College Admissions Counseling in Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh is one of the most beautiful and lively college scenes in the nation, so if your student is serious about going to school there, your family will benefit from Empowerly’s Pittsburgh admissions counseling experts to guide the way.
Don’t let your student submit their application without Empowerly’s Pittsburgh college consulting! Reach out today to book your free consult.
Personalized Pittsburgh College Admissions Counseling
Empowerly doesn’t believe in cookie-cutter counseling services; the college admissions journey is far too important. Instead, we offer customized teams of experts hand-picked for students according to their needs and goals. Empowerly’s Pittsburgh college admissions consulting services include:
- Experts in Everything from Essay Writing to Financial Planning: Our students are surrounded by the country’s most experienced college admissions pros who know every aspect of college admissions and application processes.
- Application-Enhancing Opportunities Only Empowerly Can Provide: Colleges need to see more than high test scores and good grades. We offer opportunities for startup internships, research programs, and more.
- Monitoring and Measuring for the Best Possible Outcomes: We monitor and measure extracurriculars and academics then match them to the colleges that best fit your student. Our experts deliver holistic counseling that results in your student submitting a college application that makes a great impression.
We Can Help
11x
Boost your chances
Achieve over 11x improved admissions rates with Empowerly.
700+
Years of combined experience
Our college admission consultants have a combined 700+ years of academic guidance and admissions experience and have read and reviewed over 122,250 college applications.
94%
Get into a top 50 college
94% of Empowerly students with a 3.6+ GPA got into a top 50 US college.
On average the Empowerly counseling team spends 25X more time working with a student on college admissions than the average high school counselor.
Empowerly counselors collectively have over 200 years of admissions experience and have held numerous positions in university admissions at schools like Stanford, UChicago, UC Berkeley, UPenn, Yale, Columbia and many more.
In 2021, our students received acceptances to more than 170 different colleges and universities, including all Ivy League Schools, MIT, UChicago, and many more.
The Empowerly Advantage
| Colleges | Empowerly Acceptance Rate | National Average Acceptance Rate | The Empowerly Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowdoin | 100.0% | 9.1% | 11x |
| Emory | 100.0% | 13.0% | 8x |
| Georgetown | 100.0% | 12.0% | 8x |
| UC Berkeley | 75.0% | 15.1% | 5x |
| NYU | 64.0% | 15.0% | 4x |
| Brown | 50.0% | 8.0% | 6x |
| UCLA | 50.0% | 8.0% | 6x |
| Johns Hopkins | 36.0% | 6.0% | 6x |
| MIT | 36.0% | 6.0% | 5x |
| Princeton | 33.3% | 5.0% | 7x |
| Columbia | 25.0% | 6.1% | 4x |
| Harvard | 20.0% | 6.0% | 3x |
| Yale | 17.0% | 5.1% | 3x |
Colleges Around Pittsburgh, PA
University Of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh is a public university in PA, founded in 1787 and offers Bachelor's degrees for undergraduates and Master's and Doctoral degrees for graduate students. The undergraduate enrollment is 19,197, and the graduate enrollment is 9,037. The University of Pittsburgh is a highly selective school, receiving 32,549 applications and accepting 63.9% of applicants. Additionally, the University of Pittsburgh's athletics teams compete at the club, intramural, and varsity levels.
Pittsburgh, PA College Counselors Success Stories
Catherine
Parent
We couldn't have gotten our son into PITT without Empowerly's help.
Jacob
Student
I was getting so overwhelmed by the college admissions process. With Empowerly's help I was able to navigate the process easily and get into my dream school.
Cherise
Student
Empowerly for the win!! What an amazing team to work with!