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AMY
AMY W.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY M.A. APPLIED LINGUISTICS
BROWN UNIVERSITY M.A. POLITICAL SCIENCE
AMY
Senior Consultant
ABOUT AMY
STANDARDIZED TEST PREP
TOEFL/ IELTS/ SAT/ ACT/ GRE/ SSAT
BOARDING SCHOOL/ COLLEGE/ GRAD SCHOOL CONSULTING
8+ years’ experience assisting young adults and adults gain admissions to top institutions in the U.S. and worldwide
UN HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS INTERN
FORMER ETS TOEIC SPEAKING/WRITING TEST ITEM CREATOR
PIANO
classically trained pianist
LANGUAGES
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English
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Mandarin Chinese
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Japanese
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Spanish
EDUCATION
Columbia, Applied Linguistics MA ’13
Brown, Political Science MA ’19
SCHOOLS ADMITTED
New York University
University of Pennsylvania
Columbia University
Brown University
WHY AMY?
- Amy is a successful test prep expert, linguist, and educational consultant offering 8+ years’ experience assisting young adults and adults gain admissions to top institutions in the U.S. and worldwide.Amy is multilingual and multicultural and has lived and worked in various countries in Asia and the Americas.
- Amy is multilingual and multicultural and has lived and worked in various countries in Asia and the Americas.
EXPERIENCE
Amy has successfully helped hundreds of students in the U.S., China, and Taiwan achieve their goals of studying at a top university over the past 8 years. Amy is a creative, persistent individual who empathizes with international students. She tailors her teaching/coaching style based on international students’ needs, and she believes every student deserves a chance to study at the school of their dreams.
SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Fulbright Scholarship Awardee
- ETS TOEIC speaking and writing test item creator
- Globally Certified British Council IELTS speaking and writing examiner
- Brown University Venture Prize Finalist
- MassChallenge Boston Semifinalist
- Bridge to MassChallenge Taiwan Finalist
- Brown University Full Ph.D. scholarship
- Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Intern
- Volunteer English/TOEFL tutor at IRC’s (International Rescue Committee) New York Office
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
- U.S. : Columbia, Yale, U Penn, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara (Full Scholarship), USC, NYU, University of Edinburgh, Sheffield, Sussex, KCL, Goldsmith
- Australia: University of Melbourne
- Test Score: TOEFL 115, IELTS 8, ACT 34