College Consultants of Colorado

Jen Motzer Rause

Rause College Consulting, LLC Located in Bailey

Phone: Phone -847-650-8176

Rause College Consulting provides personal guidance to students and their families on the college search and admissions process. Jen Motzer Rause, owner of Rause College Consulting, utilizes her years of experience working directly in college admissions to assist students with all aspects of the college search and admissions process. Jen is an experienced admission professional who most recently served as Senior Associate Director of Admissions at Lake Forest College (Lake Forest, IL). During her tenure at Lake Forest College, Jen reviewed thousands of applications for admission utilizing a holistic review process including review of essays and evaluative admission interviews. Her experiences working directly in college admissions allows her to relay valuable information on the process to her students. Jen’s passion for helping students drove her decision to begin work as an independent college consultant in 2015. She greatly enjoys working personally with students to help them navigate the college search and admissions process in order to find the right college fit.

Jen is greatly involved and active within the higher education profession. She previously served on the executive board from 2013-2017 for the Rocky Mountain Association for College Admission Counseling as Membership Chair and launched a new mentorship program for the organization. In 2017, Jen received the RMACAC High Five Award which “recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to our organization either through a body of work during their membership or through some significant single contribution.” Jen has presented at college counseling conferences for the National Association for College Admission Counseling, Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling, Colorado Council on High School/College Relations and Rocky Mountain Association for College Admission Counseling.

Professional Memberships:

• Higher Education Consultants Association (HECA)

• National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC)

• Rocky Mountain Association for College Admissions Counseling (RMACAC)

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