Choices founder, Andrea Rifkin, MBA, MA, & Certified College Counselor.

A specialized counseling service for those in search of college and career.

Andrea Rifkin, M.B.A., M.A., has worked as a college-bound counselor at a large public high school helping students unravel the complex college search and application process. She was appointed as a member of the prestigious UCLA “Freshman Selection Committee” in 2000 and has been applications reader for UCLA admissions since that time.  She has valuable insights on applying for admissions and experience working on an admissions committee.

She is a certificated college-bound counselor, a specialized designation currently only offered by UCLA.  Her experience covers financial aid, scholarship and merit money search, extensive work with personal assessments and important tools used in both college and career counseling.  Additionally, she holds an M.A. degree in “Career Counseling and Personal Development”, and an MBA degree.

As a career counselor, Ms. Rifkin has worked with mid-life career-changers and career seekers alike.  She is a member of Higher Education Counselors Association, Western Association of College Admissions Counselors, and the National Career Development Association.

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We are proud to announce the
Institutions Providing Acceptances for Choices Students in 2008

UC Berkeley (15 students)
UCLA
UCSD
UCSB
UC Davis
American University
Georgetown University
The George Washington University
Stanford University
The Evergreen State College
Eugene Lang New School
Harvard College
Emory University
Santa Clara University
University of Southern California
University of Arizona
Arizona State University
Chico State
San Diego State
NYU
Emerson
Chapman University
Bates College
Middlebury College
Cornell University
Colby College
Boston University
Loyola Marymount
Southern Methodist University
Texas Christian University
Embry-Riddle
University of Colorado at Boulder
Denver University
University of San Diego
University of San Francisco
University of Puget Sound
Syracuse University
Clark University
University of British Columbia
Lewis and Clark College
University of Montana
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
University of Washington

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We are proud to announce the
Institutions Providing Acceptances for Choices Students in 2007

U Denver
CU Boulder
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Georgetown University
Notre Dame University
Southern Methodist University
Santa Clara University
U Miami (Florida)
USC
U San Diego
Stanford U
Harvard
Tufts U
NYU
Emerson College
U British Columbia (Canada)
U Puget Sound
U Washington
(ALL) UC campuses
Loyola Marymont U
De Paul U
Pitzer
Rice U
Western Washington State
The Evergreen State
Seattle U
Mills College
U Portland
Syracuse U
MIT
U Vermont
U Arizona
Arizona State U
Montana State U
Pomona College
Boston U
Boston College
Pepperdine U
Lewis and Clark
McGill U (Canada)
 

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We are proud to announce the
Institutions Providing Acceptances for Choices Students in 2006

CU Boulder
Franklin and Pierce
Colby Sawyer
University of Utah
Texas Christian University
Loyola Marymount University
Northeastern University
Denver University
University of Arizona
Arizona State University
Santa Clara University
Chapman University
University of Utah
Brown University
Cornell University
University of Southern California
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
San Diego State U
Sonoma State
UCLA
UC Berkeley
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UC San Diego
UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Cruz
Whittier College
University of San Diego
University of Washington
Washington University
New York University
Middlebury College
Pitzer College
University of Puget Sound
Stanford University
Northwestern University
Colorado College
Occidental College
Pace University
Suffolk University
Pomona College
CU Boulder
George Washington U
Layfayette University
College of Wm. And Mary
Colby College

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We are proud to announce the
Institutions Providing Acceptances for Choices Students in 2005

Arizona State University
Chico State University
University of San Diego
Boston College
University of Washington
Lewis and Clark College
University of Notre Dame
University of Puget Sound
Santa Clara University
Colorado University, Boulder
Montana State University
Loyola Marymount University
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Brandeis University
Claremont McKenna College
Rice University
Wesleyan College
San Francisco State College
Cal State Long Beach
University of Arizona
Cal Lutheran College
University of Redlands
Bard College
University of Miami
Chapman University
UC Santa Cruz
UC San Diego
UC Davis
UCLA
UC Irvine
UC Berkeley
UC Riverside
USC
Tulane University
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Williams College
Sonoma State U
Stanford University
Brown University
Middlebury College
Bowdoin College
Duke University
Barnard College
Colorado College
Columbia University
Syracuse University
Georgetown University
Columbia College
Boston University
Connecticut College
Fordham University
Pepperdine University
Occidental College
Lawrence University
Kenyon College
Colby
University of Chicago
Denver University
New York University
Northeastern University

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We are proud to announce the
Institutions Providing Acceptances for Choices Students in 2004

Arizona State University (ASU)
University of Arizona (U of A)
Barnard College
Boston College
Boston University
Brandeis University
Bryn Mawr
University of Colorado at Boulder
Carnegie Mellon
Chapman University
Chico State
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Cal State University Sonoma
San Diego State U
CSU Long Beach
Connecticut College
University of Chicago
Dartmouth
Franklin College (Switzerland)
Loyola Marymount University (LMU)
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins University
Stanford University
George Mason University
Lehigh University
Oregon State University
Penn State University
Pomona College
Rhodes College
University of San Francisco (USF)
Texas Christian University (TCU)
The George Washington University  (GW)
Trinity College (Hartford, CT)
UC Berkeley
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UC Los Angeles
UC San Diego
UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Cruz
University of San Diego (USD)
University of Southern California (USC)
U Washington (UW)
U of Wisconsin at Madison
Indiana University
Syracuse University
Santa Clara University
Skidmore College
University of the Pacific
University of Puget Sound (UPS)
University of Miami (Miami, FL)
Eugene Lang (NYC)
Occidental College
New York University (NYU)
Washington University St. Louis
Lewis and Clark

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Institutions Providing Acceptances for Choices Students in 2003

Boston College
Boston University
Brown University
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Cal State University, Channel Islands
Cal State University, Chico
Cal Tech
Chapman University
Clark University
Columbia University (NY)
Columbia College, Chicago
Cornell University
Denison University
Denver University
Duke University
Emerson College
Gonzaga University
Goucher College
Grinell College
Humboldt State University
Juniata College
Kalamazoo College
Lewis and Clark
Long Beach State
Loyola Marymount University
New York University
Oberlin College
Ohio Wesleyan
Oregon State University
Oxford University (England)
Pepperdine University
Penn State University
Pitzer College
Reed College
San Francisco State University
School of the Art Institute, Chicago
Santa Clara University
San Diego State University
Sarah Lawrence College
Sonoma State University
Southern Methodist University (SMU)
Syracuse University
Tufts
Tulane
UC Berkeley
UCLA
UC Santa Cruz
UC Irvine
UC Davis
UC Riverside
UC San Diego
UCSB
University of Arizona
University Colorado at Boulder
University Colorado at Denver
University of La Verne
University of Maryland
University of the Pacific
University of San Diego (USD)
University of San Francisco (USF)
University of Southern California (USC)
University of Georgia
University of Maryland
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
University of Pennsylvania
University of Puget Sound
University of Texas
University of Redlands
University of Washington, Seattle
Vanderbilt University
Washington State University
Washington University
Whitman College