Estrela Consulting Blog

  Estrela Founder Kristina Dooley joined College Scoops creator, Moira McCullough, for a conversation about how first-generation students can be best supported during the college search process. 

The Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) released this month its 2020 ranking of What Colleges Look for in High School Students, based on a nationwide survey of IECA members. While grades and standardized test scores are near the top of these annual rankings, a number of significant changes and surprises are challenging the assumptions about college admissions. Number 1 on the ...

  Kristina Dooley, Founder and President of Estrela Consulting, was recently elected to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA). Dooley, one of just three Certified Educational Planners in the state of Ohio, will serve a 3-year term on the sixteen-member Board. Chartered in 1976, IECA is a not-for-profit, professional association representing ...