About our Counselors

Caroline and Jose have helped students worldwide get prepared for and accepted into the Top Tier universities in the US, UK & Canada.

With over twenty-eight years of experience in this sector, Caroline has in-depth knowledge of the US, UK, Canadian & Australian college and university systems. Understanding the programs on offer and the unique personalities of each college and university helps her work with the families in matching the students to their ideal program, leading to enrollment and successful graduation. Caroline spends an incredible amount of time helping students develop ideas for their application essays and ensuring they are unique and compelling to give each student the best chance of winning their dream universities. Caroline has an educational background in psychology with a Bachelors from Warwick University (UK) and Masters in Counseling from the College of Guidance Studies (UK) and a PGdip in Career and Educational Counseling and Guidance from University of Birmingham (UK). Caroline also has indepth experience of working with high schools as Director of Counseling and at various admissions offices at universities across the world.

Jose has been working with Caroline for the past fifteen years. He brings an in-depth understanding of the college admissions process with an extraordinary ability to help high schoolers develop projects that will help them differentiate themselves from other high schoolers. Besides outstanding project ideas, Jose prepares all of our students for summer programs. He also helps them prepare for admission interviews to make every student not only stands out but win Top Tier Universities. Jose has a Bachelors in Computer Science from Vesalius College, Vrije Universitiet Brussels (Belgium) and also has an MBA from UBI (Belgium). Jose also has diverse work experience in fields such as Technology, Aviation, & Logistics.

Ivy Central provides students worldwide with unparalleled college admissions counseling services with our unrivaled expertise and experience. We have students that work with us from around the globe, including India, Canada, Singapore, UAE, UK and the United States.

Our extraordinary results over the years have ensured that our students get accepted to the Top Tier universities in the United States and United Kingdom.

Caroline & Jose spend an incredible amount of time getting to know the student and guiding them throughout, which enables better matching based on a wealth of measures, including ambitions, interests, personality, preferred learning style, class size, and type of college community. We set no time limits and guide each student as per their needs and requirements. We work with students at all levels of achievement and support their growth in many ways.

Every student opting for the Premier program benefits from our expertise. We work together to determine the best individualized course of action for every student.

We will also work closely with you regarding the application essays, offering comprehensive application essay guidance, support, thereby ensuring the outstanding nature of the application. The essays can make or break any application and form an essential element of the application process. Our program helps students become outstanding writers; this is done through brainstorming and individualized discussions about every essay the student drafts.

Besides the areas mentioned above, We will also work towards strategically using the common app components, a well-designed application, and our trade secrets to get the best possible chance for you to get successful placements.

Ivy Central’s success rate over the years has been outstanding at schools all over the world, including schools in India such as TISB, Indus, The British School, Doon, BD Somani, Mallya Aditi, Dhirubhai Ambani International, Oakridge International, National Public, and many others in the United States such as Trinity, Horace Mann, Stanford OHS, Harker, Foxcroft, Madeira, and in the United Kingdom, such as Bishop Vesey, Sutton Girls, Eton College, United World College, SevenOaks and many more.

We know how to help each student gain the best scholarships possible by wrapping the entire application around a unique theme for each student so that they not only stand out from the crowd but also stand out in the best possible ways. Our students regularly receive up to 50-100% merit-based scholarships. We have helped gain over 45 Million USD over the last ten years in merit-based scholarships for our families.

We work with all our students to help them to plan their summers and their entire year efficiently. We help develop outstanding projects that will eventually make them exceptional differentiated candidates. We get our students into some of the most competitive summer programs: RSI, SSP, RISE, RMP, SUMAC, YYGS, etc.

Finally, We spend a tremendous amount of time preparing the students for their university interviews and guiding them on SATs, APs, IBs, and other curriculum decisions using the most up to date information and AI technology.