Graduate/Professional Admissions

Considering Applying to Graduate School?

We can help. Marks Education graduate school counselors will help you make the most of every opportunity in graduate admission.

Your dream career means you need to specialize—you need law school, medical school, or business school to gain the skills and credentials to achieve your goals.

Nisha Sardella understands what it takes to be admitted to selective professional programs in each field. She provides one-on-one admission counseling, customized to suit each applicant’s needs. From a single, hourly session to a year-long package, she can help you develop an effective, efficient plan for law school, medical school or business school admissions.

Just as each school has its specialties, each admission committee will have its own perspective on a candidate’s application. Through Nisha’s years of experience and ongoing research, she understands these nuances, and they inform her advice to candidates at every point, from initially deciding where to apply to finally completing essays that highlight your strengths.

She is on your side—every step of the way. 

How We Help Students Succeed

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We offer you an experienced mentor and effective feedback.

You will work with Nisha Sardella, a Harvard-trained family law and tax attorney and mediator. Drawing on this experience, Mrs. Sardella will be your guide and mentor as you develop an application that best presents you as a person and as a professional.

For each student, we create a tailored, strategic plan for optimal achievement.

Applicants to professional school programs are usually very busy. Nisha Sardella helps applicants anticipate key opportunities and challenges in the admission process. Because she understands how admission officers read applications, she can help applicants prioritize their time and use their application to highlight their strengths.

Our recommendations are based on the latest research.

Our team loves data. Nisha crunches numbers and speaks to contacts inside a wide range of professional and post-baccalaureate programs to understand the stated and unstated priorities driving admission decisions. We believe her record of success is based on her dedication to research and professional development.

No two professional degree programs are the same; no two applications should be, either.
Nisha’s first question for every student is: what do you like to do? She believes long-term success is built on students’ curiosity, drive, and enthusiasm. Students achieve meaningful admission success when they have explored their interests and passions and can clearly articulate their ideas and questions.

Marks Education students have been accepted to:

  • Dozens of law schools, including Harvard, Stanford, University of Chicago, and other top-ranked programs, as well as a range of other law schools that best fit what our clients are looking for in this next step.
  • A wide range of strong medical school programs, including Tufts, University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins, University of Maryland, and Harvard.
  • Many renowned business schools, including Stanford, Harvard, Wharton Business School, and Columbia.

Most importantly, our applicants are happy with their admission results. Whether it’s admission to a joint JD/MBA program or a top medical school, our applicants have achieved their goals.

How Our Program Works

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Step 1
In your first one-hour session, Nisha will review your transcripts and test scores, listen to your concerns, and help you build an action plan.
You start the session by sharing your most pressing questions, and Nisha will respond with advice tailored to suit your goals and interests. She will review all relevant documents, including your transcript, résumé, and test scores, to help you see them through an admission officer’s eyes. Finally, she will help you prioritize and make a plan with concrete, achievable goals.

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Step 2
Contact us to set up a free, introductory call.
In a complimentary 20-minute initial phone call with Nisha Sardella, she will learn about you, start to set up an admission plan, and explain how we can help.

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Step 3
When appropriate, Nisha will recommend a service option to suit your needs.
Nisha Sardella works with students with diverse profiles and goals, and she understands the admission landscape locally, nationally, and globally. She also offers a wide range of services, taking each applicant’s needs into account. Clients leave meetings with Nisha feeling calm and confident, ready to move forward strategically.

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