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Krista Pickett

Former Williams Admissions Officer

Krista Picket

Strategic Selection: Building Your School List & Planning College Visits in 11th Grade

 March 12th 

 8 PM ET

 Live on Zoom

What You’ll Learn:

Building the right college list and planning purposeful campus visits can shape the entire admissions outcome. This webinar breaks down how admissions officers evaluate school selection and how juniors can approach the college search strategically and confidently.

  • How admissions officers think about school list strategy

  •  How to balance reach, match, and safety schools effectively 

  •  How to plan college visits that provide real insight into fit 

  •  What questions to ask on campus to evaluate academic and cultural alignment 

  •  How to approach the college search in 11th grade to stay ahead 

MEET YOUR HOST
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Former Williams Admissions Officer

Krista Picket

Krista is a Former Admissions Officer at InGenius Prep and previously served as an admissions counselor at Williams College. She has guided hundreds of students through the college admissions process and is passionate about helping them find schools where they will thrive and confidently share their story.

Student results include: Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Dartmouth, MIT, Johns Hopkins, Cornell, Vanderbilt, UCLA, UC Berkeley, University of Michigan, NYU, and Williams College. 

Our Results | 2024–2025 Admissions Results

Ivy League + Top 10 Offers

176

Top 30 Offers

616

More Likely into Top 10

7x

More Likely into Ivy League (Grades 8–9)

88%

Better Odds with Each Year of Candidacy Building

+10%

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