About the Role
To Ivy Advance is hiring an experienced former undergraduate admissions officer to support students during the upcoming college application season.
The immediate focus of this role is reviewing and commenting on college application materials for high school seniors. The mentor may also work with younger students on long-term college admissions planning and strategy execution.
We are primarily seeking former admissions officers from Top-30 national universities, other nationally prominent and highly selective universities, or leading liberal arts colleges.
Senior Application Review
For a new high school senior, the standard assignment generally includes:
- One paid hour reviewing and commenting on assigned application materials
- One paid one-hour consultation with the student
Materials may include:
- Common Application personal statements
- Supplemental essays
- Activities and Honors sections
- Additional Information statements
- Résumés
- Scholarship or special-program essays
- Other assigned application materials
The mentor will provide substantive feedback on content, structure, authenticity, clarity, strategic positioning, and overall application coherence.
This is a limited-scope consultation. Unless the student purchases additional services, the mentor is not responsible for managing the student’s complete application process or monitoring subsequent revisions and deadlines.
Senior students may purchase additional consultation and review hours when appropriate.
Long-Term Student Mentorship
Qualified mentors may also be assigned to younger students enrolled in long-term college planning services.
Our internal team will recruit the student, compile the student’s profile, develop an initial strategy, establish preliminary milestones, and assign a total number of mentorship hours.
Once the mentorship begins, the mentor becomes the primary professional lead for the student and will:
- Review and refine the initial strategy
- Lead regular student meetings
- Guide execution of the student’s long-term plan
- Monitor progress toward academic and extracurricular milestones
- Advise on summer programs, competitions, research, internships, leadership opportunities, and other student-development activities
- Review relevant applications and written materials
- Adjust the strategy when necessary
- Report meeting outcomes and concerns to the department director
- Request departmental support when needed
The mentor may make routine tactical adjustments independently. Major changes involving the overall strategy, service scope, milestones, or assigned hours require department approval.
Qualifications
Applicants must have:
- Verifiable professional experience in undergraduate admissions at a highly selective college or university
- Direct experience reviewing complete undergraduate applications
- Strong understanding of holistic admissions
- Excellent English writing, editing, and communication skills
- Ability to provide developmental and strategic feedback rather than only grammatical corrections
- Ability to preserve the student’s authentic voice and authorship
- Strong judgment regarding application positioning and narrative coherence
- Ability to work effectively with high school students
- Strong organization, reliability, and attention to deadlines
- Willingness to follow company documentation, communication, confidentiality, and academic-integrity policies
- Legal authorization to work in the United States
- Availability during the active application season, including some evenings or weekends when necessary
Experience solely as an alumni interviewer, student ambassador, admissions volunteer, or campus tour guide does not satisfy the former admissions officer requirement.
Preferred Qualifications
Preference will be given to candidates with:
- Multiple years of full-time admissions experience
- Admissions committee or decision-making experience
- Experience at a Top-30 university or leading liberal arts college
- Assistant director, associate director, director, or dean-level experience
- Experience reviewing international or multilingual applicants
- Prior college counseling or independent consulting experience
- Experience mentoring students in Grades 9–11
- Strong experience with personal statements and supplemental essays
Compensation
The position pays $100–$150 per hour, based on the candidate’s institution, admissions title, years of experience, committee responsibilities, writing expertise, and advising background.
Both assigned student meetings and assigned application-review hours are paid.
Long-term mentors and mentors providing continuing senior consultation may also qualify for performance bonuses based on verified student milestones, including reach college admissions, elite summer-program acceptances, and major competition awards. Detailed bonus eligibility and calculation terms will be provided during the interview and included in the formal compensation agreement.
Mentors are not expected to guarantee admissions or other third-party outcomes. All advising must prioritize ethical practice, accurate representation, student authenticity, and the student’s best interests.
Application Requirements
Please submit:
- Current résumé or curriculum vitae
- A cover letter including:
1. A brief description of your admissions-office experience, institution, official title, and dates of employment
2. Description of your application-reading and admissions-committee responsibilities
3.General weekly availability
4. Desired hourly rate
5. At least one professional reference
Finalists may be asked to complete a limited-scope or compensated evaluation of anonymized application materials.
About To Ivy Advance
To Ivy Advance is a New York-based educational organization providing college admissions advising, academic instruction, standardized-test preparation, research guidance, and long-term student development services.
Pay: $100.00 - $150.00 per hour
Work Location: Remote
