How to Write a College Application Essay That Stands Out
Posted by: Maureen Delaney on September 29, 2023
The college essay is growing in significance these days, and this is an exciting opportunity for students. Essays…
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Aaron Golumbfskie
Senior Tutor & Education Director
Aaron is the Education Director at PrepMatters and has logged more than 20,000 hours of one-on-one tutoring, helping teens change their self-images and achieve success, whether on standardized tests or in academic classes. He continues to tutor every day, but, realizing that individual efforts only scale so far, he hopes…
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Alice Cohen
Tutor
Since she was named a National merit Scholar in high school in Croton-on-Hudson, NY, Alice Cohen has seen how success in standardized testing can lead to greater opportunity. She was eager, therefore, after earning her BA in Political Science and International Relations from Carleton College, to begin her career by…
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Allison Cox
Accounts Manager
Bio Allison was born and raised in Delaware, and she earned a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC. She is excited to serve as Accounts Manager for PrepMatters. In that role, Allison is able to combine a few of her favorite things from her theatre…
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Alyssa Osorio
Office Coordinator
Bio Raised in Alpharetta, GA, Alyssa Osorio pursued a Bachelor of Science in Game Design and Development at Kennesaw State University with a minor in Computer Science. She always knew that she wanted to go into the technology field since her Intro to Information Technology class in high school and…
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Ana Laura Carignani
Senior Tutor
Bio Ana Laura Carignani has been working at PrepMatters since September 2000. She loves getting to work one-on-one with students to truly help them realize their academic goals. In addition to tutoring, she works with the materials development team, writing and editing the materials used by the entire PrepMatters staff.
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Ashley Newman-Owens
Tutor
Bio A happily-returned DC native, Ashley began college at Wesleyan University a resolute math major, but ultimately graduated instead from Washington University in St. Louis with a degree in English literature. It was either her dual penchants for words and numbers or her indecisiveness that led her to pursue graduate…
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