professors, program directors, PhDs, and career coaches.
We have helped applicants get into more than 650 graduate schools around the world, including programs for education, public policy, psychology, engineering, neuroscience, human resources, math, exercise science, humanities, art, and environmental studies.
Click here to view a complete list of all the graduate school programs our clients have been accepted to.
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"I would like to thank you for all the great help, encouragement and valuable advice you gave me throughout the admission process! I got accepted to 5 grad schools, including my top 2 choices! I could not be happier with the outcome and I am forever grateful - working with you was a wonderful and valuable experience!
Thank you again for everything and wishing you all the best", graduate school admit, " karin was a ray of sunshine in an otherwise anxiety-inducing journey that is graduate admissions. as a non-stem major applying for a stem graduate program, i knew i had to get all aspects of my application just right. karin helped me to do that by carefully going over my application materials, suggesting edits and strategies, and generally answering any questions i had. thanks to her help, i got into top mscs programs, including columbia and uchicago. i am incredibly happy with my result, and it wouldn't have been possible without karin's help. ".
Columbia and UChicago MSCS Programs
" Dr. Rothman was very helpful in my application process for a masters program and I appreciate it greatly. He was able to walk me through all the steps in a patient and easy to understand way. I needed the most help with my statement of purpose and research abstract and I definitely felt like I could not have written them without Dr. Rothman's help. Even though organic chemistry was not his area of expertise, he was still able to understand my writing and help me improve the written portions. I also really appreciated the prewriting questionnaire he sent, as it was a great way for me to organize my thoughts and essay. Some other parts that he helped with were deciding on programs and asking for recommendation letters. Overall, I Dr. Rothman provided an invaluable amount of help and resources in this process and I would not have gotten to where I am without him. "
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What we do for phds.
The Versatile PhD mission is to help graduate students, ABDs and PhDs identify, prepare for and excel in professional careers. We currently serve many of the leading North American research universities, including their PhD students, post-docs and alumni, by providing unique and instructive content, networks, job analytics and readiness tools.
Why We Do It
The value of a PhD in terms of transferable skills, domain knowledge, professional acumen, persistence and raw intelligence is recognized far beyond academia. In fact, there are increasingly more PhDs making an impact across industry, government, research, multilateral organizations and start-up ventures than those on the tenure track. Recognizing these critical contributions, we are committed to assisting and supporting PhDs as they transition from academia to their career of choice. Let us help you get there.
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How we make an impact.
- 0 % of users spent time exploring non-academic careers
- 0 % identified at least one new career that interested them
- 0 % started reading non-academic job announcements
- 0 % learned the value of non-academic networking
- 0 % learned that their skills have value in non-academic settings
- 0 % feel they have more career choices than they previously thought
- 0 % feel more optimistic about their future
- 0 % feel more excited about things they can do with their skills
- 0 % feel more in charge of their career
- 0 % feel encouraged that non-academic career help is available
Increasing engagement and outcomes within a diverse PhD community
- 0 % post-exams⁄quals doctoral candidates
- 0 % pre-exam⁄quals doctoral students
- 0 % postdocs
- 0 % of users are in Arts, Humanities and Social Science
- 0 % are in STEM, with the remainder in a variety of other fields
- 0 % of STEM users are in Life Science
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An increasing number of PhDs are working outside of academia and will continue to do so. Are your students and post-docs being given the support they need in a competitive marketplace?
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Working with hiring enterprises to understand their hiring needs and expectations, while being an energetic advocate for our PhD community and its vast array of skills and talent.
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