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We Help You Show Your Spike & Get Colleges Excited About Admitting You.

PrepScholar admissions consultants know the ins and outs of the admissions landscape. Leveraging proven strategies and years of experience, they help students turn their dream colleges into a reality —now it’s your turn.

Let’s start the conversation. Tell us what you are looking to achieve and the areas in which you need support. We’ll help you understand our approach and recommend a plan.

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Our students are 6.1x more likely to get admitted to Ivy League schools compared to the national average.

6.1x

Our students are 6.1x more likely to get admitted to
Ivy League schools compared to the national average.


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Success Rate

On average, our students apply to 16 colleges, and 98% are admitted to at least one of their Top-10 choices

at the Ivy League

Our students achieve a 31% acceptance rate at Ivy League Colleges while the national average is only 4.8%

at Top 10 Colleges

Our students achieve a 38% acceptance rate at Top 10 US Colleges while the national average is only 4.9%

Graph showcasing the high acceptance rate of PrepScholar students

The PrepScholar Difference

  • Boutique, High-Touch Experience
  • Perfect-Fit Counselor for Your Path
  • Strategic Approach of Building a Standout Spike
  • Starting Early Yields 3x Higher Acceptance Rates

Students Admitted

Clients Recommend

More Time With Students
Vs. High School Counselors

Helping Students Succeed
for Over a Decade

Your Path to Your Dream College Starts with the Right College Consulting Service

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Complete Admissions Package

Designed for 12th Grade/Rising Seniors

Maximize your chances at admission into your top choice schools. PrepScholar’s expert advisors will guide you through the entire college application process to get accepted at the most competitive colleges.

  • Full Support With Up To 7-20 Applications
  • Weekly 1-on-1 Meetings
  • Application Narrative Strategy
  • School List Selection
  • Full Essay Coaching – All Essays
  • Timeline Management
  • Interview Prep
  • Scholarship Support

Early Start

Annual Mentorship Package

Designed for 9th-11th Graders

The factors that make you stand out during the admissions process develop long before your senior year. We work with you to build your profile and ensure you’re maximizing every opportunity to strengthen your candidacy.

  • 12-Month Profile Building Plan
  • Bi-Monthly 1-on-1 Meetings
  • Extracurriculars Management
  • Summer Activity Planning
  • Coursework Selection
  • Major / Career Exploration
  • SAT/ACT Strategy
  • Passion Project Guidance

Essay Coaching and Review

For 12th Grader / Rising Seniors | Whether you know what you want to write about or need expert help from the ground up, our college application counselors provide unlimited essay reviews and personalized guidance every step of the way to ensure you craft your best college essays.

Passion Project Development Program

For 9th-11th Graders | Get expert, 1-on-1 guidance to turn your interests into a standout achievement that admissions officers will remember. We’ll help you build something real, personal, and uniquely yours — from first idea to execution.

Year After Year, Our Students Gain Admission to the Best Colleges in the Country

Students Love Us and Parents Trust Us

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Why PrepScholar? Our Methodology

All of our consultants follow the PrepScholar Methodology—a strategic approach that helps students build and showcase a unique spike, rather than spreading themselves too thin trying to check all the boxes.

Happy student with unique college application

Forget being well-rounded. A spike is what sets you apart from all other applicants. It goes against the spirit of simply being well-rounded. By nature of being unique, you don’t fit in with all of the other well-rounded applicants; you do something that truly stands out in a meaningful way.

A spike can come in a lot of forms depending on your field of interest, but it always requires consistent effort, focus, discipline, and passion to grow. Ideally, this spike is what makes you world class and shows colleges that you’re going to accomplish great things in your lifetime.

No matter what your passions and talents are, we’ll help you explore your interests and build your spike early on. If you’re already a senior, we will help you find your spike and show it.  We spend a lot of time getting to know you from all sides, and we are good at uncovering unique elements and intersections about who you are and what you’ve done to make you stand out.

Graduating senior headed to top college with PrepScholar help

Gaining admission is only partly about your achievements and numbers. For top colleges, it is also strongly about who you are as a person, what you’ve experienced, how you think about the world, and what your goals are.

The application should tell a cohesive story about you that makes sense. It is meant to be a package. You need to be more than just a lot of activities thrown together. You don’t want to have a collection of short films – you want a single cohesive movie.

For this reason, your essays shouldn’t be just about your accomplishments. They aren’t looking for you to brag about yourself. The most effective essays talk about you as a person and what drives you – often they show vulnerability or weakness. This is counterintuitive for highly achieving students to understand but it’s what admissions committees love to see.

Student receiving personalized college admissions counseling

Our approach hinges on fostering a profound connection with each student. We delve into the tapestry of your background, tapping into your unique experiences, passions, and challenges. We unearth the ‘why’ behind your academic pursuits, nurturing your intrinsic motivation.

Through this holistic understanding, we kindle excitement about your academic journey, fueling your motivation to achieve your dreams with determination.

This is why every PrepScholar admissions counseling service starts with our Student Profile Questionnaire, and an optional Parent Questionnaire for select packages. These help us recommend the best counselor from day one and provide our counselors with valuable insights to understand you better right from the beginning.

Family planning college applications with a PrepScholar college application counselor

College admissions success begins with common goals and expectations, and that is why we make sure that students and parents are aligned in their needs and wants. This alignment, often a pivotal factor, ensures a smoother path towards achieving students’ goals. We bridge this gap by fostering open, empathetic communication, enabling students and parents to articulate their desires and concerns.

Our aim is to facilitate understanding, as we believe that when families share common visions, the journey through college admissions becomes less turbulent, fostering a supportive, united front that leads to success.

International student graduating from an Ivy League college

Are you an international student? Around 30% of our students every year are based outside the US. We have admissions consultants on our team who specialize in working with international students. They are well-versed in the differences and complexities that exist when applying to US colleges as an international student or US citizen living abroad. We’ll get to know you in detail so we can match you with the best consultant according to your profile and needs.

Here are some ways our counselors are prepared to help you as an international student:

  • Familiarity with different academic and grading systems such as IB and A Levels.
  • Thorough understanding of how colleges evaluate international students vs. domestic students.
  • Patience and enthusiasm to help you and your family understand the different steps and elements of the process —regardless of how “obvious” it may be for US-based students.
  • Provide extra support and attention to detail when helping you write your essays, especially if English isn’t your native language. 
  • Well-versed in the financial aid and scholarship opportunities available for non-US citizens.

How They Got In: Explore Success Stories by Category

Explore real student case studies and see how PrepScholar’s expert guidance helped them craft standout applications, overcome challenges, and secure admissions to top colleges.

We Hire Only The Best

Leverage Experienced College Admissions Consultants

At PrepScholar, you have access to the nation’s best storytellers, profile-builders, and college application crafters. By working one-on-one with one of our expert college counselors, students build their profiles and develop their unique story resulting in a standout application.  

  • Experienced in every stage of the application process
  • Demonstrated track record of student acceptances
  • Skilled essay coaches and editors helping every student tell their story
  • Experts in specific majors, programs, and student needs
  • Graduates from Ivy Leage colleges and other top universities 
  • Enthusiastic mentors from all academic backgrounds
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