Imagination is your gateway to creation.
Albert Einstein
Gateway Admissions is proud to have over 20 years of experience providing successful, hands-on, individualized support services for college, gap, summer, postgraduate, transfer, and graduate admissions processes.
GATEWAY ADMISSIONS is student-focused.
With so many choices for college, finding ‘right’ fit options, where students will be engaged and excited, is our primary objective.
Through extensive knowledge of campuses, academic offerings, admissions’ mindsets, and extracurricular activities, Gateway consultants help students identify and create extraordinary college lists, but more so opportunities.
The needs of each individual student, coupled with the unrivaled experience of the consultant, drive the methodology and process. In one-on-one meetings, students receive skillful guidance throughout the entire admissions process, feedback and direction on high school course selection, club and organization involvement, community service and volunteering, activities, athletics, test prep and more.
Consultants provide expert support for all written components of applications and communication with schools, as well as administer master classes on how to explore and tour schools, interview, use the Common Application, and identify areas of academic scholarship.
This same attention to detail and careful curation is applied whether a student seeks college admissions, transfer admissions, or graduate admissions, and in GATEWAY’s concierge approach to the layering of experiences by integrating gap, summer, semester, transitional, and postgraduate year placements into a student’s journey of academic and personal growth.
Diana Jones, MA, M.Ed.
Diana Jones, MA, M.Ed.
Founder & Principal
diana@gatewayadmissions.com
(914) 671-7650
For over 25 years as a college counselor and educational consultant, Diana Jones has been working with students of all abilities and backgrounds as they search for the ideal next educational experience. Her dual Masters degrees, one in Counseling Psychology from NYU and one in Education from Pace, provide her with the perfect springboard for all of the custom and individualized attention a student needs. As a Hamilton College undergraduate alumnus and with her Masters’ experiences, Diana is personally acquainted with the benefits of both a small liberal arts community and that of larger universities.
She tours schools regularly, remaining vigilant about how admissions decisions are being made and to keep current with the always changing campus offerings and application landscape.
Diana’s unique background and continuing education has equipped her with the professional expertise to work with students who require many different types of assistance: from best-fit school choices, essay guidance, and interviewing techniques to providing specific support for ADHD/ADD, processing issues, anxiety, ASD, executive functioning, visual impairments, Dyslexia and Dysgraphia.
Whether a student and family seek a single placement at a college or university or desire a dovetailing of experiences with summer programs, gap adventures, or a postgraduate or transitional year, Diana helps facilitate an academic and personal journey that optimizes the breadth and value for which each student wishes.
Diana is committed to expert guidance, confidentiality, and superior service. She knows the importance of helping students to fashion a compelling and effectual application, providing them with choices and helping them to build confidence and ownership.
“In the end, I wish every student a successful and rewarding experience culminating in admission to a school where the student can grow and excel. Where one goes to college matters and not just for the more overt reasons. Being happy, challenged, fitting into a community, having fun while learning, knowing you're in the right place, and reaching toward the future you envision, this is why kids go to college."
