Solomon Admissions Consulting Reviews

1. The advisor that helped my daughter in making her the research paper was great. Hands off too her. She made sure my daughter did everything on her own. But gave her exact direction/guidance she requires. My daughter is proud of the accomplishment Michaela Novokovic 2. We didn’t have good experience with college application advisor initially but was able to swap with new advisor.- Kiara Reeves. The new advisor is making the job easy for my daughter without stressing out too much. I believe this experience will continue.

My daughter is currently a junior working with Shayla, who is as personable as she is knowledgeable. We appreciate her guidance through this process and look forward to continuing our work with her!

We started working with Carla Crooker fairly late, when our child was in the second half of 11th grade. However, Carla quickly understood his strengths and immediately suggested a few extracurriculars to strengthen overall profile. She also provided complete clarity on course selection. She was practical in her approach to college selections, ensuring a balanced list of reach, target, and safety schools. During the application process, Carla was diligent in reviewing essays, often going through several rounds of revisions. As a result of her tremendous guidance, our child was admitted to multiple excellent schools, including Ivy League colleges.

I appreciated the guidance offered by my counselor, Shayla Lebeck, on which colleges she thought would be a good fit, as well as her feedback on which of the schools I was interested in were out of reach for me. It saved me a lot of time, and really helped to lower my stress.

Working with Samantha Shepard as our college counselor has been an incredible experience. Over the past year, she has crafted a strategic roadmap for my son, whose goal is to pursue engineering at an Ivy League college. From defining clear areas of focus and specialization to recommending the right clubs, competitive exams, summer programs, and future research opportunities, her guidance has been transformative. Thanks to her structured approach, my son has gained deep exposure and expertise in critical areas that will significantly strengthen his college applications. Samantha’s regular check-ins, personalized advice on subject selections, and strategic insights into brand building have made a remarkable difference. Her mentorship has been invaluable, and we are confident that, with her continued guidance, my son is on the right path to achieving his goals.

The consultant we used, Jina Walker, was truly exceptional. She recommended an excellent strategy and theme for my son's application, which no doubt was pivotal in his acceptance at the University of Michigan. She also was very patient with him when his essays weren't the quality she was looking for. Don't hesitate to hire Solomon; it's without a doubt, worth the expense.

Our experience with Solomon Admissions was exceptional from start to finish. The onboarding and matching process was thoughtfully done, and we were paired with a counselor who truly understood our daughter and her goals. From the very first meeting, it was clear that our counselor cared deeply about helping students find not just the right school, but the right fit. Once that fit was identified, she helped design an application strategy that made sense, one that approached our daughter holistically and built a cohesive, authentic story arc across every part of her application. What stood out most was the balance our counselor struck between guiding our daughter and empowering her to take ownership of the process. As parents, we were kept informed through meeting notes and updates, yet our daughter was encouraged to drive her own progress, exactly what we had hoped for. The result was a calm, organized, and confidence-building experience for everyone involved. Our counselor offered honest, strategic guidance on school selection and helped transform our daughter’s personal statement and essays into polished reflections of her strengths, passions, and individuality. She provided thoughtful feedback that elevated each piece while preserving our daughter’s unique voice and vision. Having worked with a different company for our older child a few years ago, we can say without hesitation that Solomon was a completely different experience, more personal, more professional, and far more effective. The level of attention and care exceeded our expectations in every way. We’re especially grateful that our counselor created a detailed schedule and workflow that kept our daughter on track, writing, reviewing, editing, and finalizing essays weeks before deadlines. She’s now enjoying her senior year with far less stress, which is priceless. We’re so thankful for the support, insight, and encouragement throughout this journey. It’s rare to find a service that truly partners with both students and parents, but Solomon did just that. We would enthusiastically (and I mean really enthusiastically) recommend them to any family navigating the college admissions process. Don’t wait, our only regret is not finding them sooner.

