Co-Founder and President of International College Counselors. Provide personalized strategies and support for students seeking undergraduate and graduate school admissions. Specialties include college planning and guidance, essay review, application review, interview prep and school selection; Author of "From Public School to the Ivy League: How to Get into a Top School without Top Dollar Resources" and "International Admissions: How to get accepted to U.S. Colleges"

About Me

Mandee Heller Adler is a renowned college counseling expert, a Certified Educational Planner, and the founder of International College Counselors. She is known through her work with high school students and her fast-selling books: From Public School to the Ivy League: How to get into a top school without top dollar resources, International Admissions: How to get accepted to U.S. Colleges, and To University and Beyond: Launch your career in high gear. She is regularly featured in US News and World Report and has also been featured in dozens of other newspapers, magazines, radio and television programs, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo!Parenting, Money, NBC News, and FOX Business News.

Since high school, Mandee has shown a true commitment to education. Attending the University of Pennsylvania, she was a Benjamin Franklin Scholar and graduated with honors and two degrees — one from the Wharton School and one from the College of Arts and Sciences. She also earned her MBA from Harvard Business School, where she was selected as a Class Day Speaker. Additionally, she studied at ICADE, a premier business school located in Madrid, Spain, after receiving a fellowship from Rotary International.

Her many community-related activities include serving on the Executive Board of the Penn Fund and volunteering for 13 years as an alumni interviewer for the school. She was also president of the Penn Gold Coast Alumni Association, representing Broward and Palm Beach Counties. Mandee is her Harvard Business School Section Fundraising Chair and has served or currently serves on the boards of the following organizations: the Memorial Healthcare System Foundation, the Florida Youth Orchestra, the Lynn University Admissions Advisory Council, and the Jewish Federation of Broward Women’s Philanthropy Committee.

Prior to starting International College Counselors, Mandee worked as an investment banker for Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York. She later co-founded HerDollar, Inc, which she sold to Siebert Financial Corp (NASDAQ: SIEB) in October of 2000, and served as EVP and COO of Women’s Financial Network at Siebert, a fully operational national discount brokerage focused on women.

Offices: Ft. Lauderdale and Miami Beach, FL; virtual clients
Certifications: Certified Educational Planner
Memberships: IECA, NACAC, SACAC, and HECA

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