Elizabeth Wissner-Gross

Elizabeth Wissner-Gross is an educational strategist, private educational consultant, and author specializing in college admissions and academic planning. She graduated cum laude from Barnard College in 1975 with a degree in political science and education, earned an M.S. from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1976, and pursued additional graduate study at UCLA. She has worked as a writer and editor for the Daily News of Los Angeles, the Associated Press, and Newsday, taught journalism at colleges and graduate programs in the New York area, and published articles in newspapers including The New York Times, Boston Herald, and Los Angeles Times.

Her books include What Colleges Don’t Tell You (And Other Parents Don’t Want You to Know), What High Schools Don’t Tell You (And Other Parents Don’t Want You to Know), Write Your College Essay in Less Than a Day, and Unbiased: Editing in a Diverse Society. She has also led college-essay workshops and spoken at schools across the United States.