Our College Admissions Services

Our Services and Programs

  • Guidance through the entire process of completing the UC Applications, from brainstorming and outlining the personal insight questions to writing strong activities list descriptions to consultation on a tailored admissions strategy for your dream school.

  • Expert advice on how to complete a strong early decision, early action, and regular decision applications. Includes consultation on essay mapping, personal statement, supplemental essays, activities list, application proofing, and more. Includes comprehensive guidance for your first-choice universities.

  • A 15-month program for students in Grades 9-11 to help them stand out among the crowd in college admissions. Involves the design of a tailored X Factor independent project as well as bespoke strategy for academics and school- and community-based extracurriculars.

Meet our Counselor

HELEN CHIU

Harvard, Ed.M. & UChicago, A.B.

With 10+ years of experience in college admissions, Helen combines education research and innovative practices to counsel her students. She has served as a conference proposal reviewer for the National Association for College Admission Counseling, interviewer for the Gates Millennium Scholarship, researcher for peer-reviewed articles on college access programming, and membership with Harvard Alumni for Education. At Harvard, she designed a cross-cultural storytelling curriculum that won HGSE Making Caring Common Dean’s Challenge.

Our Results

14,000 students

served via our programs, including summer college camps, regional teen summits, and multi-year research-based youth development college access programs.

90% Early Admit

Our students are successful in receiving acceptance via an early decision or early action admissions plan

Scholars from 10+ Countries

We serve diverse students from across the globe, from public school scholars in L.A. to budding economists in Shanghai to animal rights activists in the Middle East

5 Year College Acceptances, 2018-2023

Highlight of Acceptances by Major

  • Berkeley - Biomedical Engineering with Presidential Scholarship

  • Cornell - Public History; Philosophy & Computer Science; Business Administration 

  • Cambridge - Education 

  • CMU - Mathematics

  • Columbia - Mechanical Engineering (full-ride)

  • Dartmouth - Religious Studies

  • Duke - Chemistry

  • Emory - Computer Science & Music; Biology

  • Georgetown - Biology & Health Studies; Political Science

  • Stanford - Biomedical Engineering; Political Science

  • UCLA - Many, including History; Anthropology; Sociology; and more

  • University of Chicago - Political Science

  • University of Michigan - Many, including Mathematics; Mechanical Engineering; and more

  • University of Pennsylvania - Political Science; Mathematics; Business Administration

  • USC - Many, including Health Studies; Design; Cultural Studies; English; Film (Presidential Scholarship)

  • Yale - Education; Biomedical Engineering; Mathematics (full-ride)

  • Georgia Tech - Biomedical Engineering

  • Harvard - Biology; Political Science 

  • Johns Hopkins - Biology; Urban Studies

  • London School of Economics - Business Management

  • NYU - Business Administration; Environmental Studies; Communications; and more

  • Northwestern - Languages; Communications

  • Pomona College - Urban Studies

  • Princeton - Mechanical Engineering (full-ride)