Sarah has over twenty-four years of experience as a college admissions consultant, helping hundreds of students gain acceptance to Ivy League universities and other elite colleges such as Stanford, MIT, Oxford, and Cambridge. With sixteen years as an alumni interviewer for Harvard College, she has worked closely with the Harvard Office of Undergraduate Admissions. She has also served as an Application Reader for Northwestern University’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Since 2001, Sarah has consulted for the admissions offices of schools like the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Virginia, aiding in the development of their recruitment strategies and admissions materials.

Laila holds an AB in Social Studies with an emphasis on post-colonial theory and history from Harvard University and an MM from the New England Conservatory in Jazz Voice. While in college, she held leadership roles on the Undergraduate Council, the Arts & Humanities Student Board, and a variety of activist organizations, including the Harvard Graduate Student Union.

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