College Admissions Unfiltered

You’ve heard from the admissions deans. Now Dr. Bari Norman, a former admissions officer at Barnard/Columbia, will share key strategies to strengthen your applications and maximize your chances of acceptance to top universities. Get practical insights into how admissions officers evaluate applications, including how they view grades and test scores, how your intended major can affect your chances, what makes extracurriculars stand out, and how AI is changing the way applications are written and reviewed. Have questions? Get honest answers during an interactive Q&A. No canned responses, just advice you can use. Parents and students are welcome. Admission: $18 Students: Free About the Speaker Dr. Bari Norman is a leading authority on college admissions. A former admissions officer at Barnard/Columbia, she has been featured by virtually every major media outlet, including the TODAY Show, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and CNN. Dr. Norman is the cofounder of Expert Admissions, an admissions advisory firm based in New York. She leads a team of former admissions officers from the nation’s most prestigious universities, including Harvard, Princeton, University of Chicago, NYU, and Carnegie Mellon. For more than 20 years, families, schools, and professionals have sought her honesty and expertise to best leverage students’ authentic experiences and strengths in the increasingly complex college admissions process. With candor and precision, she guides students and parents through the ever-changing college admissions landscape. Drawing on a nuanced understanding of the inner workings of admissions committees, a deep understanding of how individual colleges uniquely evaluate applicants, and admissions data and statistics, she provides clarity on an opaque process and practical advice you can apply to your own student’s educational experience. Dr. Norman received a PhD from the University of…