High School Mentoring
After a day of reading dozens of applications, will the admissions officer put down their stack of files and recall yours, thinking “Ah yes, she’s the one who…?”
That’s what it takes to get into Ivy-Plus schools. And it’s exactly what we achieve with our high school mentoring packages.
Crafting an application worthy of the Ivy League starts long before senior year. A student’s projects, activities, research, and achievements need to complement each other to create a unique brand – which is what we focus on in the high school mentoring packages.
How It Works
Sam meets regularly with 9th, 10th, and 11th graders to help them explore and discover where their passions and interests lie. He then guides students on an in-depth search for original pursuits, which can include after-school programs, starting a business or organization, conducting research at a top university, interning at a company, supporting non-profits, doing creative and artistic projects, attending competitive summer programs, and best of all, conducting an independent project.
Together, we choose these pursuits based on the student’s interests, and ensure that they will all come together to tell a unique, cohesive story that admissions officers will remember.
Every mentorship package includes the following:
Kickoff Meeting – an in-depth conversation to assess the student’s baseline (their interests, activities, strengths, and areas for growth)
Profile Building Roadmap – a competitive positioning plan with detailed steps and strategies to build a unique brand that admissions officers will remember
Ongoing meetings – regular sessions for coaching on extracurricular activities, summer planning, academic guidance, writing skills development, networking, and research program and internship applications.
Packages
Essential
Includes:
The Kickoff Meeting
The Profile Building Roadmap
6 hours of meeting time.
Best for students who would like to meet roughly once every two months.
Price: $1,350
Plus
Includes:
The Kickoff Meeting
The Profile Building Roadmap
10 hours of meeting time.
Best for students who would like to meet roughly once a month.
Price: $1,900
Premium
Includes:
The Kickoff Meeting
The Profile Building Roadmap
20 hours of meeting time.
Best for students who would like to meet roughly twice a month.
Price: $3,250
As a mentor, Sam guided high school students who:
Used LinkedIn to network their way to competitive, paid internships at AI startups.
Conducted independent research projects, such as developing a drone with a thermal imaging camera that keeps firefighters safe in burning buildings.
Planned and ran a STEM-based summer camp for elementary and middle school students.
Got accepted at renowned university research programs, such as the George Mason University ASSIP program (fully funded).
Started their own non-profits, such as an organization that provides mentorship for at-risk middle schoolers.
Were selected to attend prestigious STEM programs, such as NASA's Virginia Space Coast Scholars Program.
Won multiple state-wide Scholastic Art and Writing Awards and qualified to compete at nationals.
Created their own technology service-based startups.
Submitted successful projects to the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair and qualified for the international HOSA competition.
