Sara  Larner

Using a highly personalized, results-focused methodology, I guide each student through the full process of college applications. Over 95% of my students get into a Top 100 university, and over 80% get into a Top 40 university. There are no guarantees with college applications, but with me, you can rest assured your student will have their best possible chance of admission to their dream school. This next step is too important to leave to chance. Choose Larner College Counseling to make sure your child is venturing out with confidence, as well as every advantage that admissions expertise can provide.

About Me

Sara Larner graduated cum laude from Columbia University's Barnard College, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Afterward, she went on to University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, where she earned the Master of the Fine Arts degree in Writing that makes her so perfectly suited to help you craft an exemplary essay.

Sara became a college counselor after discovering the unique satisfaction of helping her students get into their dream schools. She'd been tutoring for three years already, consistently helping students out with their application essays. After acceptances began rolling in, she began focusing seriously on this sub-specialty. After her tenth Ivy League acceptance in a single year, she knew that she could make a real difference in people's lives by becoming a full-time college counselor.

Nearly six years later, Sara has a 75% placement rate for her students in Top 50 Schools and a 98% placement rate for her students in Top 100 Schools (using the industry standard of US News rankings). Sara is confident she can guide you through every step of this process, and teach you the techniques necessary to get into the school of your choice. In addition to her own Ivy League education, she's honed a results-focused method over the years that has helped students earn acceptances everywhere from Princeton to MIT. Sara has even helped some students earn likely letters from various Ivy's, including Yale. (For anyone unfamiliar: a likely letter is a letter elite schools send out to top-tier applicants prior to official admission. These are essentially wooing letters, requesting the student refrain from accepting other admission options and indicating that a generous financial package can be expected; each school sends out only a hundred or so every application cycle.) Sara also has a great deal of experience helping students gain admission to BS/MD programs and post-graduate schools, including medical, dental, and law school.

Sara will work with you to build a college list, draft essays, and then polish said essays until they demonstrate exactly why each particular school needs to admit you.

Specialty Areas

Arts performing and visual arts applications, portfolios, Auditions, Application Essay Craft/Review, General Ed Counseling, Grad School Admissions-General

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