Devery  D.

Devery D.

5.0

MBA with 15+yrs in Admissions and former Haas App Reader

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Studied at University of Texas at Austin

Admissions Committee Experience

Available December 30 at 8:30 PM UTC

I'm prioritizing clients who are in their app year and will be applying via early and regular decision this fall 2024. I will take on juniors and younger on a case by case basis and will begin working with them in late fall/early winter.

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Devery ’s MBA Qualifications

Coaches professionally

20+ people coached for MBA

Open to working with clients outside the U.S.

I read MBA applications for the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley; I sat on the UT Austin MBA Student Admissions Committee when I was earning my MBA; and I've been a recruiter for top tech companies in the SF Bay Area. I received a full Consortium fellowship to complete my MBA and was also named a Forte Fellow. This coupled with my over 10 years in college admissions make me uniquely qualified to offer a diverse and informed perspective on putting together a strong application.

Devery can help with:

Editing

Recommendations

Interviews

Waitlist Strategy

School Selection

Secondary Review

Application Strategy

Essays

Resume

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About Devery

Devery graduated from Harvard College in 2007. She later went on to receive her MBA on a full Consortium Fellowship at The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business. Devery has been working in the admissions field for over 15 years serving as a former admissions officer, application reader, and high school college counselor. She has worked with 100s of students, read well over 25k essays, and has helped students be admitted to nearly all the top 100 US colleges. She believes students should find colleges that fit their needs and not just rely on rankings. Devery is a lifelong advocate of education as a means of mobility and loves working with students from all backgrounds. She's spent time at the non-profit level working with Students from College Track, SEO Scholars, and the IDEA Charter Schools.

Why do I coach?

Admissions is a nebulous process and is an art and not a science. Shedding some light on this process and helping students think introspectively about themselves drives me to coach in this field. I was a first-generation college student myself and I know how daunting the process can be and how students and parents alike can overlook important aspects in the college research process. My aim is to help students apply to a balanced list of colleges where they will thrive, think deeply about what they and want and need out of the 4 year experience, and come back with more admits than denies.

Education

University of Texas at Austin Logo

University of Texas at Austin

MBA, Business

2016 - 2018

Student Admissions Committee Member; Consortium Fellow; Forte Fellow

Harvard University Logo

Harvard University

4 years, Senior Admissions Officer

2008 - 2012

Admissions Committee Experience

Admissions Officer responsible for several geographic areas in the admissions process

Devery was also personally admitted to

  • University of Chicago Logo

    University of Chicago

  • Stanford University Logo

    Stanford University

  • Dartmouth College Logo

    Dartmouth College

  • Southwestern University Logo

    Southwestern University

  • Colorado College Logo

    Colorado College

  • Brown University Logo

    Brown University

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology Logo

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Colorado School of Mines Logo

    Colorado School of Mines

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