Helping creative students find the colleges where they can learn, grow, and thrive.
Best Fit Education is an independent educational consulting practice specializing in college advising for performing, visual, and creative arts students. Founded by Louise Borden, our work is rooted in student-centered advising, deep knowledge of arts admissions, and the belief that every learner deserves a college experience aligned with both their talent and their identity.
Our Core Advising Services
Performing & Visual Arts Advising
For majors with audition or portfolio requirements
Students applying to programs in theatre, music, studio art, film, animation, design, or multi-disciplinary programs.
Includes:
Artistic assessments & program selection
Portfolio, prescreen & audition strategy (what to prepare + when)
College list building for artistic + academic fit (balanced and strategic)
Personal & artist statements, creative supplements & school-specific essays
Resume + media guidance (headshots, recordings, video edits)
Plus, all services offered to general comprehensive advising students
General Comprehensive College Advising
For all majors
Full college list development (balanced + strategic)
Application platform support (Common App, UC, UCAS, etc.)
Essay strategy + editing support for all required writing
Recommendations for extracurricular and summer activities, testing & timeline guidance
Scholarship & financial aid guidance
Decision support in spring (final choice coaching)
Project-Based Support & Hourly Consulting
Our 5 or 10-hour application-intensive packages can be used to work with our college advisors on any part of the application process
Includes:
Artistic Assessment
Portfolio or Film development
College list review & refinement
Essay or artist statement coaching
Application review
Mock interview or audition prep
Parent Q&A session on arts admissions
What Makes Our Approach Different
Arts-specific expertise – We specialize in audition, prescreen, and portfolio-based admissions. This is not generic college consulting—it's tailored to the creative admissions process.
Individualized advising – No two students are the same. We build custom timelines, strategies, and artistic pathways for each student.
Experienced guidance – Decades of work with U.S. & international students, and selective arts programs
Whole-student philosophy – Helping students pair their artistic passions with strong academics, double majors, creative electives, or cross-disciplinary studies. We care about artistic growth, well-being, and fit—not just admission results
Parent Friendly Guidance - We support families through planning, deadlines, financial aid, and decision stages—reducing stress, confusion, and last-minute panic.
Proven outcomes – Students accepted to NYU Tisch, USC, RISD, Berklee, Juilliard, Carnegie Mellon, UCLA, CalArts, Parsons, Michigan SMTD, etc.
Meet the Team
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Louise Borden
CEO & Founder
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Amy Mednick
Senior College Advisor & Essay Specialist
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Jesse Damazo
College Advisor, Portfolio & Film Specialist
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Sinah Ober
College Advisor, Portfolio & Audition Specialist