One-On-One UPenn Admissions Counseling To Give You Your Best Shot At Acceptance

Nadia earned a Bachelor’s degree from the Huntsman Program at the Wharton School, and an MBA and MPH from Harvard University.  Professionally, she has worked as a management consultant at The Parthenon Group and as a Strategy Officer at The Gates Foundation. She also served as an alumni interviewer for the Huntsman Program at the University of Pennsylvania. 

Drawing from her own journey through undergraduate and graduate admissions, Nadia is passionate about helping students transform their college dreams into reality. She believes college is a unique chance for students to  explore their interests and figure out how to give back to society and their community through their career. 

She knows how essential it is for students to find a place where they’ll thrive both academically and socially and also understands just how daunting and stressful this process can be. Her goal is to make it smoother and more meaningful, helping applicants reflect, improve their writing, and find their best-fit schools. She’s excited to support students in understanding themselves better and in crafting strong, personal applications.

Nadia is a skilled writer and editor with a passion for wordsmithing. She takes great satisfaction in helping students brainstorm ideas and shape their personal stories in the most compelling way possible. With strong project management skills, she knows how to break down the application process into manageable steps, making it feel far less overwhelming. Her experience in admissions at UPenn has also given her valuable insights into what committees seek in applicants. Together, these strengths help her guide students in crafting standout applications that leave a lasting impression.

‍In her free time, Nadia enjoys watercolor painting and running.

Dr. Nick was a former admissions officer at Vanderbilt University and an application reader for the University of Pennsylvania. In his roles at Vanderbilt and Penn, Dr. Nick evaluated more than 7000 applications and set the admissions committee strategy for the school across majors and applicant demographics. Dr. Nick also organized the Vandy Alumni Interview Program, where he managed a team of 50+ interviewers across the U.S. to drive a rigorous selection process for the school.

Dr. Nick is a graduate of an independent school and has devoted his career to helping students navigate the admissions process. He has a B.A. in History and Anthropology and an M.Ed in Higher Education Administration from Vanderbilt, a College Counseling specialization from UCLA, and an Ed.D from the University of Houston. Dr. Nick has also worked as a Director of College Counseling in several school communities, co-wrote a book on college admissions, and taught adult learners at Rice University. Additionally, he has given many presentations at high schools and national conferences on the details of the admissions process.

At Quad Education, he takes his passion for higher education to support students from various backgrounds and interests. He has helped many students get into some of the most competitive programs in the nation, obtain prestigious scholarships, and choose the school that is the best fit for them. Through his humorous nature, Dr. Nick prides himself in building a solid rapport with students and helping them bring out the best version of themselves. He likes to work closely with candidates to focus on creating a competitive candidacy for the top schools while helping foster important relationships through the right confidence-building initiatives.

Ruth’s excitement for unlocking the creative potential within each of her students and crafting compelling stories drive her love for working with high school students on their college applications. Throughout her life, Ruth has learned the importance of a growth mindset and is excited to help others realize how far they can go.

As an undergrad at Yale, Ruth followed her love for Japanese culture all the way to Japan, and she studied and worked in (and ate her way through) the country for a year after winning the prestigious Light Fellowship. After graduating with her BA in Political Science, she moved to Washington D.C. to work with a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) contractor, where she helped manage multimillion dollar projects in Tanzania, Malawi, and Kenya.

Desiring to uplevel her skillset through an MBA, Ruth attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was awarded the Diane V.S. and Robert M. Levy Endowed Fellowship and interned at a digital media company in New York on their strategy and business development team. During her second year, she started working on her own business idea-–Fudena, which was a successful fast-casual West African restaurant pop-up.

When she’s not helping students or thinking about her next business idea, Ruth enjoys teaching herself guitar, exploring different spiritual traditions, and improving her Rubik’s cube solve times (she’s currently averaging 1 minute and 30 seconds).