Tutor Meg M. (Undergraduate (School Selection) and 3 other subjects)

BS from Northeastern University; EdM from Harvard University Graduate School of Education; MEd from University of Massachusetts, Boston and Certificate in College Counseling from University of California, Los Angeles.
Licensed Massachusetts school counselor with experience helping students and families from around the globe (most recently Nigeria, Panama, Brazil & Massachusetts) navigate the full spectrum of the college admissions process.
A Spanish speaker, Meg lived in Costa Rica and Panama; she now lives in Colombia.
As an outside application reader for one of the nation’s leading business schools, Meg has become a bit of a college essay fanatic preferring to read her students’ essays to a good book.

Academic Biography

Meg graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science from Northeastern University. She earned a Master of Human Development and Psychology (Ed.M.) from Harvard University, a Master of School Counseling (MEd) from the University of Massachusetts, Boston and completed the college counseling certificate program at the University of California, Los Angeles. Meg is a licensed Massachusetts school counselor with nine years of experience as a teacher and counselor in both private and public schools and 2.0+ years of working privately with families. Meg was also an outside reader of undergraduate applications for Bentley University.

Professional Biography

In 2015, she was a selected panelist on the “How America Pays for College: What Admissions Counselors and High School Guidance Counselors Need to Know” session at the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) annual national conference in San Diego, a rare attainment for a private counselor.

Personal Biography

Having lived in Central America for over a decade, Meg is experienced with helping students from around the globe in the admissions process to schools all over the world. In 2016, she moved to Bogota, Colombia with her family for yet another adventure of overseas living and college counseling. Her most joyful role is the one of mother to her three daughters. She looks forward to returning to New England one day and living in her 190-year-old Greek revival home.

May 7, 2018

Summer Summer Dos and Don’ts for Parents

by Meg M.

For parents, the end of the school year often comes as a relief. Considering the intensity of the end-of-year rush—final projects, exams, AP tests—it makes sense that we believe our kids deserve a break. And they do. But how much of a break is healthy? Read more