The Final Review Every College Application Must Have
BenThe Final Review Every College Application Must Have
Before an application ever reaches an admissions committee, it goes through one more read that most families never think to ask for. Former Johns Hopkins admissions officer Ben 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
Ben
Ben Gutierrez has over ten years of experience guiding students through college admissions, with expertise in selective universities. He has served on admissions and scholarship committees at Vanderbilt and Johns Hopkins, where he gained insight into what top schools value. Ben helps students—especially those interested in STEM, pre-health, and research—develop standout academic and extracurricular profiles. He holds a B.A. in Psychology from Vanderbilt and an M.L.A. from Johns Hopkins.
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 Ben, a former admissions officer at Johns Hopkins, 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 AdComm-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 AdComm 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.