96Accepted to a Top 3 College of Their Own Choice

Even with 25-50% percentile grades

Not Students Who "Would've Gotten in Anyway"

...And What Worked for Them Works Even Better for Top Students

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SHE STOPPED GETTING REJECTED BY THE IVIES


Antoinette had used another college consultant but came to us last minute after submitting two applications she lacked confidence in—both would get denied by Harvard (REA) and Columbia (RD). With us, she got into UPenn, Brown, Duke, and Johns Hopkins. She described the difference in her application as night vs. day.

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SHE HAD LOW SAT & ACT SCORES


Tianne, with bottom 25% SAT and ACT scores, got into her Ivy League dream school, Cornell, without applying early. Her friends, who scored much higher on the SAT/ACT and applied early (hoping for an advantage), got waitlisted or denied. She was accepted with a stronger application in regular decision.
 

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SHE APPEALED HER REJECTION


A UCLA admissions officer told Michelle that she was rejected because her GPA was too low. We realized that couldn't be true and helped her win her appeal by addressing the real issue. She got admitted on appeal despite her GPA still being under the threshold that the admissions officer said she needed to be above.
 

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SHE OVERCAME A 1.6% ACCEPTANCE RATE


Nina's smartest peers got into only 1 or 2 medical schools. Nina, with lower grades, got into the MD programs at NYU (full scholarship), UCLA, UCSD, USC, UVA, and Texas A&M (w/ scholarship). We helped her stand out, step-by-step, avoiding overused advice found online and shared by her university's pre-med advisors.

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SHE NEVER VOLUNTEERED


Kate, without any volunteer hours or formal extracurricular activities, got accepted by every top 25 ranked university to which she applied. We reframed her hobbies—which she initially thought were insignificant—showing her new and more compelling angles to them.
 

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University of Southern California

SHE OVERCAME LOW GRADES


McKenna, with a 3.11 unweighted GPA, no AP math classes, and an SAT score in the bottom 25% of admits, got into USC’s Marshall School of Business. Her former school headmaster assured her that she'd be rejected. We extenuated her grades and then helped USC see her potential to thrive.

How We Calculate Our 96.5% College Admissions Success Rate

Click below for details on inclusions and exclusions.

We offer both by-the-hour and package 1-on-1 college admissions services so we can tailor our services to each student’s actual needs. For some students, one meeting is enough to course-correct. For others, it's a longer journey of mentorship. Because our role and level of impact varies so widely, we calculate our success rate from students who completed their college applications using our packages. That way our success rate reflects where our involvement is deepest and most consistent.

Did you know? College essays make up just a fraction of the application. In reality, students submit 5 to 7 pages of written content per school—including activity summaries, additional information sections, and brag sheets that shape teacher and counselor recommendations. Our college application packages strategically craft every section into a cohesive, admissions-optimized tapestry of narratives. Once decisions are released, we also support students with waitlist update letters and rejection letter appeal strategies.

Applicants with academics below the 25th percentile for a university's admitted student profile tend to fall into special categories like recruited athletes or VIP donors' children. These groups undergo a different admission process from the general population, with preferential treatment.

     1. Recruited athletes at most universities:

                    • Are pre-scouted and vetted by athletic recruiters, under NCAA admissions standards
                    • Verbally commit to a college before the applications for the general student population even open
                    • Submit college applications mostly as a formality and are accepted unless a red flag is discovered

     2. VIP donors' children:

                    • Are reviewed through a special process
                    • Are separated from the general applicant pool
                    • May be assigned an admissions office liaison

By focusing on applicants whose academic credentials are above the bottom 25th percentile, we are measuring our success with students capable of competing in the general applicant pool, even with below average grades. By excluding the bottom 25th, we're excluding students who never had a chance as well as, interestingly, those special admits who would've gotten in anyway.

3.5% Not Admitted to a Top-3 Choice

60% of them still gained admission to a university with an admit rate of 15% or less (e.g., UCLA, UC Berkeley, NYU, Duke, Johns Hopkins, USC, Vanderbilt). We never force students to designate easier colleges as their top choices.

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