Jaye J. Fenderson, Author, "Seventeen’s Guide To Getting Into College"
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Jaye is a college advice columnist for Seventeen.com and the author of the Seventeen’s Guide To Getting Into College. As a former senior admission officer at Columbia University, Jaye recognized a need for greater awareness about the college admission process and decided to use entertainment and pop culture to educate students and families about what it takes to get into college.
Jaye co-created and produced ABC’s The Scholar, an unscripted television drama that gave 10 high school seniors the chance to compete for a full ride college scholarship, and she’s currently in production on the feature-length documentary First Generation which chronicles the lives of high school students who are first in their family to attend college.
Jaye volunteers as a college counselor with the non-profit organization College Summit and writes a college advice blog Guide & Seek. She has 8 years of film and television experience directing documentary-style interviews, producing television shows and short films, and casting such shows as Project Runway, 30 Days, Laguna Beach: The Real OC, The Simple Life, I’m With Rolling Stone, and Dance Life. Jaye has been interviewed by USA Today, US News & World Report, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Inside Higher Ed, and has published numerous articles on college admission. Jaye graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts in English and French.
For more information about Jaye and her latest projects visit http://www.jayefenderson.com
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