50+ years of experience, thousands of apps reviewed, countless lives touched
We aim to increase access to higher education one application at a time.
Who We Are
We are alumni from the best schools in the world who have been applicants ourselves, served in admissions, and successfully counseled students like yourself into their dream schools. We have over 50 years of admissions experience and have read and reviewed thousands of applications. Our expertise has helped hundreds of students submit competitive applications and gain admission to top colleges and graduate schools with scholarships and grants.
Meet Our Admissions Consultants
C.J. Flournoy - Executive Director and Founder
M.Ed. Harvard University
Dip.Law Oxford University
B.A. Williams College
C.J. earned his Master of Education from Harvard University, where he was a Bill Gates Graduate Fellowship Recipient, a Diploma in Law at the University of Oxford, and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College (consistently named the #1 liberal arts college in the United States by U.S. News and World Report), where he was named a Class of 1957 Scholar.
Prior to founding StellarApp Admissions Consulting, C.J. gained experience in the admissions offices at Williams, Oxford, and Harvard, in student life at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as admissions at larger state universities like the University of Texas system. He also has served as a Fulbright Scholar lecturing at the University of Pretoria in the Republic of South Africa, gained selection experience for the highly competitive and elite Teach for America program, and served in the U.S. Department of State abroad.
C.J. has successfully coached candidates into premier graduate school and college programs and is active in comedy, community service and martial arts.