How to address COVID on your college application
with Shirag Shemmassian
Dr. Shirag Shemmassian is a college admissions expert who has helped hundreds of students get into top schools such as Princeton and MIT. He is also a former Cornell admissions interviewer.
Growing up with Tourette Syndrome in a middle class family, Dr. Shemmassian was often mocked by peers and teachers and discouraged from applying to elite colleges. Therefore, he taught himself everything he needed to know to graduate debt-free with his B.S. in Human Development from Cornell and his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from UCLA.
Dr. Shemmassian has been featured on The Washington Post, NBC, and HuffPost, as well as been invited to speak at Stanford, Yale, and UCLA. He presents on topics including standing out on college applications, writing memorable personal statements, and navigating higher education with a disability.
Learn more about his work at shemmassianconsulting.com/
Here are some great resources from Shirag:
About the Host:
Dr. Maggie Wray is a certified ADHD Coach & Academic Life Coach with a Ph.D. in Neurobiology and Behavior from Cornell and a Bachelor’s degree in Astrophysics from Princeton. She founded Creating Positive Futures in 2012 to help high school and college students learn how to earn better grades with less stress. Her team of dedicated coaches is on a mission to empower students to develop the mindset, organization, time management, and study skills they need to achieve their goals.
Learn more at creatingpositivefutures.com
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