Solomon performed on all levels with no flaws. Always an email away and responses very quick as we had things come up and wanted advice. The standard ongoing consulting is also very well thought out and our specific consultant was very knowledgeable and well matched to our daughter.

We have now worked with Shayla at Solomon with two of our high school children. Shayla has been absolutely outstanding and if I could give her 10 out of 5 stars I would. She has helped us navigate the confusing world of college admissions with ease. She gives the kids clear direction, attainable goals, and has answered innumerable questions from me and the kids. She has undoubtably given our kids the best chance possible to get into their desired colleges.

I used this company for my twin boys. The advisor was a recent graduate of a well-known school in Chicago. When she no showed for one of our Zoom meetings, it must have rang an alarm bell, but we gave her the benefit of the doubt. The whole thing was a disaster. They would proof read the essays and would sent them back with significant basic errors which they had created, that we had to correct ourselves.

Philana Tenhoff did an amazing job at keeping me on task throughout my high school years. She helped me find research and suggest me resources to help strengthen my application. Now that I am in the application process, her feedback and guides have been helpful, and I hope to have positive results when admissions are released.

My consultant always provides helpful and supportive advice! I am always able to reach out to her and get a response quickly!

We started working with Carla Crooker fairly late, when our child was in the second half of 11th grade. However, Carla quickly understood his strengths and immediately suggested a few extracurriculars to strengthen overall profile. She also provided complete clarity on course selection. She was practical in her approach to college selections, ensuring a balanced list of reach, target, and safety schools. During the application process, Carla was diligent in reviewing essays, often going through several rounds of revisions. As a result of her tremendous guidance, our child was admitted to multiple excellent schools, including Ivy League colleges.

The advice I've been given has been tailored, straightforward and actionable, as well as reasonable to my schedule.

I recently finished a 7 year journey working with Solomon for my two sons. Worked with their senior consultant, Peter Zimmerman for both of them. Older son is class of Duke 2024, and the younger one just started this Fall at Vanderbilt. It was such a rewarding experience to see my 2 kids grow, learn, adjust, and finally end up at their dream colleges. Can't say enough about the guidance and insight we received from Peter Z throughout the process (too many to list). Highly recommend Solomon if the aspiration and affordability is there for admissions in elite colleges.

Our positive experience with Solomon Admissions has been largely due to our counselor, Delphine Byrd. While the Solomon program has been insightful, Delphine brought it to life. She finds the right balance between conveying what is a “must do” and adapting the program to maximize the strengths and interests of our son. We feel fortunate to have started the process early (before 9th grade started) so as to leverage Delphine’s expertise in course selection and overall positioning.

While Delphine Byrd is very honest with me about what needs to be accomplished in order to be successful, she works to adapt the plan to suit my commitments and interests.

The guidance provided by Clay is tremendous. Furthermore, he knowledgeably draws from his vast experience of being in admissions. His help on class selection, extra curricular involvement, and positioning has been exemplary. We started with Clay when our child was in 8th grade, and look forward to working with him till Senior year.

Working with Samantha Shepard as our college counselor has been an incredible experience. Over the past year, she has crafted a strategic roadmap for my son, whose goal is to pursue engineering at an Ivy League college. From defining clear areas of focus and specialization to recommending the right clubs, competitive exams, summer programs, and future research opportunities, her guidance has been transformative. Thanks to her structured approach, my son has gained deep exposure and expertise in critical areas that will significantly strengthen his college applications. Samantha’s regular check-ins, personalized advice on subject selections, and strategic insights into brand building have made a remarkable difference. Her mentorship has been invaluable, and we are confident that, with her continued guidance, my son is on the right path to achieving his goals.

Solomon helped clarify everything students need to do to position themselves to be competitive for college admissions. They were very organized and kept us on task throughout the process. Every part of the application process is much more complicated than it seems and having their guidance and advice through it was very helpful. We haven’t seen any results in terms of admissions as yet because we are just now applying, so I suppose time will tell.