Macy College Consulting
Amy Macy, M.A., N.C.C. has almost 20 years of experience in education, college admissions, founding college counseling, honors, and post-secondary support programs, and creating a highly successful business. Named Counselor of the Month by The State of Colorado, Amy has been widely recognized for her efforts within the field of college and post-secondary counseling. Amy is the former Director of College Counseling at Denver Academy. A summa cum laude graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder, she holds a Masters in Counseling Psychology from the University of Colorado at Denver. As a former Admissions Counselor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Amy has a unique perspective that allows her to counsel students with a competitive edge; she knows what college admissions representatives are looking for in their candidates. Amy is highly knowledgeable about colleges that match various learning profiles, including gifted and talented students and students with learning differences. She presents frequently at conferences and publishes on the topics of admissions.
Emily Lamont, M.A., National Board Certified Teacher, has over 15 years experience in education as a teacher of Secondary English Language Arts. She has spent all of these years extensively working with students as an academic mentor and college essay coach. As a teacher, she worked with hundreds of students from all academic levels and backgrounds from students with learning differences to AP students to coach them in the process of writing their college essays. When it came time in her classes for her senior students to write their Common Application personal statements, she noticed the stress and anxiety it caused them. Because of this, she built a curriculum of writing workshops that would help her students develop their voices and present their most authentic selves through their writing. Emily’s passion for bringing out her students’ excellency makes her especially gifted at taking the fear and stress out of the college essay writing process. Building relationships with her students through compassion and a bit of humor is the foundation of her success.
Our Philosophy
We empower students to achieve postsecondary paths that are appropriate to their individual strengths and interests. We help our students think deeply and carefully about their talents and aspirations, support them to set reasonable and appropriate goals, and guide them to present themselves in a manner that will maximize their strengths and admission options.
Our History
Since 2008, Macy College Consulting has helped students with all aspects of their college applications and post-secondary planning process.