Justin Neiman is a former Harvard Admissions Officer and Assistant Dean at Stanford University with over 15 years of experience in higher education and college admissions advising. As an Undergraduate Admissions Officer at Harvard, he evaluated first-year and transfer applications from around the world, reviewed academic credentials and essays, interviewed applicants, and participated directly in admissions committee decision-making.
Before joining the Harvard Admissions Office, Justin served as an Ombudsman at Harvard Medical School, where he worked closely with academic leaders across the Harvard science community and several jointly affiliated MIT programs, including the Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program.
During his tenure at Stanford University, Justin served for more than five years as an Assistant Dean of Student Affairs. In that role, he advised first-year students, taught courses in leadership and interpersonal learning, and served as the Residence Dean for the Stanford in Oxford Program.
Justin earned his master’s degree from Stanford University and his bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College. He is a frequent speaker on college admissions and has been featured in outlets such as Forbes and U.S. News & World Report.


Justin Neiman is a former Harvard Admissions Officer and Assistant Dean at Stanford University with over 15 years of experience in higher education and college admissions advising. As an Undergraduate Admissions Officer at Harvard, he evaluated first-year and transfer applications from around the world, reviewed academic credentials and essays, interviewed applicants, and participated directly in admissions committee decision-making.
Before joining the Harvard Admissions Office, Justin served as an Ombudsman at Harvard Medical School, where he worked closely with academic leaders across the Harvard science community and several jointly affiliated MIT programs, including the Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program.
During his tenure at Stanford University, Justin served for more than five years as an Assistant Dean of Student Affairs. In that role, he advised first-year students, taught courses in leadership and interpersonal learning, and served as the Residence Dean for the Stanford in Oxford Program.
Justin earned his master’s degree from Stanford University and his bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College. He is a frequent speaker on college admissions and has been featured in outlets such as Forbes and U.S. News & World Report.
Valerie Ong is an admissions counselor with over a decade of experience in higher education, including undergraduate admissions roles at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley. She brings deep, firsthand insight into how highly selective admissions decisions are made across both private and public research universities.
As an Admissions Officer in Stanford University's Office of Undergraduate Admission, Valerie reviewed and evaluated first-year and transfer applications and participated directly in admissions committee deliberations and decisions. She also represented Stanford at international recruitment events and served as an Admissions Reader for Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies and the Stanford Summer Humanities Institute.
At the University of California, Berkeley, Valerie served as an Undergraduate Admissions Reader in the Office of Admissions, a study abroad advisor, and a Resident Engagement Manager at the International House. Valerie is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.

Trevor King brings over a decade of experience helping students navigate the admissions process for highly selective U.S. colleges. He earned his degree in Psychology from Dartmouth College, where he collaborated with the Chair of the Education Department on a series of anthologies published by Cornell University Press.
Trevor is an experienced speaker on college admissions trends and strategies who has delivered seminars both nationally and internationally. He brings a strategic and analytical approach to admissions advising, drawing on his deep understanding of the highly selective admissions landscape to help students assess their strengths, identify opportunities to distinguish themselves, and develop profiles that stand out in competitive applicant pools.
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Julien Chang graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University with a bachelor's degree in German Literature. His senior thesis on 19th- and 20th-century German philosophy was a co-winner of the Victor Lange Senior Thesis Award. He also received the Mary Cunningham Humphreys Prize and the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany Book Prize for his academic writing.
An accomplished musician and composer whose work has been performed throughout the United States and Europe, Julien brings a creative perspective to his work with students. Drawing on his background in writing and the arts, he helps students develop strong admissions narratives and communicate what makes them distinctive through their essays and application materials.


