Main Responsibilities of an LA Senior Program Co-Director at Minds Matter SoCal
Beth, Co-Director of the LA Senior Program at Minds Matter SoCal, guides college-bound students through the demanding college application process, starting with junior year essays and continuing through senior year, including support with applications to universities such as the University of California. As a writing coach, Beth and the team work with students on "absolutely beautiful" essays, resulting in acceptance to "spectacular colleges."
College Essay Guidance, Mentorship, Writing Coaching, Higher Education Admissions, Student Support
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Beth Garfield
Co-Director, LA Senior Program
Minds Matter SoCal
Stanford University, 1974
University of Michigan Law School
Psychology
Law, Nonprofit, Foundations & Grantmaking
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Video Highlights
1. Works with students on college essays, starting in their junior year.
2. Provides coaching and support to students throughout the college application process.
3. Helps students get into "spectacular colleges that are really good fits for them."
Transcript
What are your main responsibilities within your role?
To ensure seniors are on track, we actually start with them as juniors. In the spring of their junior year, we begin working with them on how to write a college essay. Several of them also apply for a scholarship called QuestBridge Quest Prep Scholars.
This is the first college essay they write. Then, during the summer and fall of their senior year, we work with them on their college essays. We have several writing coaches, and as a co-director, I am one of them.
We struggle through the process with the students. It's not easy and it's a huge amount of work for them. We are in the midst of it right now, as students are writing their essays for the Universities of California. However, they do it and they do an absolutely beautiful job, and for the most part, get into spectacular colleges that are really good fits for them.