Before Your Senior Hits Submit: The Final Application Check
DenardBefore Your Senior Hits Submit: The Final Application Check
Before an application ever reaches an admissions committee, it goes through one more read that most families never think to ask for. Former admissions officer Denard reveals what an admissions committee review actually catches — the inconsistencies and small mistakes that quietly cost strong applicants. If your student is finishing applications this fall, this is the review that happens before it's too late to fix anything.
Speaker Info
Denard
Denard is one of Empowlery’s lead counselors. He has worked as an admissions officer at Elon University and Saint Joseph's University for over a decade. He then transitioned to college counseling directing a Duke University summer program and two independent schools. Denard earned a B.S. in Business Administration with a minor in Computer Information Systems from Elon University.
About this Webinar
Before an application ever reaches an admissions committee, it goes through one more read that most families never think to ask for. Join Denard, a former admissions officer at Elon College, for a behind-the-scenes look at what an admissions committee review actually catches—the inconsistencies, missed opportunities, and small mistakes that quietly cost strong applicants. You'll see what a real AdCom-style review looks like in practice, evaluated the same way a college's own committee would read it. Ben will walk through why a student's own perspective on their file is often the least reliable one, and what it means to have a former admissions officer catch a problem before submission instead of after. If your student is finishing applications this fall, this is the review that happens before it's too late to fix anything.
In this webinar, you'll learn:
- What a Committee Actually Catches: Inconsistencies between an essay, an activity description, and a recommendation letter are invisible to a student — but not to a trained reader.
- Read the Way It Will Be Read: An AdCom review evaluates a file the same way a real admissions committee does, before submission instead of after.
- The Last Chance to Fix It: Once an application is submitted, there's no second read. This is the review that happens while changes are still possible.