Built for the Process We Just Lived

When we applied to college, what we needed most was someone just a step ahead of us, someone who had recently navigated the same process and knew what actually worked. Not outdated advice but rather real insight, straight from experience.

That’s why we started this service and why we only work with a small number of students each year: to ensure each one gets the depth of attention, access, and tailored strategy that mass-market firms can’t match.

Our team attends Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. We don’t rely on secondhand knowledge. We bring you what’s working right now.

  • Asher Barondes

    Principal Advisor | Yale ‘26

    Recipient of both Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Gold Medal in Novel Writing (1% of 230,000 submissions are awarded this honor) and Bloomberg Best-in-Grade Award (1 of 2, 11th graders nationally to receive this literary honor for the novel "Along the Beaten Path"). Double major in Economics and History and pursuing Certificate in Energy Studies at Yale. Founder of Yale’s first hedge fund association, an organization with more than 100 members.

    Asher was admitted to Yale, Princeton, and Berkeley, among others.

  • Jay Kang

    Principal Advisor | Princeton ‘26

    In 2021, Jay was the #1 ranked American debater at the 2021 World Individual Debate and Public Speaking Championships (WIDPSC). To achieve this feat, he had to outperform ~2,000–4,000 of the top competitive high school public speakers in the U.S. drawn from a national pool of ~190,000 students. Majors in Economics at Princeton.

    Jay was admitted to Princeton, UPenn, Georgetown, and Williams, among others.