Passport Admissions

Passport Admissions Passport Admissions is a San Diego based admissions advising company. Our team of experts is dedicated to one thing: helping you stand out. We believe that:
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We’re extremely passionate about what we do, and we feel blessed to be able to work with such unique students every day. The Admissions Process is Needlessly Complex
The admissions process is needlessly complex. We’ve seen legions of overwhelmed students (and parents) come through our doors, and we know that mastering the admissions process can become a full time job for most students (what, you’ve got studying to do?) We’re here to help each student we work with decipher the admissions code and get back to the things they love.

2. There Are Too Many Rumors
It’s hard to know what to believe about the admissions process. Whether you’re applying to college or medical school, there’s too much hearsay, conjecture, and rumor built into the admissions process. We’ve heard them all, and we’re here to help you figure out what’s true and what’s not (don’t necessarily believe what you read on an internet message board!)

3. Most Applications Are Boring
Most applications are boring. It’s not that most applicants set out to be boring, but because they just follow the crowd, they end up looking identical to the rest of the applicant pool. We’rehere to change that by challenging students to do remarkable things and by helping them figure out what makes them unique.

10/03/2026

Even Hannah's own parents, both professors, pushed back on her college essays for being too personal and not academic enough.

Here's what she told them, and how it shaped the way she pushes her own students toward creativity in their essays today.

09/29/2026

We asked college advisor, Hannah, to describe her advising style in three words. Her answer ties back to something she brings up a lot in this series: being a recent student herself changes how she works with the students she advises now.

What qualities do you look for in an advisor?

A good “Why Medicine” answer doesn’t need three dramatic stories. Two reasons can be simple. The third should do the hea...
09/28/2026

A good “Why Medicine” answer doesn’t need three dramatic stories.

Two reasons can be simple. The third should do the heavy lifting.

That’s the part with the turning point, the story, and the explanation that makes medicine feel like the clear choice for you.

If your answer still leaves someone asking, “Why not research?” or “Why not nursing?” keep working.

09/28/2026

Curious what actually happens in a session with a Passport advisor? In the next part of our Advisor Spotlight series, college advisor Hannah walks us through it.

She still remembers going through this exact process herself as a student, and how much it changed the way she thought about writing about herself.

09/26/2026

Part 2 of our Advisor Spotlight with college advisor, Hannah Griswold 🎬

College essay writing is a different kind of writing than anything you've done before. No class really teaches you how to write about yourself, which is actually part of what brought Hannah to Passport in the first place 7 years ago.

Now she's on the other side, helping her own students work through that exact same challenge.

In this clip, she breaks down what she's actually looking for when a student's essay works.

“Why our school?” gets a lot easier when you stop trying to prove how much research you did. 🧐The stronger answer is usu...
09/24/2026

“Why our school?” gets a lot easier when you stop trying to prove how much research you did. 🧐

The stronger answer is usually a specific detail about the school, followed by why that detail actually matters to you.

A quick check: could you swap in another school’s name and keep the rest of your answer basically the same?

If yes, keep digging. 🪏

09/24/2026

New advisor series alert 🎬

Meet Hannah Griswold, one of our college advisors. She earned her B.A. in Political Science and Government from Stanford and is now finishing her Master's there in Sustainability Studies!

What gives her an extra special POV is that before she was a Passport advisor, she was a Passport student!

In this first clip, we asked her what she'd go back and tell her college-applicant self, now that she's been on both sides of the process. Her answer might surprise you.

More from this conversation coming all week 👀

Admissions committees have read the same "why medicine" answer a thousand times.Compassion. A sick relative. Wanting to ...
09/22/2026

Admissions committees have read the same "why medicine" answer a thousand times.

Compassion. A sick relative. Wanting to help people.

None of that is wrong. It's just not specific to you yet.

Here are three ways to take a reason schools have heard before and make it sound like something only you could say.

The 2027 MCAT test dates are here 👀If you’re planning to take the MCAT next year, save this post so you can start mappin...
09/16/2026

The 2027 MCAT test dates are here 👀

If you’re planning to take the MCAT next year, save this post so you can start mapping out your timeline early.

A few dates have limited testing locations, so make sure you double-check availability before you register.

Planning ahead now can make the rest of your application cycle a whole lot less stressful.

09/16/2026

A lot of applicants stress over sending the perfect post-interview email. Dr. Emily Yuen says that pressure is misplaced.

In our final clip from our Advisor Spotlight, she explains why it likely doesn't move the needle.

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