Trusted College Admissions Counseling

Azaari Mason makes families feel better. It's the thing that comes up again and again in the feedback he receives: he keeps everything structured, even-keeled, and intentional.

Azaari spent years on the other side of the admissions desk as a Senior Admissions Officer at the University of Florida, where he grew his recruitment territory by 25% in his first year. He later moved into high school counseling as Associate Director of College Guidance at the University School of Milwaukee, where he guided 120 Upper School students each year. He holds both a B.A. and an M.S. from the University of Florida. Reading thousands of applications as an admissions officer, alongside sitting across from students navigating the same process, gives Azaari a perspective most counselors don't have. He knows what admissions offices are actually looking for, and the families who work with him don't just feel supported. They feel like they have an insider.

His students have been admitted to nation's most selective universities, including Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, Stanford, Columbia, Penn, Dartmouth, University of Chicago, Duke, Vanderbilt, Brown, Cornell, Rice, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, and Georgetown, along with strong Business and Engineering programs at University of Michigan, UT Austin, and Carnegie Mellon, and many more.

His counseling philosophy is straightforward: meet students where they are, and propel them forward. As he puts it: "If the only thing you've learned from me is how to prepare for college, then I have failed you."

Away from work, Azaari composes R&B songs and sings them—off-key, by his own admission. He's a passionate sports fan across football, soccer, basketball, and baseball, which makes him an easy connection for student-athletes and fans. He finds his greatest peace near water.

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