Alana Osborn-Lief

Alana Osborn-Lief (she/her) is a college admissions counselor, executive functioning coach, and actor/writer. As a woman who wears many hats, she understands the need to work smarter and not harder. She designed the CSP program to do just that.

After  watching the college admissions process get more and more competitive over the last 10 years, Alana created a program for students to write and plan over the summer, so they can live healthy and  balanced lives at school in the fall. She created organizational tools that help students manage the added workload and guides students (and parents) through strategizing course choices and developing strong extracurricular profiles. Her unparalleled approach to college admissions allows students to develop unique applications with cohesive through-lines. 

Alana has a wide range of instructional experience, from teaching beginning essay writing in the classroom to creating specialized curricula for homeschooled students with learning differences/disabilities. In addition to college admissions, Alana works as an executive functioning coach for clients managing life and school with ADHD.


  • Thank you for everything you have done for me and your never ending flow of good ideas.

    Alex W. - UC Davis ‘27

  • I GOT INTO YALE!!!!!!! YIPPEE!!!!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!!! I ran around my neighborhood in jeans without shoes for an hour after finding out!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING!!!! TRULY!! I could not have done this without you!!!! Thank you thank you!!

    Swarna T. - Yale ‘28

  • I was so anxious about falling behind my peers. My GPA and academic record wasn't competitive at all at the start of high school and still isn't the greatest, but I just got admitted to my dream school!

    David Y. - USC ‘28

  • You taught me that this college process is my own, not anybody else's.

    Abigail - Brown ‘28

  • Your writing coaching not only helped me get in to nearly every UC I applied to… but also to Brown University! I am majoring in Astrophysics with intentions to double major in engineering physics or applied mathematics.

    Lucas G. - UC Berkeley ‘28

  • He comes out of each session with a smile and a bit more confidence about the application process.

    Lisa G. - Northwestern ‘26 Parent

  • You've helped me refine my essays to help colleges see the best version of me. I couldn't have put it together without your genius and creative ideas!

    Bella R. Duke ‘27

  • Thank you for all of your help in helping make this dream come true for us 🙏🏻

    Robert I. - Bucknell ‘29 Parent

  • You gave me genuine and heartfelt support that has stuck with and encouraged me.

    Aubrey - Tufts ‘25

  • I cannot express how grateful I am for your mentorship during college application season, I literally could not have done it without you.

    Lucas G. - UC Berkeley ‘28

  • Harvard

  • Yale

  • Dartmouth

    Dartmouth

  • UChicago

  • Brown

  • Princeton

  • Columbia

  • Duke

  • MIT

  • Cornell

  • Georgetown

  • Northwestern

  • UC Berkeley

  • Tufts

  • Bucknell

  • NYU

  • Tulane

  • Kenyon

  • USC

    USC

  • U Penn

    U Penn

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