Solomon Admissions ConsultingReviews of solomonadmissions.com

Solomon Admission Consulting provided exceptional professional service, offering comprehensive step-by-step instructions and diligent follow-up. I am thoroughly satisfied with their assistance in securing admission for my daughter. I highly recommend Solomon Admission Consulting to individuals who are committed to ensuring their children’s bright future and achieving their dream college and career aspirations.

We worked with Ms. Cathleen Sheils for our daughter’s college admission process. Her guidance was instrumental in our daughter’s successful acceptance to Cornell. From early high school planning through the final application submissions, she provided thoughtful, strategic and highly personalized support. She helped our daughter choose rigorous coursework and build strong extracurriculars. She was always available to answer questions, ease stress, and keep us on track during a complex and competitive process. We are incredibly grateful for her dedication and expertise, and we wholeheartedly recommend her to any family seeking outstanding college admissions guidance.

Matthew Tatelman at Solomon Admissions Consulting has been an exceptional partner to our family throughout the college admissions journey. From the very beginning, he brought a level of expertise, rigor, and discipline that immediately gave us confidence in him and the overall process. He is results-oriented, highly organized, and extremely knowledgeable about how admissions work today. Matthew’s deep professional experience in academic advising, combined with his background in reading college applications at highly selective schools, enabled us to gain a clear and realistic picture of what to expect and how to help our daughter prioritize her time and extracurricular activities with purpose. He truly knows what matters to admissions committees and guided our student in building a cohesive narrative that reflects her strengths, passions, and aspirations. Additionally, his insights brought structure and clarity to what can otherwise feel like an overwhelming and confusing experience. Matthew worked directly with our daughter throughout the process while keeping us in the loop through email and regular family touchpoints. He was consistently responsive to our questions and concerns, yet he always ensured that our daughter’s needs, voice, and goals remained the priority. That balance—supporting the family while empowering the student—made the experience feel both collaborative and student-centered. Solomon’s approach to the college admissions process is thoughtful, comprehensive, and deadline driven. From building a cohesive resume at the start of the engagement to completing the Common App and supplemental essays, the team’s focus on excellence is tangible at every step. Our daughter always felt supported, guided, and pushed toward a higher standard. We highly recommend Matthew Tatelman and Solomon Admissions Consulting to any family seeking expert, strategic guidance through the admissions process. We are truly grateful for Matthew’s support in helping our daughter be admitted to her Early Decision school.

We are based in India and worked with Ms. Cathleen Sheils at Solomon Admissions Consulting for our son's undergraduate admission to US colleges. It has been a very pleasant and enriching experience to work with Ms Sheils, as she was completely engaged to understand our son's interests and his strengths and future plans and accordingly suggest the relevant major options and aspects to be worked upon to strengthen his profile. During the journey of 2 years, when his trajectory went through ups and down, Ms Sheils was extremely helpful in navigating the same, pivoting the application and addressing the difficult areas. We also appreciate systematic and organized approach followed by Ms Sheils and the way she guided us how to approach each specific aspect of the application and the essays. We are extremely satisfied and grateful to have walked this significant journey with Ms Sheils. Thank you Ms Sheils and Solomon Admissions Consulting for all your support.

We used Solomon Admissions Consulting for our daughter who was a rising senior. We are very pleased with our consultant Ms. Olivia Han. She was extremely professional throughout the whole process. Olivia always answers our emails in a timely manner. During our scheduled zoom meeting, she always explained things in details, never ever we felt we were rushed. She was very knowledgeable about the whole college application process and helping my daughter setting up a well balanced college list based on her stats. Overall, we are satisfied with Solomon’s service and positively benefited from hiring it as our consultant for college application.

Our experience with Peter Zimmerman was life changing in our daughter's admissions journey. Mid junior year, we realized near-perfect SATs, grades, and a pile of impressive extracurriculars are likely not enough for admission to Ivies and T20 schools—because schools look for a narrative theme tying all a student's activities together. Although Solomon emphasizes 'strategic positioning' in their online material, Peter worked with our daughter to craft a narrative that felt like it perfectly represented who our daughter was, making her unique traits shine through. Many STEM families likely over-emphasize every technical EC success in their student's record, but Peter taught us that top schools also want to see a deeply humanistic side of even science and engineering students. With this guidance, Peter helped our daughter craft a compelling narrative that truly embodies her most unique qualities. The help from Peter in planning essays was incredible—and once again, we saw our daughter's true profile reflected in the applications she submitted. I'm thrilled to say our daughter was accepted to an upper-tier Ivy that was her first-choice school, and she can enjoy her second senior semester now without the stress of college admissions hanging over her. Thank you to Peter and Solomon for this wonderful outcome.

My son worked with Matthew Tatelman for the past cycle. We could not have asked for a better human to guide us through the entire process. He was attentive, detailed, insightful, and provided caring and thoughtful advice throughout. He was responsive to all of our questions and concerns and went out of his way to address urgent issues that popped up. Our son was accepted ED to Brown, and if we could give 10 stars, we would! Thank you Matt and Solomon!

I had an awesome experience working with Matthew Tatelman during this admissions season. He always gave honest, personalized advice on both my application strategy and writing and I am very grateful for his guidance. Mr. Tatelman and Solomon were extremely helpful in relieving stress and answering any questions I had. Highly recommend!!!