About Me

As a long-standing member of Yale University’s Alumni Schools Committee in India, Amanda interviewed and evaluated dozens of university applicants. Through these interviews and post-interview guidance, she realized that too many students do not fully understand what differentiates the American liberal arts style of education, and that overseas applicants often have poor or no advice on how best to present their candidacy.

She became inspired to focus on formally helping students navigate the complex college and graduate school application process, helping them achieve admissions to their dream schools both in the U.S. and in other geographies. Amanda finds great joy in working with young people and advising students during the college preparation, application, and decision process.

Amanda remains a specialist in Asian art and a veteran of the art auction industry, having spent the majority of her career at Bonhams in San Francisco and New York. She regularly appeared on television in a variety of appraisal shows, including PBS’s Antiques Roadshow and HGTV’s Appraise It!, among others. She has lived in Asia since 2008 with her husband and daughter, first in Bangalore and now in Singapore.

Specialty Areas

Arts performing and visual arts applications, portfolios, Auditions

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Bard College, Duke University, Smith College, Middlebury College, Mount Holyoke College, Cornell University, King's College London, Ashoka University, University of Edinburgh, University of St. Andrews, Reed College, Case Western Reserve University, Tulane University, Skidmore College, Colgate University, Southwestern University, The University of Texas at Austin, Emory University, University of Texas at Dallas, Bowdoin College, Bryn Mawr College, Davidson College, Grinnell College, Fordham University, Hamilton College, Syracuse University, Boston College, Claremont McKenna College, The University of Arizona, Arizona State University -- Tempe Campus, Northeastern University, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Wichita State University, Kettering University, Valparaiso University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Arizona State University -- Downtown Phoenix Campus, Boston University, Trinity College, Union College, University of San Francisco, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Savannah College of Art and Design, Brown University, Vassar College, University of Vermont, Loyola Marymount University, University of Connecticut, Virginia Tech, University of Virginia, Seattle University, Flame University, SOAS University of London, Loughborough University, Queen Mary University of London, University of Glasgow, The Culinary Institute of America at Hyde Park, University of Leeds, Marist College, The University of Manchester, Imperial College London, Willamette University, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University of Washington, Seattle, Georgia Institute of Technology, Purdue University -- West Lafayette, Clark University, University of California, Irvine, University of California, Riverside, DePaul University, Drexel University, University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of California, Davis, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, University of California, Santa Cruz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of California, San Diego, University of Southern California, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University College London, University of Cambridge, Lehigh University, Franklin & Marshall College, Stony Brook University, Chapman University, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey -- New Brunswick, Krea University, McGill University, Oberlin College, University of Oxford, University of Southampton, University of Nottingham, Pennsylvania State University -- University Park, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Haverford College, San Jose State University, San Diego State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of San Diego, Occidental College, The Ohio State University -- Columbus, University of California -- Los Angeles, University of California, Santa Barbara, The George Washington University, American University, London College of Fashion, Trinity University, Parsons The New School for Design, University of Massachusetts Boston, University of Pittsburgh, University of Bristol, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey -- Camden, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey -- Newark, Wellesley College, University of Strathclyde, Dickinson College, Knox College, Lawrence University, Central Saint Martins

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