Class of 2027

Thinking about the college application process in 10th grade helps keep your options open. Because you don’t know where you want to go, we help you choose the things to do now that will leave as many doors open for yourself as possible.

We encourage you to take the courses you like and explore your interests. Try some activities. As you do things, you’ll start to narrow them down based on what you really enjoy.

• Everything you do, starting now, will be seen by college admissions people — what do your activities and classes say about you? Do you like working with the elderly? With kids? With animals? Working for the environment?
• Find the classes and activities that reflect YOU.

Explore! Enjoy yourself! Find your things! Start thinking about where your passions might lie. If you have ideas about a potential major, start exploring it.

Junior year is all about amplifying the things that you’re already doing to deepen, broaden, or “unique-ify” your activities. We help you build your brand, and that brand is how admissions officers will remember you.

How do we do this? In so many ways!

• Passion projects: Helping start or grow a club, foundation, business, or blog
• Identifying summer programs and/or relevant internships
• Course selection (we examine what each student needs based on their intended major and interests; the differences between AP, IB, and other programs; and what it all means in the context of your student’s school and applications)
• Advising about standardized testing (discussing timing; how best to prep; how to select between the ACT or SAT; the differences between test-blind and test-optional and whether those are good choices)
• Suggesting academic and/or research opportunities

Class of 2027 students: You’ll begin slowly and build as you advance through the year with a customized action plan centered around your specific interests and goals. We help our students intentionally select the coursework, activities, and opportunities that they enjoy AND that are most impactful on their college application.

We work with you to create customized action plans centered around your interests and goals — ensuring that your choices (classes and extracurriculars) are impactful, both in terms of interest exploration AND in terms of college admissions.

It’s more fun! It’s more time-efficient! And it’s more specialized to YOU. We help you find what you want to do and do it in meaningful ways. This gives you an edge, making you stand out from all the other smart high schoolers who are also applying to “your” school.

Think you know what you want to major in? We'll help you test that theory (“I want to be an engineer!”) before applying to school.

If you don’t know what you want to major in, we help you develop some of the attributes that admissions committees find desirable: leadership, community engagement, quirky weirdnesses. We help our students build the case for why they should be admitted, even when other students (possibly with better scores) are not. Start a club, take a class, volunteer, or do an internship — let's choose the activities that make sense for YOU.

The summer before senior year is when everything gets really real! You’ve taken your standardized tests (or not), you’ve built your resume, and now it’s actually time to start applying. It can feel overwhelming, but we have this down to a (personalized) science. No matter what level of support you choose, you’ll know what to do and when to do it — and our expert team will have your back.

When you’re staring at a blank screen, it can be hard to know where to start your personal statement essay, those few paragraphs that will introduce you to admissions committees. Our full service, small group, and bootcamps options help you brainstorm, develop, and polish your personal statement and supplemental essays. There's no need to compete in the tragedy olympics in these essays; instead, you’ll sound like your best, most interesting, and unique self, and the topic you choose will be relevant to who you are today and who you want to be.

Many levels of service also include support for resume writing and activity lists, common app review, and deferral/waitlist support with letters of continued interest and appeals if needed. We'll even help you decide where you want to commit, if you need help narrowing down your choices!