Susan Case has been immersed in the world of college counseling for more than twenty-five years. Early in her career she was a guidance counselor in a public high school, counseling students with aspirations that ranged from local community college to Ivy League institutions. She spent the next seventeen years as a college counselor at Milton Academy, a prestigious preparatory school, serving as the Department Director for the last five of those years.

Susan’s extensive network of contacts on both the college and high school levels has given her a unique perspective on how the college admissions process works. She has visited well over 100 campuses in the U.S. and abroad, in the process acquiring insight into both the academic and social atmosphere at a wide range of institutions. She continues to visit – and revisit – in order to stay current as colleges change and reinvent themselves over time.

In addition to counseling her own students each year, Susan has always collaborated with other college counselors. For ten years she served as a faculty member at the Harvard Summer Institute on College Admissions, co-sponsored by Harvard University and The College Board, which attracts college counselors from around the country. She is currently a member of the United States Selection Committee for the United World Colleges, which evaluates applicants to represent the United States at one of the 12 United World Colleges.

Susan has a BA in English and spent several years early in her career teaching middle school and high school English. Because of this background, she enjoys helping students with their college essays and can confidently walk the fine line of helping without taking over. Her graduate work, including a master’s degree in counseling and certification in school psychology, has given her an in-depth understanding of adolescent behavior and the significance of the college admissions process in the life of a young person and his or her family.

Susan is married to Karl Case, an economist and professor at Wellesley College, and has a daughter Kristen, a graduate of Columbia University.