About Novalis

We don’t just guide students. We mind-align with them to craft a future as intentional as the families who invest in it.

Novalis Admissions is an elite, Ph.D.-led college advising firm for gifted students and the families who believe brilliance deserves precision.

Founded by a student-marketing "guru" with decades of experience in the most selective education sectors, Dr. Holly works with a very limited and select number of VIP students each year — not to coach them into sameness, but to uncover their distinct intellectual voice and translate it into an admissions narrative no committee can ignore.

This isn’t about polishing resumés.

This is about building academic architecture — from ambition, depth, and vision.

What We Believe

  • The best students are already exceptional.

  • The most powerful applications reflect impact, not just accomplishment.

  • The most successful outcomes require true insight & wisdom to guide students in an admissions environment that requires competitive advantage.

And the families who seek our counsel?

They don’t outsource ambition — they invest in it.

We don’t just guide students. We mind-align with them to craft a future as intentional as the families who invest in it.

Novalis Admissions is an elite, Ph.D.-led college advising firm for gifted students and the families who believe brilliance deserves precision.

Founded by a student-marketing "guru" with decades of experience in the most selective education sectors, Dr. Holly works with a very limited and select number of VIP students each year — not to coach them into sameness, but to uncover their distinct intellectual voice and translate it into an admissions narrative no committee can ignore.

This isn’t about polishing résumés.

This is about building academic architecture — from ambition, from depth, and from strategy.

And the families who seek our counsel?

They don’t outsource ambition — they invest in it.

What We Believe

  • The best students are already exceptional.

  • The most powerful applications reflect vision, not just accomplishment.

  • The most successful outcomes are never generic.

The Novalis Method

Every engagement is guided by our founder — a Ph.D. and lifelong scholar, specializing in positioning students for achieving the next-to-impossible "Yes!" in a field of rejections. Dr. Holly works one-on-one with students to:

Discover their unique academic identity;

Clarify long-term intellectual goals;

Strategically shape essays, activities, and online presence; &

Build a profile that is not only competitive, but irresistible to elite universities.

We don’t scale. We don’t script.

We laser focus, refine, & elevate — until every part of the application becomes a single, unified voice: undeniable, unforgettable, & entirely authentic to your child's best self.

The Novalis Model

Every engagement is guided by our founder — a Ph.D. and lifelong scholar, specializing in positioning students for achieving the next-to-impossible yes in a field of rejections. Dr. Holly  works one-on-one with students to:

Discover their unique academic identity

Clarify long-term intellectual goals

Strategically shape essays, activities, and online presence

Build a profile that is not only competitive, but irresistible to elite universities

We don’t scale. We don’t script.

We collaborate, refine, and elevate — until every part of the application becomes a single, unified voice: undeniable, unforgettable, and entirely authentic.

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