About this webinar
Join Marc Zawel and Stephen Friedfeld, AcceptU’s co-founders, as they draw on 15+ years of experience working with Palo Alto families to explain how top colleges view applicants from Los Altos, Gunn, Paly and nearby independent schools — including Castilleja, Harker, Menlo, Sacred Heart, Bellarmine and Crystal Springs Uplands — and what families can do now to help their students build a strong profile and ultimately stand out in the application process. In this session, you will learn:
- How selective colleges evaluate applicants from Palo Alto
- What students in grades 8-11 can focus on now
- The most common missteps Palo Alto students make
- Real case studies from Palo Alto-area schools
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Presented by
Marc Zawel
Marc is the author of Untangling the Ivy League, a best-selling guidebook on the Ancient Eight. He earned a BA from Cornell University and an MBA from University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Marc chaired the admissions ambassadors at Cornell and the admissions advisory board at UNC.
Stephen Friedfeld
Stephen received a BA from Cornell University, an MA from Columbia University Teachers College and a Ph.D. from Rice University. Prior to founding AcceptU, Stephen was an Assistant Dean of admissions at Cornell and an Associate Dean of graduate admissions at Princeton University. Stephen is an IECA Member.