The mentors
Our mentors are recent graduates of Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, and Yale, not retired officers theorizing about a process that has since changed. They earned these results within the last few years, and remember exactly how it felt.
Founding mentor
Harvard, Class of 2025, with a Bachelor's in Economics and a minor in Art History. A first-generation student who grew up in Florida, Cindy navigated the entire college application process on her own, earning admission to Harvard, Yale (likely letter), Cornell, and many other top-20 schools. She began her career at Goldman Sachs in investment banking in New York, and founded Dion Academy as a college freshman. Today she is the founder of Daisy.ai and Dion Academy, and a content creator with 100K+ followers across platforms. She lives in New York City.
She mentors students drawn to economics and business, shaping essays that reveal a student's distinctive academic and career potential, with special care for story and voice.
Student admits
8× Harvard · 6× Stanford · 4× UPenn · 3× Princeton · 4× Yale · 2× Caltech · & more
Advisory team
MIT CS PhD · Managing Director at the Harvard Innovation Labs · Program Director at MIT Startup Exchange (resourcing 2,000+ MIT-affiliated startups) · President of the MIT Club of Boston (the largest MIT alumni club). A serial entrepreneur with successful exits to IBM and AOL. Deep Harvard & MIT innovation and alumni-internship resources.
Harvard B.A. in Sociology and a Harvard master's in Educational Leadership, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship. Former admissions officer at Hotchkiss (a top-5 U.S. boarding school); now focused on boarding-school admissions advising.
A few of the mentors
U.S. boarding school background; standout in competitive debate; dedicated volunteer work with seniors, food banks, and youth-suicide-prevention advocacy.
Focus: Biology applications
Student admits: 1× MIT · 4× Cornell · 2× JHU
Admitted to Princeton through a self-directed application; many environmental-protection extracurriculars.
Focus: Politics · Law · Environmental studies
Student admits: 3× Yale · 6× NYU · 4× UVA
Focus: Science · Math applications
Student admits: 2× Columbia · 3× Cornell · 1× UChicago · 2× JHU
China national team, IMO gold medalist; transferred from Tsinghua to MIT after freshman year; later worked in theatrical creation.
Focus: Competitions · Business/CS · Humanities · Transfers
Student admits: 1× MIT
Math Team Co-President; Science Olympiad varsity team; nonprofit internships.
Focus: CS/Business applications · Finding volunteer work
Student admits: MIT · UIUC · Northwestern
SAT 1580; two years studying math at Georgia Tech; strong competition record (AMC 10A/10B/12A/12B, AIME qualifier; President's Service Award Gold; National Merit Finalist).
Focus: STEM planning · Competition coaching
Student admits: Yale · MIT · CMU · Georgia Tech
SAT 1540; IB diploma; extracurriculars include MIT Motorsports, FTC robotics, Pioneer Academy, and MITES.
Focus: STEM coaching · Summer programs
Student admits: Harvard · MIT · Stanford · Georgia Tech · UGA
Club founder; volunteer work and more.
Focus: AI/Business main essays · Test prep (TOEFL, SAT)
Student admits: MIT · CMU
& more& more. Additional mentors are matched and introduced during your consultation, based on your student's interests.
We match every family with mentors whose path mirrors their own. Start with a conversation.