Anonymous
09/01/2013 15:28
Subject: Ideas for Evening Jobs
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I make $155/hr doing college admissions consulting in my spare time.
Do you work in a related field for your day job? If not, how did you get started in this? I'm interested in doing something similar.
Totally unrelated, I'm in corp strategy.
I started by volunteering as an alumnus interviewer for admissions. Just contact your alma mater. I did that for a few years then I aske for a leadership role in the alumni org and took on a bigger interaction with the admissions office. Not reading essays but just being more connected. Then I offered to read essays part time during peak app periods, they agreed and I did that for a few months. Then I got a graduate degree and basically ended up as an alumni interviewer again. By the point I had enough knowledge to be marketable. I work with another firm that sends me clients. I could make more by having my own business but this way I just sit back and let the work come to me. If suggest following a similar path, and look up AIGAC. Most of the people I know who do this are moms who quit the rat race. A lot of the top firms that run admissions work will work with you even if all you have is a top notch degree and some pedigree. One girl I know was at Bain for several years and then just decided the 80 hour work weeks weren't worth it. She now lives in Kauai....
If you want to talk offline happy to.
What are the top firms? I do have a top notch degree and a graduate degree, and I am interested in this because I have younger children and want a flexible schedule. I don't know what you mean by "some pedigree" though. I don't have any connections, or prominent family members, and I'm new to the area.
Pedigree just means brand name schooling. Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Chicago, Kellogg, stern, MIT, etc. Take a look at Stacey Blackman, clearadmit, essay edge, veritas, etc. or just google "admissions consulting", you'll get a decent list that way (or look at the AIGAC member list). There are firms that specialize in undergrad, mba, phd, law, medical schools - etc. Generally easiest to sell yourself to whatever your masters is in.
Hope this helps.
Anonymous
09/01/2013 15:23
Subject: Ideas for Evening Jobs
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What is your background for college admissions counseling?
Just started doing it one day for free. Developed a reputation as being successful, starting charging for it. Now I charge about $5,000 per client and do about 10 a year. It wont buy me a maserati but it works. If you want to get into it, a good starting place is coming to an AIGAC (google it) event.
Just googled AIGAC, and it's graduate school admissions. Do you have an MBA? Law degree? I'm sure I could do this for college admissions, but I only have a MS. Who are most of your clients, and where do you find them? My kids are in high school (public and private), where lots of deep-pocketed parents would pay for advice. I have an Ivy degree, so that might give me some credibility. I'm currently counseling my own kids, but how did you find your first non-relative client? I'm not in DC.
I focus on grad school, but the concept is the same. Just start doing it for free. I focused on the BRIC countries at first because they had a never ending supply of people interested. Google for admissions forums - there are several out there. I started by answering queries on there and then as I became more trusted I started doing essay review. The Ivy League absolutely helps - call your alma mater, get volunteering with the admissions office - start being a part time reader. A year of that will then give you the credibility to start posting on forums.
Anonymous
09/01/2013 10:55
Subject: Ideas for Evening Jobs
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I make $155/hr doing college admissions consulting in my spare time.
Do you work in a related field for your day job? If not, how did you get started in this? I'm interested in doing something similar.
Totally unrelated, I'm in corp strategy.
I started by volunteering as an alumnus interviewer for admissions. Just contact your alma mater. I did that for a few years then I aske for a leadership role in the alumni org and took on a bigger interaction with the admissions office. Not reading essays but just being more connected. Then I offered to read essays part time during peak app periods, they agreed and I did that for a few months. Then I got a graduate degree and basically ended up as an alumni interviewer again. By the point I had enough knowledge to be marketable. I work with another firm that sends me clients. I could make more by having my own business but this way I just sit back and let the work come to me. If suggest following a similar path, and look up AIGAC. Most of the people I know who do this are moms who quit the rat race. A lot of the top firms that run admissions work will work with you even if all you have is a top notch degree and some pedigree. One girl I know was at Bain for several years and then just decided the 80 hour work weeks weren't worth it. She now lives in Kauai....
If you want to talk offline happy to.
What are the top firms? I do have a top notch degree and a graduate degree, and I am interested in this because I have younger children and want a flexible schedule. I don't know what you mean by "some pedigree" though. I don't have any connections, or prominent family members, and I'm new to the area.
Anonymous
09/01/2013 10:42
Subject: Ideas for Evening Jobs
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What is your background for college admissions counseling?
Just started doing it one day for free. Developed a reputation as being successful, starting charging for it. Now I charge about $5,000 per client and do about 10 a year. It wont buy me a maserati but it works. If you want to get into it, a good starting place is coming to an AIGAC (google it) event.
Just googled AIGAC, and it's graduate school admissions. Do you have an MBA? Law degree? I'm sure I could do this for college admissions, but I only have a MS. Who are most of your clients, and where do you find them? My kids are in high school (public and private), where lots of deep-pocketed parents would pay for advice. I have an Ivy degree, so that might give me some credibility. I'm currently counseling my own kids, but how did you find your first non-relative client? I'm not in DC.
Anonymous
08/30/2013 21:16
Subject: Ideas for Evening Jobs
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I make $155/hr doing college admissions consulting in my spare time.
Do you work in a related field for your day job? If not, how did you get started in this? I'm interested in doing something similar.
Totally unrelated, I'm in corp strategy.
I started by volunteering as an alumnus interviewer for admissions. Just contact your alma mater. I did that for a few years then I aske for a leadership role in the alumni org and took on a bigger interaction with the admissions office. Not reading essays but just being more connected. Then I offered to read essays part time during peak app periods, they agreed and I did that for a few months. Then I got a graduate degree and basically ended up as an alumni interviewer again. By the point I had enough knowledge to be marketable. I work with another firm that sends me clients. I could make more by having my own business but this way I just sit back and let the work come to me. If suggest following a similar path, and look up AIGAC. Most of the people I know who do this are moms who quit the rat race. A lot of the top firms that run admissions work will work with you even if all you have is a top notch degree and some pedigree. One girl I know was at Bain for several years and then just decided the 80 hour work weeks weren't worth it. She now lives in Kauai....
If you want to talk offline happy to.
Anonymous
08/30/2013 15:35
Subject: Ideas for Evening Jobs
Anonymous wrote:I make $155/hr doing college admissions consulting in my spare time.
Do you work in a related field for your day job? If not, how did you get started in this? I'm interested in doing something similar.
Anonymous
08/30/2013 14:24
Subject: Ideas for Evening Jobs
^^pp here
NOT an easy job or part time
NOT an easy job or part time
Anonymous
08/30/2013 14:24
Subject: Ideas for Evening Jobs
Anonymous wrote:911 operator. Cab driver. Front desk person at a health club (the one I worked at stayed open until 11:30pm).
Ummm, 911 operator's are considered public safety communicators and it is most certainly a part time (or easy) job. They are as cranky as cops in terms of dealing with the citizenry.
Anonymous
08/30/2013 14:13
Subject: Re:Ideas for Evening Jobs
I do college admissions and SAT tutoring. No longr in DC but like PP it works great for me. I charge about the sane as pp for admissions and $80 an hr for SAT prep put in package form so most kids it's a package costing $600-$1200