Our Services
College Applications • Candidacy Building • SAT Tutoring
We help families with every phase of the college admissions process: from building your high school profile, to focusing your brand, to helping you craft exceptional essays.
College Applications
Most Popular Packages
1 college — $7,500 (Professional support with everything you need to apply to your top-choice college, including: your main Common App essay, all supplemental essays, personal branding strategy, ED/EA guidance, activities and honors list, etc.)
5 colleges — $10,000 (The best entry-level value at only $2,000 per college.)
15 colleges — $18,750 (Everything you need to apply to balanced list of 15 Reach, Target and Safety schools.)
Your Application Must be Extraordinary
Admissions officers read thousands of applications each year, looking for those rare diamonds in the rough: students who have a special talent, or a remarkable personal story, or a deep passion for something outside the classroom, or a gifted way of looking at the world. With so many applicants vying for so few openings, you need to identify what makes you different — what makes you extraordinary — and then sell it to the best of your ability. That’s where we can help.
What You Can Expect
We begin with a 30-minute Zoom consultation. If you’re the student, we want to know a bit more about you: your grades, your test scores, your passions, your interests, your achievements, your intended major, and your top choice college if you have one. The consultation fee is $150. If you decide to move forward with one of our consulting packages, we credit you back the full amount.
Our Rates
For $7,500, we help you with everything you need to apply to one college. We help you identify a top-choice school (if you don’t already have one), evaluate ED/EA options, create a strong “personal narrative” or theme that ties your whole application together, pick a strategic major (as well as any minors or concentrations), optimize your honors and activities list, draft all of your essays including the main Common App essays and all school-specific supplemental essays, plus additional assistance prepping for interviews, producing a personal video, and following up with a Letter of Continued Interest if you’re deferred or waitlisted (which has become increasingly common in recent years).
For $10,000, we help you with 5 colleges. For $15,000, we help you with 10 colleges, etc. Instead of signing up for a college package (the most cost-effective option), you can also sign up for individual Zoom consultations at $500/hour. Some families sign up for a smaller package and then upgrade to a larger package later on. We accept upgrades on a first-come, first-served basis, space permitting.
How Our Sessions Work
Most students meet with us for 30 minutes each week over Zoom. We've found that shorter, consistent meetings create the best results. Students remain engaged, make steady progress, and avoid becoming overwhelmed. But sometimes we may meet more frequently, such as at the start of a new engagement (to get the ball rolling), or if a student works exceptionally fast. Between meetings, students complete assignments, work on essays, and submit drafts for us to review. We provide unlimited rounds of offline editing.
Premium Support
Every student works directly with our company founder throughout the entire engagement. The same is true if you enroll in our SAT tutoring program or high school candidacy-building program. You'll never be passed off to a junior associate, freelance editor, or support staff member. Every strategy session, application review, and essay edit is handled personally. This hands-on approach ensures that you receive the highest level of expertise, consistency, and individualized attention from start to finish.
Full List of Options
1 college — $7,500 ($7,500 each)
5 colleges — $10,000 ($2,000 each)
10 colleges — $15,000 ($1,500 each)
15 colleges — $18,750 ($1,250 each)
Common App Essay Only — $3,500 (Brainstorm topics, refine writing, includes both offline editing and weekly Zooms.)
Application Review — $750 (Professional review of one completed college application + 1-hour Zoom session to discuss feedback and suggestions.)
1-Hour Zoom Session — $500
Initial 30-Minute Consultation — $150 (Free when you purchase any package.)
Candidacy Building
Accelerated 6-Month Program — $5,000
(A focused, execution-driven program designed to help students achieve a meaningful outcome in a defined timeframe, such as launching a business, publishing research, or completing a capstone project.)
Standard 1-Year Program — $7,500
(A more deliberate program that gives students time to explore interests, build skills, and develop a distinctive candidacy through sustained achievement and long-term growth.)
The Key to Elite Admissions: Uncommon Achievement
The single most important advice we give parents is simple: start early.
Admission to a top university is a marathon, not a sprint. While there is a lot we can do to strengthen an application during senior year, there is far more we can accomplish if we begin in 8th, 9th, or 10th grade. That's when we help students identify their interests, develop their strengths, and begin building a candidacy that stands out.
Read a Case Study of how we helped one student get into Cornell.
We don't believe in resume padding, chasing checklists, or forcing students into activities they don't enjoy. Instead, we help students pursue their genuine interests in uncommon ways through research, leadership, entrepreneurship, competition, service, internships, and original projects. The goal isn't to do more—it's to achieve something meaningful, sustained, and distinctive.
We offer two candidacy-building programs:
Accelerated 6-Month Program: Designed for students who want to achieve a specific goal in a defined timeframe, such as launching a business, securing an internship, publishing research, or completing a major project.
Standard 1-Year Program: Designed for students who want more time to explore interests, test directions, and build toward long-term distinction.
Both programs include bi-weekly one-on-one Zoom sessions with our founder, along with ongoing support and guidance on extracurricular development, summer programs, internships, research opportunities, competitions, course planning, entrepreneurship, and capstone projects. Every student works directly with our founder, ensuring highly personalized guidance tailored to the student's interests, strengths, and long-term goals.
The best activities 1) tap into your genuine interests, 2) show leadership and initiative, 3) create an impact on your community, and 4) differentiate you from everyone else.
Full 4-Week Course — $3,500
(Includes 8 hours of private 1-on-1 instruction, daily homework assignments, and up to 6 full-length digital practice tests.)
1-Week Bootcamp — $2,000
(Includes 4 hours of private 1-on-1 instruction and 2 full-length digital practice tests. Ideal for students who need focused preparation in a shorter timeframe)
SAT Tutoring
1-on-1 Tutoring
Most test prep companies rely on large classes and standardized curricula. Our tutoring is different. Every session is private, personalized, and tailored to the specific strengths, weaknesses, and learning style of your student. We identify problem areas, track recurring mistakes, and focus our attention where it will have the greatest impact. All sessions are conducted remotely via Zoom, allowing for maximum flexibility and convenience.
Full 4-Week Course — $3,500 (8 Hours)
Our comprehensive SAT preparation program covers content review, test-taking strategies, time management, practice tests, and weekly homework assignments. Most students meet twice per week for one hour at a time, though scheduling is flexible. Students who complete the full program—including all homework assignments and practice tests—can expect to see substantial score improvements, often exceeding 200 points from their baseline.
1-Week Bootcamp — $2,000 (4 Hours)
Our 1-week bootcamp is designed for students who don’t have time for the full 4-week course, but who really need to brush up on their SAT skills, whether it’s Math or English or both. Most students schedule all four sessions during a single week, but you can also spread them out over two or more weeks.