About Us

Your goal is to find a college, and our goal is to help you do this, in the most effective and cost-efficient way possible. We can help you with any of the following steps:

  • building a college list that makes sense, both financially and in terms of likelihood of acceptance;
  • your Common App essay;
  • supplemental essays as required by your schools;
  • designing your activities list; and
  • anything else you need help with.

We have specialized experience and are particularly well-placed to help students in the following categories:

Internationals, expats, and TCKs

We help students with an international angle to their college search, whether these are Third Culture Kids or students who have never held a passport. Having lived all over the world, with degrees from Ivy League schools in the U.S. as well as advanced degrees from Germany and the UK, we are uniquely positioned to understand and advise students for whom the right college may well be an international plane trip away. Our understanding comes from having lived abroad and having personal experience of a variety of non-U.S. school systems.

Students just starting high school

Students who are in 9th, 10th or 11th grades (using US high school terms), because you can more easily craft your remaining years of high school in a way that will allow you to create a stand-out application come your final year of high school. We will work together with you to figure out what your student profile can be. Maybe you are the high school linebacker who switches from using his strength on the field to win games to being an expert wordsmith negotiating deals at Model UN. Maybe you’re the bird-loving naturalist who wants to protect waterbird habitat and still row crew.

Students with financial need

Students who are looking for help with appealing their financial aid award. We recognize the gap between what you and your family can afford to pay and what your school thinks you can pay (your expected family contribution) , and we can help you with this, using our specialist tools that are unique to us.

Please reach out to us at [email protected] for a free no-obligation chat about your applications.