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About Berkshire College Advising

For 25 years, Nate Budington was at the center of the college admissions process at two very different institutions.

For close to a decade he was a college admissions officer at Williams College, one of the nation’s most rejective liberal arts colleges. His work included reading and evaluating domestic and international admission applications, participating in decision-making admission committees for early decision, regular decision and the waitlist, editing and supervising the development of admission publications, and serving as liaison with athletic coaches. His nine years at Williams gives him a deep understanding of the care and precision involved in building a small entering class out of a large and supremely-qualified applicant pool. Upon leaving the Williams permanent staff he also served as a part-time application reader and admission committee member at both Williams and Amherst College.

Prior to Williams, he served for fourteen years as Associate Dean of Admissions at the University of Redlands, a small, comprehensive university that combines two seemingly incompatible college programs: a traditional liberal arts college with a pre-professional emphasis and a highly unorthodox experimental college. He supervised admission to the Johnston Center for Integrated Studies (the experimental college), and coordinated the awarding of all University of Redlands merit scholarships. His experience at Redlands gave him a fuller appreciation for the striving B student intent on a challenging college experience, and the ways an institution utilizes merit aid to build a strong entering class.

He has been an independent college advisor for ten years and has advised over 100 students.

Nate holds a B.A. from Johnston College of the University of Redlands.

It was absolutely a worthwhile and pleasant experience having our son work with Nate on the college admission process. Undoubtedly, the college application process can be a bit stressful and overwhelming not only for the college bound student, but also for his/her parents. We found that Nate was instrumental in putting perspective on the process, helping our son determine the colleges that would best fit his interests and goals and then successfully guiding him through the application process. When a decision had to be made as to which college to enroll, Nate helped our son evaluate the pros and cons of the various colleges so that our son could make his own thoughtful decision. We have two more children to go through the college application process, and when the time comes, Nate’s sound guidance will be sought.

Parent, Syracuse University ’14

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