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Admissions advising · Grades 9 to 12

Tier-one guidance, from first SAT to final decision.

SAT preparation, college strategy, essays and an internship through The Ivy Accelerator, run as one plan by one team that knows your child by name.

Admissions planSample · Grade 11 student
SAT · diagnostic 1380 → target 15501510
Personal statementDraft 3 of 4
Supplemental essays14 / 21
Ivy Accelerator · biotech research labPlaced
4Reach
5Target
3Likely
Early Decision deadline · Nov 1 · 25 days
Where our students apply
  • Harvard
  • Stanford
  • Yale
  • Princeton
  • MIT
  • Columbia
  • Penn
The program

Five disciplines, taught as one curriculum.

Every family receives the full program. Nothing is sold à la carte, because the strongest applications are built when testing, essays and experience reinforce each other.

TEST 101

SAT & ACT Preparation

Diagnostic testing, a score target set against each school on the list, and weekly one-on-one sessions with a strategist who has scored in the 99th percentile.

GUIDE 201

College Guidance

A balanced list of reach, target and likely schools, course selection, activity strategy, recommendation planning and an Early Decision recommendation.

INTERN 301

The Ivy Accelerator: Internships

Our internship program: placements in research labs, startups and firms, over the summer or alongside the school year, matched to the story your child is building rather than to a résumé template.

ESSAY 401

Personal Statement

From the first brainstorm to the final read: topic discovery, structure, and line-by-line editing over four drafts.

ESSAY 402

Supplemental Essays

Every “Why us?” and short answer, researched school by school, so each response sounds specific and nothing is recycled.

The four-year path

Started early, the work feels unhurried.

01

Foundations

Course rigor, a first diagnostic, and two or three interests worth going deep on.

02

Direction

Test preparation begins. The first Ivy Accelerator placement, in summer or during the school year, turns an interest into evidence.

03

Proof

Target scores, leadership, recommenders chosen, a draft college list and campus visits.

04

Application

Personal statement, supplementals, Early Decision, interviews and the final choice.

Your advisors

One team, assigned for all four years.

Standardized test strategistBuilds the SAT and ACT plan and teaches every session one-on-one.
College strategistOwns the college list, course selection and activity strategy, and runs the plan with the family.
Essay specialistGuides the personal statement and each supplemental through every draft.
Career guidance advisorShapes the direction beyond admissions and places the student through The Ivy Accelerator.

“Thank you Rob for everything! He loved working at [his internship] and has much more clarity on how to be successful in college. And we feel at ease knowing you guys have the entire application process covered.”

Parent of an 11th grader

Applications are open year-round.

Begin with a private consultation. We review your child’s transcript and goals, and tell you plainly where they stand.