Ms Denise Baylis

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Description of Services : I discovered my passion for College Counseling years ago while guiding my own sons on their very different paths to college. I understood only too well the stresses and pressures that teens—and parents—experience during the college search and admissions process. After talking to many other students and parents, I recognized the need for local knowledgeable and professional guidance. My experience with my own sons, and my thorough research and interactions with many families and students inspired me to pursue an education in College Counseling. While earning a Certificate in College Counseling with Distinction from UCLA, I began advising high school students, college transfer students and college grads. With a deep commitment to higher education access for all, I also provide pro bono college counseling services to financially disadvantaged and first generation high school students in my community.

At Open Door Educational Consultants, we believe that your student is much more than a collection of test scores, activities, a GPA and a few essays. I use a highly personalized
approach to get to know your teen as an individual, with his/her own unique strengths, talents, achievements and needs. I am especially skilled at working in tandem with students to identify and emphasize their positive traits.

As a former Vice President of a Fortune 500 media company, I bring significant expertise in marketing, advertising, branding and promotion to my personalized college consulting practice. Understanding how colleges, universities and college programs brand themselves, recognizing how a student fits within those brands, and helping the student shape and structure both the written and unwritten expression of that fit are key aspects of the college application and admissions process that Denise knows so well. This expertise is what differentiates Open Door Educational Consultants from other college counseling practices.

We believe in empowering you and your teen in the college-bound journey by giving you the knowledge, tools and insights to help your family make appropriate and well informed decisions.

It would be both our pleasure and an honor to guide you and your teen through the often self-revealing process of college search, application and admissions.

Description of Experience : College search, application, essay and admissions consulting for high school, college transfer students and graduate school students. Career advising for current students and new grads!