96Accepted to a Top 3 College of Their Own Choice

Even with 25-50% percentile grades

Not the Students Who "Would Have Gotten in Anyway"

Or the College Admissions Advice They Got Online

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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 provide both hourly consulting and comprehensive 1-on-1 packages, allowing us to tailor our intensity to your child’s specific needs. Because our methodology is most effective when applied holistically, our success rate is measured by the students who complete their journey through our college application packages. These packages feature our Entire College Application Strategy™, which aligns every component of the application to the admissions office rubrics that grade it—ensuring our deepest impact and most consistent results.

The "Hidden" Application: Most families fixate on the college essays, yet students actually submit 5 to 7 pages of written content per school. From activity summaries and optional information sections to the brag sheets that shape teacher recommendations, every word is a data point. Our packages strategically weave these sections into a cohesive, admissions-optimized tapestry of narratives, which surprisingly outweigh the narrative power of the essays. We even support students through the final decisions with waitlist and rejection appeal support.

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.

The 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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