March 16, 2015

Getting Your Teen Into College

After a successful career as a model and on-camera talent for ABC-TV in the 1980s, Pamela Donnelly became disenchanted with performing and decoded the process necessary to gain admittance to Columbia University in New York, where she graduated summa cum laude with her degree in Literature/Writing and Secondary Education.

s a professional educator she has worked in public and private schools as a teacher and guidance counselor, in performing arts academies as a drama coach and English teacher, and as a private tutor for the SAT, ACT and AP level English, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Art History courses for some of the most recognizable and discerning families in the world.

Now based in Los Angeles, she has become the go-to academic expert trusted by parents coast to coast as a direct result of her #1 bestseller SWAT Team Tactics for Getting Your Teen Into College and free video trainings on You Tube.

Pamela is a frequent speaker at live parent and civic events, and a passionate advocate for educational reform.

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Corporate Talk: Pamela Donnelly As an Educator, College Admissions Specialist and, most importantly, a Mom, Pamela Donnelly has has dedicated the past 20 years to helping parents like you get teens like yours into the best possible colleges. The college admissions process can be such a confusing ordeal. She has spent years examining and researching the best methods to enable students to truly shine. The insider information she offer helps any family simplify this process, and achieve results.
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Pamela Donnelly Pamela Donnelly is a #1 bestselling author (SWAT Team Tactics for Getting Your Teen Into College), speaker, and educational expert. Her education/parenting manual 4 Keys to College Admissions Success is being published by Morgan James Publishers as a 2014 release, and she is a frequent speaker at live events and offers keynote speeches throughout the greater Los Angeles region and nationwide. Donnelly began her career as a teacher in the early 1990′s, having previously worked as on-camera talent for ABC-TV throughout the 1980′s when she was a soap opera star on All My Children and One Life to Live. She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University with a B.A. in Literature and Secondary Education, and also earned her M.A. in Literature. She holds professional licensing as a secondary education specialist in three states - New York, Virginia, and California. Ms. Donnelly has a stellar background as an academic/college admissions counselor, academic department chair, and extracurricular program mentor. She taught language arts, literature, drama and public speaking on the both coasts -- in the Washington D.C. area, Los Angeles, and in New York City, where she made her home for 15 years. She is a mother of three daughters, one of whom already graduated college at the top of her class with a degree in Psychology, and two in their teens. Her writing connects parent-to-parent from the heart, with insider information that helps mom and dads position their teens competitively to attain the best possible futures. Pamela on Twitter Pamela on Facebook Pamela's Website