College admissions advising, from grade 6 to the final application
For families who plan in years, not months.
A private advisory practice for a small number of families in India and the United States, preparing for America’s most selective universities. Led by Satoshi Suga, a career teacher, with file reviews by Jose Magaña, a former Stanford University admissions officer.
Universities in the United States read the whole student: years of coursework, real work, character, and voice. For the student with more to show than a number, that is not a hurdle. It is an opening.
Admissions planning, grades 6 to 11
- A structured annual plan for academics, activities, and one genuine impact project, so the big decisions are made on purpose rather than by default.
- Term by term academic strategy with an experienced educator.
- Periodic application file reviews with Jose Magaña, a former Stanford University admissions officer, so course corrections happen while there is still time.
- Grades 6 to 8: the right math and language pathway, real reading, steady habits and interests worth following.
- Grades 9 and 10: rigor chosen on purpose, a first genuine project, summers that mean something.
- Grade 11: a testing plan, a first college list, and a file review with Jose while there is still time to change course.
The plan decides what matters. Weekly coaching is how it gets done. Weekly coaching →
The application year
From the spring of grade 11 through the last submission. Two ways of working.
- Strategy: we set the plan and the calendar with you; your student writes and does the work.
- White Glove: we stay beside your student through every draft, decision and deadline until the last application is submitted.
- March to May, grade 11: a first college list, a testing plan and a summer plan.
- June to August: your student drafts the main essay; we question and give feedback.
- September to November: early applications, supplements and interview practice.
- December to April: the remaining deadlines, then weighing offers together.
Students we have worked with have been admitted to Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Cornell, and USC.
We are not tied to rankings; we work to maximize each student’s odds at the strongest universities within their reach.
Past outcomes reflect the results of students we have worked with and are not a guarantee of any individual’s admission.
How we work:
- Your student writes every word. AI (artificial intelligence) never writes, drafts or supplies ideas for an application. How we approach AI →
- We never promise an admission; no one honestly can.
- Everything you share stays confidential.