#14 - Jeff Dvorak - College Placement, College Applications, and Working at McDonalds

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Jeff Dvorak grew up on Long Island, NY and after finishing high school there, he did a gap year with the National Outdoor Leadership School. His love of the outdoors, lead him to stay out west and attend the University of Montana. After graduation with a BA in Journalism and English, he began his education career working with at-risk youth—first in a therapeutic wilderness program in Idaho and, then creating and directing a service-learning program in Costa Rica for a therapeutic boarding school based in Western Massachusetts. Jeff returned to school and completed a Masters of Education with a focus on Administration at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. After graduating with high honors Jeff was given a full scholarship to participate in a doctoral program in Special Education Leadership at UMass. While working on his doctoral degree he continued to work in local public schools as English teacher and then an administrator. Subsequent positions included a post as a Assistant Principal in London, England and then five years as a 6-12th grade college counselor for the San Francisco Public School District. Jeff is currently the college and career counselor at the Greenwood School in Putney, VT, which is a school that serves 6-12th grade boys with learning differences. Since 2010, Jeff has worked for The University of California, Berkeley as a freshman application reader, a position that has afforded him insight not only into what great universities are looking for, but more importantly what separates one great student from thousands of other high-performing applicants. Jeff continues to read thousands of applications ever year for UC Berkeley. Currently based in Riverdale, NY; Jeff work runs a Eduction Consulting practice that works with young people and their families to find and place students at top universities, traditional high schools, therapeutic programs and schools, post graduate and gap year programs, schools and colleges that serve students with learning differences, and programs that help young adults move towards independence. [email protected] 704-724-1781

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