About Portfolio College Counseling

We Do College Counseling Differently

Portfolio College Counseling is an established, personalized educational consulting service for U.S. and international students who are focused on standing out from the crowd. We offer skilled guidance to help students advance their education in creative fields. Our counselors nurture and strengthen our students’ academic and artistic development by providing practical information, creative mentorship, and innovative counseling. This enables students to develop the skills, knowledge, and confidence to launch themselves successfully into college and beyond.

We specialize in college counseling for the next generation of visual and critical thinkers: artists, designers, architects, and other students with talent and intellectual curiosity.

Founded in 2008 as PortfolioPrep, our goal was simple: to offer high school artists the college admissions guidance that we would have liked at their age. Since then, our expertise, experience, and services have helped hundreds of students excel in visual art and design programs, leading to rewarding careers. In addition, we provide academic counseling for undergraduate, graduate, and transfer art and design school admissions, as well as counseling for summer programs. If you are entering your college journey after a gap year or career change, our team is here to guide your admissions process.

Our approach to creative and educational counseling encourages students to clarify and commit to their goals while participating fully in the decision-making process. We ensure students search for their ideal options for college rather than depending on ranking and brand names to inform the university application process. In collaboration with our team of visual art and design professionals, Portfolio College Counseling demystifies the process of preparing for art and design programs that require portfolios and specialized supplements.

Regardless of where you are in the application process, we can help you craft a presentation that highlights your unique artistic vision and showcases your creativity, originality, and talent.

college acceptances list

Academy of Art University
American University
Architectural Association School of Architecture, London
Arizona State University
Art Center College of Design
Art Institute of Boston
Bard CollegeBarry University
Baylor University
Bartlett School of ArchitectureBelmont University
Bennington College
Boston Architectural College
Boston College
Boston University
Brooklyn College
Brunel University, UK
Bryn Mawr College
California Institute of the Arts
California College of Art & Design
California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Pomona
California State University, San Luis Obispo
Carnegie Mellon University
Cazenovia College
Central St. Martin’s College, University of the Arts London
Chapman University
Chinese University of Hong Kong
City University London
Claremont McKenna College
Claremont Graduate University
Coastal Carolina University
Colby College
College for Creative Studies
College of Charleston
Columbia College Chicago
Columbia University
Cooper Union
Cornell University
Courtauld Institute London
Dickinson College
Drexel UniversityEmily Carr University of Art & Design
Fashion Institute of Technology
Fordham University
Georgetown University
George Washington University
Goldsmiths College LondonHarvard University
Indiana University, Bloomington
Ithaca College
James Madison UniversityJohn Jay College
Johns Hopkins University
Kent State University
King’s College London
Kingston University London
Laguna College of Art & Design
Lasell College

Lesley University College of Art & Design
Lewis and Clark College
LIM College
London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London
Manhattanville College
Marist College
Maryland Institute College of Art
Massachusetts College of Art
Merrimack College
Miami University Ohio
Monmouth University
Montserrat College of Art
Moore College of Art & Design
New York University
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
Notre Dame University
Ohio State University
Otis College of Art & Design
Pacific Northwest College of Art & Design
Parsons The New School for Design
Pennsylvania State University
Philadelphia University
Pomona College
Pratt Institute
Princeton University
Purdue University
Queen Mary College, University of London
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rhode Island School of Design
Richmond, the American University in London
Ringling College of Art & Design
Rochester Institute of Technology
Roger Williams University
Royal Holloway College, University of London
Rutgers University
Sacred Heart University
San Francisco Art Institute
San Diego State University
San Francisco State University
San Jose State University
Sarah Lawrence College
Savannah College of Art & Design
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
School of Visual Arts
Scripps College
Seattle Pacific University
Seattle University
Skidmore College
Smith College
Sotheby’s Graduate Institute
Springfield College
SUNY Albany
SUNY Binghamton University
SUNY Buffalo
SUNY Cortland
SUNY Geneseo
SUNY New Paltz
SUNY Purchase College

SUNY Stony Brook University
Syracuse University
Temple University
The Cooper Union
Tufts University
UMass Amherst
UMass Dartmouth
Union College
University of Alabama
University of Arizona
University of British Columbia, Canada
University of California Berkeley
University of California Irvine
University of California Los Angeles
University of California Riverside
University of California San Diego
University of California Santa Barbara
University of California at Santa Cruz
University of Cincinnati
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Connecticut
University of Delaware
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh College of Art
University of Hartford
University of Hawaii Manoa
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
University of Indiana Bloomington
University of Kansas
University of Melbourne, Australia
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of New Hampshire
University of New South Wales, Australia
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
University of Oregon
University of Pittsburgh
University of Puget Sound
University of Redlands
University of Southern California
University of Southampton, UK
University of Tampa
University of Texas Austin
University of the Arts
University of Vermont
University of Washington Seattle
University of Wisconsin Madison
Ursinus College
Utica College
Vanderbilt University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Washington University in St. Louis
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
West Virginia University
Whitman College
Willamette University
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Yale University

Let's Connect

Finding the right college counselor is the key step in a successful college planning process. To help decide whether our services are the best path forward for students, we offer a 20-minute, complimentary phone meeting to introduce ourselves, get to know you and explain our process. Afterward, we’ll prepare a written proposal to outline our plan for working with you, that includes a suggested sequence and associated fees. Each plan for counseling is customized, based on the student’s abilities, skills and educational objectives.