Anita was a great guide that aided me in my journey into being accepted at the Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University. She provided guidance on how I should write college essays, what to look for in majors, and helped me, as well, in the process of my scholarship essay. She was very attentive and always ready to lend me time for guidance. I really appreciated her being my counselor.
ISABELLE
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY
Anita has something that is very difficult to find these days. From all the counselors I have had for my kids, she was the only one I feel was genuinely interested and invested in my kids’ search for success. She was available, generous, hardworking and a pleasure to work and connect with. She is someone that has remained a ressource for all my kids now in college.
FLORENCE, PARENT OF NICHOLAS
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
I always found that Collegewise was able to accommodate me from the very beginning. When trying to pick a counselor, they allowed me to have a brief meeting with a potential counselor to see if they were the right fit for me. With my mom, I met with Anita Gajula and knew she and I would work well together. She was very organized and well-spoken which made such a daunting process a lot smoother. Anita broke everything down step by step, therefore making everything seem so much less overwhelming than it could have been. With her guidance, I was able to successfully apply to 7 schools, all of which I knew I would be happy about attending. She helped me find safety, target, and reach schools that all fit into my needs/wants. With her help and the help of the team of editors that revised my many essays, I was able to get accepted into my top choice, Stevens Institute of Technology. I loved the way that Anita and Collegewise operated, and definitely would recommend it (and more specifically her) to friends applying to colleges in the future.
JORDAN
STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
What started as a really stressful journey turned into great success and confidence with Anita's advising! I'm really happy with where I am now and I definitely recommend her aid for anyone that's feeling lost in the application process and is shooting big!
BABETTE
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Anita worked diligently with my daughter on her college application to all the schools from selection, essay guidance, and choosing of her major. We had a wonderful experience with her in the entire process. She provided us with great information as well as constructive advice on various topics and areas that we were lacking. We really enjoyed working with her and thank her so much for her help.
FERDINAND, PARENT OF VANIA
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
Ben is my first child to apply to college. Anita was our assigned counselor and we couldn’t be happier with her. She was easy to talk to, answered our questions and provided her knowledge and opinions. Ben has been accepted to all but one of the schools he applied to and was directly admitted into several business schools.
SETH, PARENT OF BENJAMIN
INDIANA UNIVERSITY - BLOOMINGTON


Anita Doddi, College Counselor
Anita has spent her entire career helping students get where they’re trying to go, beginning with her early days as an academic adviser at the University of Chicago. As a college counselor, she’s guided hundreds of students through the college admissions process, many of whom garnered acceptances to schools like University of Michigan, Cornell, UPenn, Columbia, Tufts, University of Chicago, Duke, Drexel, Northeastern, NYU, Oberlin, Grinnell and all the UC (University of California) schools.
At her core, Anita is fascinated with teenagers (and a parent to two kids of her own). She asks her students thoughtful questions, builds trusting relationships, and points out each student’s areas of strength and potential as they appear during their work together. In fact, several parents have commented that Anita helped them see something in their child even they had not previously seen. While many students on her caseload are drawn to STEM or business fields, Anita also particularly enjoys working with students who are undecided about their future course of study or career, and often finds them to be some of her most thoughtful students.
The most dedicated college counselors view their work not just as a job, but a calling that compels them to keep learning, teaching, and growing in pursuit of mastery. In that spirit, Anita regularly volunteers at her local high school with weekly walk-in hours for college counseling. She mentors one local student every year as part of the Green Halo Scholars community-based organization. She’s presented workshops at admissions conferences, she regularly delivers admissions webinars for the public as well as internal professional development presentations for her Collegewise colleagues, and she walked away with our College Knowledge award at our 2025 Collegewise employee retreat.
Outside of work, Anita is always happy to discuss books, movies, and TV shows with anyone. She loves to spend time with her two teenage kids and the family dog, Pongo.
Education & Experience
Williams College, B.A.
University of Michigan, M.A.
Independent educational consultant (5 years)
Admissions adviser, multiple college planning firms (4 years)
Academic adviser, University of Chicago (4 years)
Professional Organization Memberships
NACAC: National Association for College Admission Counseling
IACAC: Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling
Important Notice
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