Laura Hosid, J.D.

Laura Hosid has guided hundreds of high school students through the college admissions process since starting at Vinik EPS in 2012, after seven years of work in higher education and a brief career as a practicing lawyer. 

Laura is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the New York University School of  Law. Before coming to Vinik EPS, Laura worked at the Georgetown University Law Center where she served as an associate director of the Office of Career Services. She also spent the Spring 2018 and Fall 2019 semesters working part-time as the interim pre-law adviser at Georgetown University's Cawley Career Education Center.

An active member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association, Laura presents at national conferences about college admissions and career related issues, and has been featured on MSNBC and CNBC and in the Washington Post and the Washington Jewish Week. She conducted alumni admissions interviews for the University of  Pennsylvania for many years and served as co-chair of the school’s Secondary School Committee in Montgomery County, MD.
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Originally from Baltimore, Laura now lives in Rockville, MD with her husband and three daughters and recently finished a two-year term as Co-President of the Parent Association at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School. In addition to the Vinik EPS Bethesda office, Laura sees clients in her home office in Rockville/North Potomac, and by Zoom. You can contact her at [email protected] or (301) 660-6130.

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Watch a video of Laura explaining why she loves being an educational consultant!