About Me

Elizabeth Young earned her BA in Classical Languages and Literature from Columbia (Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude) and her PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley, spending a decade teaching English and Classical literature at Wellesley and Vassar after starting her career teaching English, Latin, and writing at a New York City high school. She's taught and mentored hundreds of students across a wide range of backgrounds and needs, including gifted students and those with learning differences, physical disabilities, or mental health challenges.

While at Wellesley, Elizabeth served on the college's Admissions Committee, reviewing applications from across the country and seeing firsthand how a standout essay can transform an application — experience that also launched her graduate admissions coaching work with future PhD candidates at Princeton, Stanford, Dartmouth, and Berkeley. A published author of an academic book on translation, numerous scholarly articles, and a prize-winning poetry collection, she's lectured at over fifty universities worldwide and draws on an extensive network built across her academic career.

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Princeton, Stanford, Dartmouth, UC Berkeley, and many other schools through the graduate school application process

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