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With over 5,000 colleges in the US, it is no easy task for high school students to search through the options and determine which colleges to send their applications. Not every campus, regardless of ranking, is the best fit for every student.

So, how do you select a college where your student will thrive and succeed, while also matching their college goals? Which colleges offer the majors they want to study? Which colleges align with their extracurricular interests? Based on their high school academic performance, which colleges would be safety or reach schools? Join FLEX to learn how our admissions experts advise students on finding and selecting right-fit colleges.

Erica approaches college counseling with a focus on both college readiness and meaningful
personal growth. She earned her B.A. in Psychology and Japanese from Williams College,
graduating Magna Cum Laude with Highest Honors in Psychology, and later completed her
M.Phil. in Education at the University of Cambridge, where she studied adolescent identity,
development, and well-being, especially in multilingual learning contexts. Her students have gone on to attend universities such as UCLA, UC Berkeley, the University of Chicago, Brown, Emory, Tufts, and the University of Oxford, among many others. Fluent in Chinese, English, and Japanese, she supports families across multilingual and
multicultural contexts, aiming to make the application process more accessible, reflective, and
empowering.

Leon graduated from UCLA with a B.S. in Biology, with a focus on ecology and conservation. He is a Master College Counselor at FLEX, with over 10 years of science education, and over 5 years of college essay writing and counseling experience. His passion lies in education and helping students realize their full potential as he guides them through college advising and essay writing. With his extensive STEM background, Leon is passionate about helping students discover STEM opportunities to explore practical research programs utilizing the scientific method and its iterative process. For the 2025-2026 cycle alone, Leon helped 30 families accumulate $2.1 million in merit aid scholarships and gain acceptance to top universities like: Northwestern, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Claremont McKenna, University of Michigan, MIT, Columbia, NYU, Stanford, and more.

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