Kevin Martin, Not Your Typical College Admissions Counselor

Originally from Dallas, Texas, Kevin Martin, the founder of Tex Admissions® LLC, graduated Phi Beta Kappa with highest honors from the University of Texas at Austin in spring 2011. The recipient of over thirty honors, scholarships, and recognitions, the first-generation college student earned a Bachelor of Arts in Government, History, and the Humanities Honors Program.

UT-Austin honored him with its highest distinction as one of three graduates selected out of approximately 8,000 members to represent the Class of 2011 in President Powers’s Commencement speech. Kevin entered the Liberal Arts Honors program as a freshman and completed a certificate in international conflict through the Bridging Disciplines Program. His research on conflict and genocide took him abroad to Scotland, Bosnia, and Rwanda, culminating in a peer-reviewed publication.

He served as an admissions counselor at the University of Texas at Austin's Dallas Admissions Center from June 2011 to January 2014. Kevin worked at approximately 65 DFW-area high schools, serving the needs of students and their families, from low-income, inner-city schools to the most affluent. He has experience evaluating and scoring thousands of undergraduate applications. He served on the appeals committee for students requesting reconsideration and exceeded expectations in his annual performance reviews.

Kevin published the widely read comprehensive UT-Austin admissions guide Your Ticket to the Forty Acres and Surviving the College Admissions Madness. He holds an ESL teaching certificate conferred with distinction from the University of Cambridge, is a PADI Professional SCUBA Diver, and is a 200-hour-RYT Yoga Instructor. He reads over 50 books each year. Kevin was recognized as a leading docent at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science and has contributed to over 4,000 microloans in support of small business owners around the world. In 2014, Kevin completed a prestigious Fulbright Fellowship teaching English in Malaysia. He has explored over 120 countries.

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