Current Ivy League students,
on a mission.

“Nobody in my school had ever applied to a place like Harvard. I joined so the next kid from Karachi doesn't have to figure it out alone.”

— Why I mentor

“My public high school didn't know how to advise me. I want to be the person I needed at 17.”

— Why I mentor

“Great research means nothing if you can't tell the story. I help students find the sentence that unlocks the essay.”

— Why I mentor

“International applicants are held to a different bar. I joined to make that bar visible instead of invisible.”

— Why I mentor

“Every strong essay I've read sounded like a specific person. I help students stop performing and start writing.”

— Why I mentor

“Pre-med applicants get identical advice from every counselor. I try to give the answer that's actually true for this student.”

— Why I mentor

“I got in because someone showed me what real applications look like from the inside. I want to keep passing that forward.”

— Why I mentor

“Every CS applicant now writes about their app. I help students find the story that actually differentiates them.”

— Why I mentor

“Being first-generation means learning the rules on the fly. Mentoring is how I put those rules on the table for the next student.”

— Why I mentor

“The Wharton bar is real, and no amount of activities alone will clear it. I help students build a positioning that does.”

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“Half of the entrepreneurship essays I read sound the same. I help students find the specific number, moment, or scar.”

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“BME applicants juggle two worlds — engineering and medicine. My job is to make one clean thread out of both.”

— Why I mentor

“Open-curriculum schools reward curiosity, not resume padding. I help students prove their curiosity is real.”

— Why I mentor

“Students translating themselves into a second language deserve a mentor who's done it. That's why I said yes.”

— Why I mentor

“The engineering essay is where most applicants collapse into cliché. I keep students specific and technical.”

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“Specialty programs need a specialty pitch. Generic strategy costs applicants seats every year.”

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“Midwest applicants get talked down to. I joined to make sure someone reads their essays like Ivy admits, not like exceptions.”

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“Under-represented majors are an admissions advantage nobody teaches students to use. I show them how.”

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“The most interesting Stanford applications are hybrid. I help students stop apologizing for having two loves.”

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“Olympiad students often have every credential and no story. Story is the whole game at this point.”

— Why I mentor

“MIT reads for people who build. I help students show the workbench, not just the trophy shelf.”

— Why I mentor

“Coming from a country underrepresented at MIT, I know the shape of the gap. I mentor to keep closing it.”

— Why I mentor

“Southern students are told to hide their accent. I tell mine to lean in and be unmistakable on the page.”

— Why I mentor

“Applying across the border added a whole extra layer nobody warned me about. I want the next applicant to be warned.”

— Why I mentor

“The UChicago prompts scare people into safe answers. My job is to talk students out of the safe answer.”

— Why I mentor

“Analytical writing is a muscle, not a talent. I coach it week by week until the essays sound like a Chicago student.”

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“History majors are told they'll starve. I help students defend the choice with a spine, not an apology.”

— Why I mentor

“Interdisciplinary majors are the future, but only if you can name the throughline. That's what I help students do.”

— Why I mentor