Rana Slosberg, College Admissions Consultant 

Growing up, my father always spoke of the importance of education and encouraged me to follow my dreams. While my father’s education was meager, he made sure that my sister and I went to college and provided funds for us and our children to attend. I graduated summa cum laude from the Polytechnic Institute of NY, now part of NYU, in just three years, one of only a handful of women engineering graduates that year.

After a long and successful career with a Global 500 company in the aerospace industry, I decided to pursue a second career. My son, who had recently graduated from Cornell University and my daughter, who was attending Massachusetts Institute of Technology, suggested that I might want to become an independent college admissions consultant. They recognized the joy I had working with them on their respective college searches.  I went back to school, completed a certificate in Independent Educational Consulting, resumed visiting colleges, and founded Slosberg College Solutions LLC in 2010.

I carry on my dad’s message by assisting high school students with the college selection and application process. I help students find colleges that fit them academically and socially, colleges that their families can afford, often with the help of need-based or merit financial aid.

In addition to a Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Engineering, I have a Master of Arts degree in Computer Science from Queens College, and an Independent Educational Consultant Certificate from the University of California Irvine Extension. I attend workshops and college admissions conferences to keep abreast of changes in the field and visit colleges regularly. In addition to working with students, I speak and blog on a variety of college admissions topics.

As a member of the Higher Education Consultants Association (HECA), I subscribe to the HECA standards of good practice. I am also a member of the New Jersey Association for College Admission Counseling (NJACAC) and a member of the Somerset County Business Partnership, the regional Chamber of Commerce.