Liz Albertelly

Since leaving her days as a Colby College tour guide behind and entering the world of college counseling, Liz has guided her students to admission to over 200 colleges and universities, including Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, University of Chicago, Northwestern, Columbia, Cornell, NYU, Middlebury, Wellesley, Williams, and Smith, plus top Business and Engineering progrmas like University of Michigan, Georgia Tech, UC Irvine, Purdue, and Indiana University, and many more.

Liz works particularly well with students who are anxious about and overwhelmed by the college admissions process, and those who’ve had their confidence shaken by the system. She helps her students identify their own strengths, find their confidence, and show their best selves to the right schools for them. Testimonials from Liz’s Collegewise families most frequently describe her as “encouraging,” “supportive,” “organized,” “friendly,” and “warm.” They also note that Liz “inspired confidence,” “made the college process feel manageable,” and “took the stress away.” Liz has found her counseling style to be well-suited for students on 504s or IEPs for anxiety, depression, ADHD, or autism.

After more than 25 years recruiting folks to join us at Collegewise, we’ve learned that while great counselors can bring very different styles and approaches to the work, they all share similar traits, one being an innate fascination with teenagers. The best counselors relish the opportunity to learn what their students think, how they see the world, and what worries them. This trait came through loud and clear in Liz’s response when asked what she enjoys most about her work:

Teenagers are the best. They are in such a unique stage of life—finding out who they are, separating from their parents, exploring the world and what impact they want to make on it. I love finding out about their quirks and their passions. I'm always learning something new in my conversations with them, whether it's how to make cake-pops that are better than the ones at Starbucks, why washing jeans is ruining the planet, or why Animal Crossing is now cooler than Minecraft.

When she’s not parenting her two young sons, Max and Russell, Liz can be found enjoying her favorite Bravo TV programming or spending time on The Cape during the summer.

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