Nicholas W.

Nicholas W.

Experienced Admissions Consultant || Stanford -> Duke Law (w/ full-ride)

Studied at Stanford University

Works at CollegeAdvisor.com

Available Tuesday at 6:00 PM UTC

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Available Tuesday at 6:00 PM UTC

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Nicholas’s Law School Qualifications

Open to working with clients outside the U.S.

I have been in the college consulting industry for my entire adult life. I have sent students to Oxford, the University of Virginia (full scholarship), and Stanford Law School, among many others. As for myself: T14 law schools offered me nearly $1 million in aggregate scholarship offers. Editing is my jam. As a college admissions consultant, I have helped countless students express their narratives in compelling, relatively short essays. Moreover, I have edited millions of words at The Stanford Daily, including for a year as its head copy editor. Previously, I have worked as a copy editor for Stanford Politics Magazine and Caesura Magazine; and I have copy edited full-length books and think tank reports. I find editing both engaging and existentially meaningful.

Nicholas can help with:

Financial Aid & Scholarships

Recommendations

Interviews

Waitlist Strategy

School Selection

Application Strategy

CAS Application Edit

Essays

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About Nicholas

Hi there — I’m Nicholas. I’m currently a Duke Law student, working toward a JD and LLM in international law. I also work at a China tech news outlet called ChinaTalk. Before that, I was at Stanford, where I studied Chinese politics. My undergrad experience was totally wild. I lived for about a year and a half in Taiwan and Hong Kong, studying at National Taiwan University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Along the way, I picked up way too many jobs, including: open-source China analyst for the State Department; staffer for Senator Romney; RA to a military and foreign affairs professor; intern for various NGOs serving populations in Taiwan, Thailand, and North Korea; and The Stanford Daily’s head copy editor. And just for fun, I took a year-long sequence in discrete mathematics. Right after high school and before college, I served a two-year mission in Toronto, Canada, where I met with and served something like 10,000 people from over 100 countries. My time there was unforgettable, and I miss volunteering for seventy-two hours per week. I try to make up for it now by volunteering at a crisis hotline. In my “free” time, I really enjoy: practicing Chopin and Rachmaninoff; swimming laps; reading voraciously; and planning my next vacation to the beach. I look forward to hearing your story!

Why do I coach?

I’ve always been an outspoken grammar cop, so early on (even before I was in college!) many of my family members and peers consulted with me on polishing their college essays. That was how I got my foot in the door — but as I worked with more and more students, and expanded the services I offered, I just found that I had a blast doing this work. It’s so gratifying and humbling to see students go from a totally blank canvas and unarticulated ambitions to an offer of admission and clearer direction for the future.